Example sentences of "not expect [art] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had not expected the level of exposure , the narrowness of the arêtes , the commitment . |
| 2 | Normally you 'd not expect a problem in those circumstances . |
| 3 | With goals so limited , one should not expect a revolution in residential environments to emerge from current British research . |
| 4 | But if expectations are rationally formed , the government can not expect a policy of linking the change in the money supply to the previous price level to succeed , for people will not be fooled by it . |
| 5 | If you have had a weight problem for a long time , do not expect a miracle in a few weeks . |
| 6 | Clearly it is not every year that the government introduces massive changes to social security legislation and the IPG would not expect an exercise of this size again for many years . |
| 7 | From these two ideas alone , Friedmann showed that we should not expect the universe to be static . |
| 8 | And they can not expect the spread between the rates at which they borrow and the rates at which they lend to widen further , helping to pay for these lingering credit problems . |
| 9 | He could not expect the support of the Allies , but , more importantly , neither would he face active hostility . |
| 10 | He certainly did not expect the shock of a gunshot , cutting through the sounds of the grass . |
| 11 | He does not expect the effects of the Budget to be felt locally for some time . |
| 12 | Above all , we should not expect the ideology to be straightforward , for it is an ideology , which includes the word ‘ prejudice ’ and the associated value attached to the word . |
| 13 | Even in 1987 voters did not expect the return of a Labour or Conservative government to make a significant difference . |
| 14 | I do not expect the Minister to be helpful — |
| 15 | Therefore , we should not expect the centre to be omniscient . |
| 16 | Ferguson said : ‘ It will be a very tight game and I do not expect the Russians to be too adventurous . |
| 17 | He told Mr Justice Michael Davies and the jury he did not expect the Cossacks to be massacred without trial — the fate of many thousands . |
| 18 | Once again , we would not expect the perception to be a problem . |
| 19 | I did not expect the greeting to be quite so enthusiastic . |
| 20 | We do not expect the elders of our own party to join this unhelpful cause . |
| 21 | Naturally , I do not expect the apologists on the Government Front Bench to criticise the Government 's policies , still less to condemn their actions . |
| 22 | Do not expect the world around you to change . |
| 23 | Using this as a starting point , we would not expect the kinds of social pressure defined by anomie-type theories to force change from one finite state to the other . |
| 24 | In consequence , one should not expect the discourse of racism to be necessarily marked by the ponderous unsubtlety of thought described by Adorno et al . |
| 25 | Whilst it may be uneconomic to repair some goods , a Claimant should not expect the replacement of a damaged item , if an acceptable repair can be carried out . |
| 26 | They are not dissatisfied with the job content because they did not expect the job to be intrinsically rewarding . |
| 27 | They would not expect the taking of Perth and Scone to be easy , and night would fall long before they could send back to clear out Abernethy and Forteviot , or before they could press on the further twelve miles to Dunkeld . |
| 28 | The police came within half an hour and the officer was sympathetic although he advised me not to expect the thieves to be caught . |
| 29 | " You are not expecting a child by any chance , are you ? " |
| 30 | But Mr Szilagy and his staff are not expecting the citizens of Budapest to flock in their thousands to see the collection of ugly lifeless forms . |