Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [not/n't] expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | You can not expect public support if you do not have the support of your own ministers . |
| 3 | But you can not expect another to carry out a task if he or she is constantly being observed by someone else . |
| 4 | It must be emphasised that you can not expect any financial support from the University . |
| 5 | ‘ The bad is that we can not expect sharp short term demand recovery , certainly not recovery pulled through by exports ’ , he explained . |
| 6 | But we can not expect any Psalm reflecting the years of oppression and revolt to be exactly comparable with the situation described from a later point of view in the Books of Maccabees ; and if we can not use the Books of Maccabees in this way any certain terms of comparison are lacking altogether . |
| 7 | This new world will also be one in which we can not expect any new carrier to be able to enter the airline market to any competitive extent owing to lack of the large resources required . |
| 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 | We can not expect judicial interpretation to unravel the judicial knots … ’ |