Sentence examples for and contrary to expectations from inspiring English sources

and contrary to expectations, few protesters flooded disruptively into Central Park.

And, contrary to expectations, it is snaring more businessmen than terrorists.

But the more important rates are those on long-term bonds and mortgages -- and, contrary to expectations, they haven't risen.

Among other theoretical results, and contrary to expectations, we prove that these new consistencies do not reduce to the variable based definitions of their counterparts on binary constraints.

Needless to say, Apple Music works well on Apple TV, its recent launch on Sonos was welcome, and contrary to expectations, its Android app is pretty slick too.

Friday's result shows that the party membership in London is behind Corbyn's politics and, contrary to expectations, turnout in the union-affilated section was quite high.

These numbers are witty, ridiculous, impeccably executed, genuinely stirring and — contrary to expectation — free of snark or satirical malice.

Overall, and contrary to expectation, modulating membrane cholesterol is the main mechanism used to cope with PCB-153, whereas changes in unsaturation dominate temperature acclimation.

It was perhaps the first time that I really felt the intended effect of Brecht's "alienation" and, contrary to expectation, despite being a thought-led process, the effect was one you felt in your gut.

molefromtheministry says: "Surely I'm not the only one who thinks that C. Rodriguez and Otamendi were significantly more purposeful than have been Gutierrez and Heinze (both in defensive and attacking mode?) If Maradona has any sense - and, contrary to expectation, the feeling increasingly is that he does - he'll retain both for the Mexico encounter.

However, the Kitengela plains, in spite of receiving normal to above normal rainfall, and contrary to expectation, had a much higher herd mortality rate of 43% (Figure 3).