Example sentences of "we [modal v] not expect [noun] " in BNC.

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1 We may not expect consumer behaviour , right , to be the same at all prices and quantities basically but er , nevertheless , you will probably see more linear demand curves than nonlinear ones because they are somewhat simpler .
2 Given those characteristics we should not expect BBC and ITV viewers to be influenced in different ways .
3 The imagination must be fed ; we should not expect children to go on drawing from imagination or memory without directing his attention to the things he does and sees , and tries to imagine .
4 We can not expect Britain to influence the direction the Community takes in the next decade unless it is a full and enthusiastic member .
5 We can not expect teachers of science , history of geography to accept that they need to know about , say , the nature of language or the multiplicity of its functions , unless we can show how the need for this knowledge derives — by a chain of relevance sufficiently direct to be convincing — from their own search for greater pedagogic effectiveness .
6 Here the modest claim is made that without the social services , a section of the population will be permanently unemployed because in advanced industrial societies ‘ we can not expect industry to create many extra jobs because of the speed of technical change and job-saving investment . ’
7 We have come to appreciate that we can not expect children to live by our adult standards too early , or too quickly , without doing them harm ; but nor should we expect them to socialize themselves .
8 Of course we can not expect linguists , text critics or publishers to explain to us how best to interpret , mark and process those classically ambiguous phrases which are now the stock and trade of historical data modelling exercises .
9 We can not expect pupils to learn the sophistication necessary for handling difficult concepts if we constantly draw a veil over them and shut pupils off from the real debate .
10 Hence we can not expect markets and prices to ensure that the marginal benefits of making a noise are equated to the marginal cost of that noise to other people .
11 As with externalities , we can not expect markets to allocate resources efficiently if the markets do not exist in the first place .
12 We can not expect voters to leave their conscience behind them when they go to the polling booth .
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