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Gonsalves's mastery is only to be expected, but the sixty-eight-year-old Ellington is still full of surprises.

The candor and passion are to be expected, but the stereotype of Ginsberg as a semiliterate primitive leaves one unprepared for his erudition and intellectual brilliance.

Some falloff is to be expected, but the gap this year in electoral interest between blacks and whites and men and women is much wider than in previous midterm elections.

On recent form perhaps Derby's fragile demeanour was to be expected but the manner in which they allowed supposedly lesser opponents to take the initiative for long, uncomfortable spells was still alarming.

Today there is great pride in saying 'I don't have an account where you have one, and I'm proud that I'm not doing what you did.' " That's all well and good — and youthful rebellion is to be expected — but the decisions chronicled in these reports will affect the financial success of these generations for years.

The film opened out the material, as was to be expected, but the play remained a solo venture that defied the odds – at the time, many Broadway folk thought the material too slight for success – and won a Tony for Collins, who at the time was best-known Stateside for her part as the maid, Sarah, in Upstairs Downstairs.

The handoff was expected, but the timing had been uncertain.

"Contact was expected, but the base had been abandoned.

That was expected, but the surprise was in the nail-biter finish.

No votes are expected, but the player representatives are expected to help shape the union's next move.

The trend was stronger than had been expected, but the survey also showed weaknesses.