The phrase "degree of expectation" is correct and usable in written English.
It is commonly used to describe the level or intensity of one's belief or anticipation towards something. Example: "The degree of expectation for the new product launch was high, as many customers had been eagerly awaiting its release."
They have some degree of expectation of it.
"I am of course mindful that there's a degree of expectation.
But both players will know that with a greater degree of trust in them comes a greater degree of expectation.
The degree of expectation aroused by the success of that generation is a powerful factor underlying the discontent at Manchester United.
And so Archer found her way into the lyrics of Metronomy's fourth album, Love Letters, a record that carries a certain degree of expectation.
We currently have an unrealistic degree of expectation of any data controller to perfectly protect all our data - an attitude that inhibits innovation.
Not even Pelé and Maradona had such a high degree of expectations that they had to deal with in their respective virtuoso performances of 1970 and 1986.
Beliefs about treatment, evaluated by means of The Beliefs about Medicines Questionnaire (BMQ), validated in Spain by Beléndez Vázquez in 2007 [ 51], and degree of expectations fulfillment (questions have 5 response options).
After the Six Nations we all head south with varying degrees of expectation, although there are plenty of issues to attend to before we step on the plane.
Other teleconnections may only occur with lower degrees of expectations, because the magnitude of the El Niño event can vary from minor to major.
However, we hypothesised that unlike appetitive rewards, relief would also be influenced by the degree of negative expectation, which varies according to state (dread) and trait sensitivity to negative expectation (pessimism).
