The phrase 'it cannot be expected' is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to describe something as being unlikely or not possible. Example: With the limited resources available, it cannot be expected that the project will be completed on time.
Yet if the European Tour deserves congratulations for its sense of theatre, it cannot be expected to guarantee anything other than that the gladiators will turn up on time.
In particular, it cannot be expected that ATP is stable enough to maintain its concentration over a long period of time.
Meanwhile, Israel says it cannot be expected to freeze settlement growth entirely.
It cannot be expected to know that 1998, the baseline year for IPCC data, was unusually warm.
Hence, it cannot be expected that UN actions in defense of human rights will be, normally, either swift or categorically effective.
Both men say that while Disney can look forward to a cyclical recovery, as a mature business it cannot be expected to achieve consistently strong growth.
It cannot be expected that the so-called wealthier districts will be able to fund the city's schools by reducing aid to us".
The researchers concluded that the MMR vaccine "cannot explain the rise over time" of ASD, and that withdrawing it "cannot be expected to lead to a reduction in the incidence of ASD".
Eurostar, owned 55% by SNCF, the state-owned French national railway, is set up as an independent commercial concern, so it cannot be expected to act according to French national interests.Even so, Alstom clearly sees an opportunity to block the contract and perhaps engineer a re-tender.
(Although India has a small nuclear industry – which provides less than 5% of its electricity – attempts to expand it have met strong political resistance. Any new nuclear capacity would take years to build and bring online, so it cannot be expected to fill the country's energy needs any time soon).
"It cannot be expected that the plan will operate entirely smoothly and efficiently from the start, but it has been entered into in good faith as a way of defusing the ill feeling between the book trade and Oxfam which has been evident in recent months," said Peter Moore, the Provincial Booksellers chairman.
