Example sentences of "expect little [noun] " in BNC.

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1 My master expected little response .
2 We expected little advertising support for the first effort in our new format but it came anyway on the strength of our description .
3 In seemed that the Minister expected little opposition in Parliament , where all MPs were members of TANU .
4 Those caught in the ‘ genteel poverty trap ’ can expect little sympathy from people earning the national wage of £15,790 or less .
5 Sukarno and his associates could expect little sympathy from the returning Allies ; surely then the Dutch would be restored ?
6 Not only will the proposed reorganisation plunge local government into confusion and uncertainty for a number of years , during which we can expect little progress with the review and upgrading of old minerals permissions , but the resulting structure of small unitary authorities is very unlikely to deliver either the resources or the strategic perspective required to implement the proposed review .
7 Sentencing the three men on Aug. 28 , he said that the offence had been an attack on the integrity of the stock market , and that he wished " to send a clear message that those who seek commercial advantage by acting dishonestly … can expect little mercy from the courts " .
8 This reading of silences depends on the argument that the companionate ideal of marriage developed first among the privileged classes , and that in the eighteenth century lower class women could expect little affection in marriage .
9 But gipsies and travellers can expect little support fromk Tory MPs whop maintain the nusiance and distress to local communties must be stopped .
10 In the case of a contested bid the offeror can expect little co-operation from the target or its directors .
11 This will be particularly important in relation to contested takeovers where the offeror can expect little co-operation from the board of the target .
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