Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [not/n't] [adv] be expected " in BNC.
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| 1 | Their receipt from the firm of business letters with updated letterheading would doubtless be convincing evidence of actual knowledge , sed quaere where the correspondence is of a wholly formal nature ( eg a compliments slip accompanying a cheque in settlement of a bill ) which would not ordinarily be expected to be read carefully by the recipient . |
| 2 | But at your age you know so many words you could n't really be expected to spell all of them and you 're you 're thinking Oh whatever I do I every word I write down is wrong . |
| 3 | Now this is very common you do n't know what you 're working with so you ca n't really be expected even if you get the answer if |
| 4 | If you can not reasonably be expected to vote in person on polling day you can apply for an absent vote . |
| 5 | Of course , where politicians are denied control , they can not normally be expected to assume accountability , thus undermining the principle that public administration should be publicly accountable . |
| 6 | Germans were resentful of France 's post-war attempts to keep them under close control , and it could not automatically be expected that they would agree to join European institutions . |
| 7 | It would not normally be expected to change more than twice a year . |
| 8 | It would not normally be expected to change more than twice a year . |
| 9 | Western technology has been made to assume a burden which it can not fairly be expected to carry . |
| 10 | There are five specific reasons for not calling a witness given in r25 — namely , that the witness is dead or beyond the seas or unfit by reason of bodily or mental condition to attend as a witness or that , despite the exercise of reasonable diligence , it has not been possible to identify or find him or that he can not reasonably be expected to have any recollection of matters relevant to the accuracy or otherwise of the statement . |