Sentence examples for a universal expectation from inspiring English sources

What if I work in an organization where same-day (same-hour?) turnaround is a universal expectation?

We're led there by a universal human expectation that the world will treat us fairly.

His latest demands on Manny Pacquiao – insisting any fight between them be shown on Showtime, with Floyd's company as the sole promoter – pricks the balloon of universal expectation yet again, rounding out a poor couple of weeks for the best boxer in the world.

Having been defeated so soundly at Old Trafford and Edgbaston, there was almost universal expectation that England would prevail.

Who knows whether the universal expectation of service would change the country as much as McChrystal hopes.

The single greatest asset the next mayor will have is the universal expectation of sacrifice and the willingness, maybe not quite so universal, to accept sacrifice in the name of some larger good.

The universal expectation is that Jennings will become Alastair Cook's new opening partner, though he did not fall into the trap of assuming that would be the case when he walked into the press room with a ready smile, an unmistakably South African accent despite his four seasons at Durham, and an easy, polite manner.

We began the year with almost universal expectation that rates would rise.

Sherman exposes how her artistic endeavor isn't all that different from the universal expectation of the female image.

Against almost universal expectation (but cf. [ 163]), however, these single-gene topologies failed to tell a fully consistent phylogenetic story, particularly for prokaryotes.

In addition, more universal expectations were expressed such as moving science forward and be part of a collective effort.