"create expectations for" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means to form or establish beliefs or assumptions about something based on past experiences or prior knowledge. It is typically used when discussing a plan, project, or event that is yet to happen. Example: The marketing team's presentation was designed to create expectations for the new product launch. Here, the phrase is used to describe how the presentation influenced the audience's beliefs or assumptions about the upcoming product launch.
It was also a departure that will create expectations for the months and years ahead.
Of course we know there are expectations already and we want to create expectations for ourselves, we don't need other people to create them - but the reality is the best period of this team has yet to arrive because they are very young and in five, six, seven years' time is when this team will be in the best moment of their careers".
Awards create expectations for future performance.
Superhero movies nowadays automatically create expectations for sequels in this day and age, far more so than, say, a story of a lost fish who gets found.
On the other hand, mutual relationships built on trust and appreciation also create expectations for the future behavior of group members that they may fulfill or may not fulfill, thus transforming the existing relationship (Skvoretz and Fararo 1996; Lusher et al. 2014).
And when we create expectations for other people's behaviors, we are relying on their actions to make ourselves happy -- or at least protect us from unhappiness.
The additions of Howard and Nash to a Lakers starting lineup that includes Kobe Bryant, Pau Gasol and Metta World Peace have created expectations for blockbuster success.
Jon Peace, a banking analyst at Nomura International in London, told investors in a research note on Wednesday that BNP's success in meeting its capital targets early created "expectations for a decent cash dividend payout for 2012".
"It wasn't perfect, but it was an improvement based on our observations". At locations where Haitians managed to vote, it was clear that whatever the election's outcome, the candidates' promises had created expectations for change that will be almost impossible to meet.
— When 19-year-old Sergio García went airborne in the fairway at Medinah Country Club in 1999 — scissor-kicking as he leapt to follow the golf ball he had hit from between the roots at the base of a tree toward the green in the final round of the P.G.A. Championship — he created expectations for a career that have yet to come down to earth.
I work fast and long hours, creating expectations for the same, and my creative energy can turn safe-to-try ideas into dangerous-to-implement initiatives that overburden an already overstretched team.
