Sentence examples for collapse of expectations from inspiring English sources

"There's been a collapse of expectations in terms of what [Fox] has promised and what he's been able to start implementing," observes Rogelio Ramirez de la O, an independent economist in Mexico City.

Hailed as the man who would give African music a Marley-style commercial breakthrough, he survived the collapse of that expectation despite being twice dropped by Western majors.

The good news is that inevitably these reboots will collapse under the weight of expectations and their own flimsy construction.

Meanwhile, the independent Somali republic collapsed under the weight of expectations (and politicking) of all the Somali clans who had ended up outside of its borders: in Djibouti, Ethiopia, and Kenya.

On the contrary, strongish economic growth has coincided with a low level of trust in institutions and even "a trend of collapsing expectations about the future".Part of the problem seems to be that many beneficiaries of reform consider themselves victims of the change.

I think the rock star idea started in the 50s, was more sophisticated in the 60s, became kind of clever and complicated in the 70s, became hugely popular in the 80s, and then kind of collapsed under the sheer scale of expectations a rock star in the late 80s and 90s faced.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the expectation was that the hard bargaining over warheads, missiles and bombers was over.

Mexico's fragile football ego is always seemed on the verge of collapse, especially when expectations are heightened, and the current crop of players appeared to wilt under the pressure.

A value stock is unlikely to collapse if its quarterly earnings fall short of expectations; skepticism is already built into the price.

Portugal's borrowing costs hit record levels Thursday, a day after the collapse of the government in Lisbon raised expectations that the country would be forced to seek an international bailout.

PARIS — Portugal's credit rating was downgraded and its borrowing costs hit record-high levels Thursday, a day after the collapse of the government in Lisbon raised expectations that the country would be forced to seek an international bailout.