Example sentences of "[pers pn] do not expect [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One can not prove a personal judgment of this kind , and I do not expect immediate assent to it . |
| 2 | I am a woman , and also a writer who has used up her allotment of renown during her own lifetime ; and on those two grounds I do not expect much pity , or much understanding , from posterity . |
| 3 | I do not expect much joy from the Minister tonight , but I give warning that , for the time I remain on these Benches , with the label on which I came here eight and a half years ago — as a Labour Member of Parliament , albeit a Member who has a label beneath his name on the TV as an expelled Labour Member — I shall bring before the House the necessary measures not just to talk about the death of the poll tax but to bury it once and for all . |
| 4 | ‘ The reason I have called you both here is to remind you that you are now second-year witches , and I do not expect this ridiculous feud between you two girls to continue . |
| 5 | I do not expect any difficulty in getting approval for the larger sum , and can do that at the same time as tenders are to hand for acceptance , but it will remain important to contain the total project cost as far as possible . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I did not expect that from you . ’ |
| 7 | I did not expect such kindness … |
| 8 | ‘ I did not expect this from you , Louisa . |
| 9 | I did not expect another career , since I felt that I had already had one , but in the event I found not only that , but a fascinating path through life that my original naval calling could not possibly have produced . |
| 10 | Also it is disappointing that despite these improvements in performance we still do not understand properly the physics of thermal insulation and we did not expect that increased density ( up to the limit when particle collisions take over ) would have quite the favourable effect that we have found in many machines . |
| 11 | Even so we do not expect such spells to lead to permanent changes in our lifestyle . |
| 12 | Although we predict that many of these sites are DNA-PK phosphorylation sites , we do not expect all Ser-Gln motifs to serve as DNA-PK recognition elements . |
| 13 | We do not expect any component buying problem to be encountered by constructors of the Vehicle Watchdog . |
| 14 | Doubtless there will be no thanks for that and we do not expect any . |
| 15 | We do not expect any blowback . ’ |
| 16 | Although they appear to have stabilised , we do not expect those markets to settle down until Spring next year particularly with the impact of a weak dollar . |
| 17 | Then came the day of joy when doctors at Newcastle upon Tyne General Hospital said they did not expect any more problems . |
| 18 | However , they do not expect any radical revision to emerge in the run-up to legislation . |
| 19 | The patients realise this and they do not expect any effective help anymore : medicines , sutures , needles are all scarce or absent . |
| 20 | He added that he did not expect such an acceptable method of slaughter to evolve in the near future . |
| 21 | Society boss Geoffrey Lister said he did not expect any economic recovery in the immediate future . |
| 22 | He stated that he did not expect any hostility when he returned to London . |
| 23 | Independent Counsel Lawrence E. Walsh announced on Sept. 17 that his investigation into the Iran-contra scandal was nearing its end , and that " in the absence of some new development " he did not expect any further indictments in connection with the affair . |
| 24 | Prost , who claimed his 12th pole in 13 races this year , admitted he did not expect any special team orders to help him to his 52nd career victory . |
| 25 | He did not expect domestic coal supplies to be insulated from world price trends — especially as government grants to the National Coal Board will have to rise over the next few years . |
| 26 | When Qaddafi abolished the state he did not expect Libyan society to collapse into fragments . |
| 27 | Clyde also said that it did not expect any significant impact from last year 's Budget tax changes which restricted tax relief on future exploration spending . |
| 28 | Digital Equipment Corp now says it does not expect any ‘ significant ’ revenues from its new Alpha-based systems until the 1994 financial year which starts in July : the rather disconcerting message comes from Bradley Allen , director of investor relations , in London yesterday to brief investors about the company 's efforts to return to profitability through restructuring , cost-cutting and changes in technology ; he declined to make projections about fourth quarter earnings . |
| 29 | Digital Equipment Corp now says it does not expect any ‘ significant ’ revenues from its new Alpha-based systems until the 1994 financial year which starts in July . |
| 30 | Deutsche Bank Research says it does not expect northern EC members to revalue or devalue their currencies before the introduction of the single European currency . |