Example sentences of "[not/n't] expect [art] [adj] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It does not expect a frail humanity to be capable of loving our neighbours more than ourselves : that would be a task of saintly dimension . |
| 2 | You would not expect a well-made machine like this to be light , and at 2.8kg ( 6.2lb ) it is n't , so you need the two handles moulded into the case of the machine to help hold it . |
| 3 | Do not expect a cast-iron guarantee of success . |
| 4 | But on March 20th , a week before the hearing was due , he withdrew his request , saying that he could not expect a fair hearing from the governor and had no wish to take part in an ‘ empty game ’ . |
| 5 | Immigrants will be required , as before , to send their children to French schools , and officials do not expect a significant increase in exceptions being allowed . |
| 6 | Given their portrayal by trade unionists as rich members of the bourgeouisie who were concerned only over the value of their property , they did not expect a sympathetic reception from workers . |
| 7 | Patients must not expect an endless supply of alternative drugs . |
| 8 | Iraq , which is thought to have capacity to produce at least twice as much oil as Kuwait , did not send its oil minister to the OPEC talks — an indication that the authorities in Baghdad do not expect an early resumption of export trading . |
| 9 | Furthermore , the above is transcribed into fine-class phonemes and , as we saw in the previous section , we can not expect the front end to be so accurate , and indeed we may not want it to try . |
| 10 | He was certainly not one of the ‘ tame ’ scholars and did not expect the young people to be so . |
| 11 | From common sense one would not expect the mere possession of a regular , orderly arrangement of atoms or molecules to be a cause of weakness , and of course it is n't . |
| 12 | Moreover , one should not expect the liberal ideology of today , as revealed in ordinary discourse , to reflect the universalistic aspirations of the Enlightenment . |
| 13 | However , I do not expect the full effect to be felt until next year , when I am sure we can expect a megaseller each month . |
| 14 | He did not expect the French empire to be reconstituted at the end of the war . |
| 15 | They do not expect the medical profession to be disinterested , and are disappointed if it does not provide advice and support . |
| 16 | However often he and his ministers warned the population not to expect an overnight return to prewar prosperity , the head of the government was naturally held accountable for the persistence of food and fuel shortages , black marketeering , and bread rationing . |
| 17 | Your ruler , Mercury , turns retrograde on the 11th which means that from this point you must be prepared to sit certain situations out and not to expect an immediate response from people . |
| 18 | ‘ I was not expecting a great deal of management input from them , ’ he says . |
| 19 | He had n't expected the red carpet to be unrolled for him , but he had thought that at last he would be at work , setting up his meetings , on the move . |
| 20 | ‘ All the same , I would n't expect a young girl like you to feel that . |
| 21 | ‘ We might even fight Tucker first , but until Lennox 's coronation on January 14 , I do n't expect a firm decision to be made about his first defence . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I would n't expect a sympathetic hearing from you , anyway . ’ |
| 23 | And he certainly did n't expect the said Britton to be pointing at him in a manner usually affected by people like Darth Vader or Banquo . |
| 24 | Do n't expect the various parts of solutions to problems to occur to you in the " right " order . |
| 25 | There 's a little old rhyme about sowing crops which accepts that you ca n't expect the maximum potential from a crop every time — you 've got to allow something for the other occupants of the land and it goes : |
| 26 | ‘ Well , you would n't expect an industrial manager to be made Attorney General , would you ? ’ |