Sentence examples for Adjust expectations downward from inspiring English sources

In the Netherlands, pacts have been instruments to adjust expectations downward and moderate wage demands in times of crisis, the 1982 Wassenaar Agreement being the classic example; in Italy (and also in Spain), pacts have established framework rules for industry and company bargaining.

CAM providers noted the importance of ensuring that patient expectations are realistic from the provider's perspective, and acknowledged that this often meant attempting to adjust patients' expectations downward.

He had adjusted his expectations downward: he hoped to see something in the ballpark of $400 a pound.

The table above lists stocks Wigmore thinks will benefit as the market adjusts its expectations downward.

She says she was inspired to write her book — which recommends that home-buyers adjust their space expectations downward by a third and spend the money they save on creating a well-designed interior — after years of hearing the same sentiment from her clients: they were hoping to make a profit at resale, so they had to meet the market's space expectations, not their own.

Many owners "have not adjusted their price expectations downward" to keep pace with local declines in property values after the mortgage bust, Engelhardt said, thereby contributing to the sharp divergence in their real estate visions compared with those of buyers.

Barber can tell them about the benefits of adjusting one's football expectations downward when injuries to teammates and questionable coaching turn a Super Bowl dream into yet another mediocre season, as he did for me recently when he described a peculiar vision of what makes a football life memorable.

And most of all, adjust expectations.

Adjust expectations and satellite bookings accordingly.

Even after some analysts revised their expectations downward, underwriters were inundated with orders.

2) Adjust expectations about brand lifecycles and failure.