Example sentences of "[modal v] [not/n't] expect [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The West should not expect outstanding interest to be paid off before 1993 . |
| 2 | However , direct coercive sanctions require continuous effort , and may in fact be a rather brittle form of social control , so we should not expect dominant groups in different societies to rely wholly and simply on such crude means of retaining their power and privilege , especially where their position has long been entrenched . |
| 3 | They consider that there is no reason why parties should not expect fair procedures to be followed , and that the public law decision Ridge v Baldwin [ 1964 ] AC 40 applies the rules of natural justice to any person making a decision about individuals . |
| 4 | He was less severe with me than he would have been normally , but I saw I could not expect great leniency from him . |
| 5 | Where it is not supported , the reason is often , as suggested by Rundquist ( 1980 , 1983 ) , because the spending patterns are already set by the geography of demands ( one would not expect large spending on subsidies for cotton farmers in New Hampshire , for example ) and the goal of the pork barrellers is rather to get plenty of money for the programme than to direct it to certain areas rather than others . |
| 6 | You ca n't expect ordinary people in this situation to live like hermits , and it would be unreasonable to expect Charles and Diana to live like hermits . |
| 7 | ‘ You ca n't expect fried eggs to be all tidy . |
| 8 | In retirement we must achieve a state of calm , for we can not expect large segments of our lives to be filled with ecstasy . |
| 9 | I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect . |