Example sentences of "[modal v] not expect [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The newly-elected councillor must not expect to be elected to the more important committees unless he has special qualifications for any committee . |
| 2 | We who teach should not expect to be valued as ‘ professionals ’ if we can not be trusted . |
| 3 | The doctor should not expect to be able to direct and support patients and carers in all their needs . |
| 4 | In a clamp-down on crime , the Home Secretary has said that offenders cautioned by police should not expect to be given a second chance . |
| 5 | From this position he could not expect to be prominent going to the first bend , the clubhouse turn , and Shoemaker held him back in about eighth place , some four horses out from the rails , as the runners came past the stands . |
| 6 | Whereas it would have been possible to ask Harriet Finlay Johnson , ‘ What are you teaching this lesson ? ’ and the answer could easily be something like , ‘ The Spanish Armada ’ , one could not expect to be given an equivalent answer from Peter Slade , Brian Way or the Speech and Drama teachers . |
| 7 | But other shocks to the system followed in quick succession : a new language and culture ; the insensitivity , not always unintentional , of foster parents , teachers and hostel administrators ; the cruelty of other children ( and some adults ) who equated all things German with Nazism ; the coming-to-terms with the long-term or permanent loss of family and friends who had been left behind , and the awareness that refugees could not expect to be treated other than as second-class citizens — to mention only the common causes of illness and depression . |
| 8 | He made the point that had the position been reversed he would not expect to be pestered after giving a straight answer . |
| 9 | Obviously there has to be ‘ give and take ’ on both sides ; for example , I would not expect to be guaranteed a space for the cycle if I turned up without a reservation . |
| 10 | Over a twelve-month period a field-worker 's persistent inquisitiveness is bound to become something of an irritant , and van Maanen notes how field-workers can not expect to be liked by all respondents ( 1982 : 111 ) . |
| 11 | For I can not expect to be offered help , nobody else will care to take a turn at the heavy work of pushing . |
| 12 | Mr Crosby said : ‘ I also have 10 important League matches left and have said all along that if we do n't win these as well I can not expect to be given the job here . ’ |
| 13 | If a surveyor does his work badly it goes without saying that he can not expect to be paid for it , but usually the client will also wish to claim damages as financial compensation . |
| 14 | Teenagers who consistently fail to let parents know when they will be home , or where they are likely to be , can not expect to be allowed to stay out to all hours . |
| 15 | You can not expect to be asked the questions exactly as they appear here and you will be badly thrown if you have programmed yourself with exact responses to very particular questions which do not crop up in the way you had anticipated . |
| 16 | Believe in God for wrong reasons or for no reason at all and you can not expect to be free from doubt . |
| 17 | Indeed , you can not expect to be paid a great deal , but on the credit side you have no overheads and you will find the practice valuable , both in reading the pattern and using the machine . |
| 18 | You can not expect to be taken seriously with a bovine 's milking tackle perched on your bonce . |
| 19 | ‘ You can not expect to be in the national squad unless you can prove that you are good enough , so I just have to continue the learning process , equip myself fully for the task , get a bit fitter and that , hopefully , will be at least half the battle ’ . |
| 20 | The therapist can not expect to be able to do it easily and accurately straightaway or every time . |
| 21 | Since young managers can not expect to be rewarded for good short-term performances , there is less incentive to work for short-term results at the expense of longer-term benefits . |