Sentence examples for be expected to countenance from inspiring English sources

Clearly, by the nature of their regimes, neither the Russians nor the Chinese would be expected to countenance the idea of a popular uprising to overthrow a dictatorship.

To be expected, right?

All to be expected.

For a mayor well into his third and final term, a strong countenance against even the hint of scandal — particularly one on the policing front — might be expected.

The New Zealander was widely expected to be sacked after losing the series, the 41-16 defeat in Sydney simply too big to countenance anything other than summary dismissal.

Equally foolish would be continuing to countenance Hinkley.

Americans, too, appear finally to be willing to countenance the idea that things are getting better.

Would any politician wedded to character education be willing to countenance that?

However, Birmingham would be unlikely to countenance the idea of him moving to the Reebok Stadium.

Several canon lawyers said they expected that the Vatican was unlikely to countenance dropping a statute of limitations, even to accommodate the bishops' desire to sweep the ministry clean of any priest who has ever abused a child.

Malcolm Turnbull signalled he was willing to countenance reform en route to the East Asia Summit, a gathering of leaders expected to ventilate tensions over Chinese aggression in the South China Sea.