Example sentences of "not expect a [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The question is how this expansion can be paid for , given that the new Secretary of State has said quite candidly that his present view is that higher education can not expect a higher share of public spending than it currently receives .
2 They generally do not expect a short-term return .
3 Burun did not expect a serious answer .
4 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 .
5 You would not expect a self-respecting La Paz office worker to walk down a main street fondling a doll 's house three-piece-suite or a Dinky-sized Toyota jeep .
6 Now I can not say whether you will have a secondary school , and the reason I can not say that er is because the education authority will , quite properly , and quite reasonably , look at the existing pattern of secondary education er in the area , and will bear in mind that secondary school children , not unreasonably , as they do now , can be expected , erm to travel , er some distance , er to a school facility , that is the real world , you can not expect a local education authority to spend vast amounts of money erm on er a high range of facilities , which are not justified by the size , er , of the community , and all these social , recreation , er an an and education facilities appropriate to the size erm of the community , need to be expressed in a pattern of land use which is well integrated , and well designed , in other words , it 's a good design concept er , and how do you do that ?
7 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 .
8 Do not expect a cast-iron guarantee of success .
9 Do not expect a comfortable time .
10 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 ’ .
11 It is difficult to differentiate between flight performances of many of the third generation designs , particularly when one can not expect a constant windspeed .
12 Bedi believes India should concentrate on spin and forget hopes of a ‘ mediocre ’ pace attack making any dent in the England batting , saying : ‘ Kapil Dev is an exception , but you can not expect a one-man army to win for you all the time . ’
13 Clearly the whole point of the exchange , namely a request for specific information and an attempt to provide as much of that information as possible , is not directly expressed in ( 2 ) at all ; so the gap between what is literally said in ( 2 ) and what is conveyed in ( 3 ) is so substantial that we can not expect a semantic theory to provide more than a small part of an account of how we communicate using language .
14 The Keynesians would therefore expect a close relationship between the demand for money and the yield ( rate of interest ) on near-money substitutes , but the monetarist would not expect a significant relationship because of the belief that money is a substitute for all assets alike .
15 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 .
16 The second is that you must not expect a large metropolis .
17 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 .
18 Berowne had seemed not to expect a reciprocal confidence , indiscretion traded for indiscretion .
19 ‘ I was not expecting a great deal of management input from them , ’ he says .
20 She started , not expecting a personal question .
21 I was not expecting a personal visit . ’
22 Whatever reaction Doyle had expected , he had n't expected a sneering laugh .
23 In the circumstances , I ca n't expect a warm welcome , Sabine thought wryly , as Ernestine silently accepted her light wrap , then conducted her to the salon where Gaston de Rochefort was waiting .
24 ‘ All the same , I would n't expect a young girl like you to feel that .
25 Do n't expect a deep tan if your skin is naturally fair .
26 ‘ 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 . ’
27 Equally , you ca n't expect a workable accessibility .
28 At the time the government did n't expect a mass suicide .
29 ‘ I would n't expect a sympathetic hearing from you , anyway . ’
30 Do n't expect a smooth ride ; liberating that which is repressed can be quite traumatic .
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