The phrase "despite the expectation of" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used to express a contrast or contradiction to what is expected or predicted. Example: Despite the expectation of rain, the outdoor concert was still sold out and the audience came prepared with umbrellas. In this sentence, the phrase "despite the expectation of rain" indicates that it was expected to rain, but the fact that the concert was still sold out suggests that the rain did not deter people from attending.
Despite the expectation of normal life expectancy for most disease-free survivors of DTC, there are concerns about their HRQOL.
The only common denominator was heels – despite this summer's trend for flats and despite the expectation of spending a couple of hours on our feet.
Second, despite the expectation of higher interest rates in the months ahead, Treasury yields are still well below their recent highs, making the market appear very expensive.
More positively, 92% of NHS finance bosses expect the quality of care to improve or stay the same over the next few years, despite the expectation of increasingly widespread financial distress.
Despite the expectation of voluntary deployment, we know that training in Disaster Medicine has little to no place in regular medical curricula worldwide [8 16].
The study suggests that despite the expectation of innovation and experiment, the rapidly growing number of academies are not rushing to make changes.
In its place they put a charter that gives the courts tremendous powers, making it possible for them to remove the head of an elected government on the slightest of technicalities.Despite the expectation of Ms Yingluck's imminent ousting, there is a whiff of futility about the larger effort to cement the old order in place.
The IMF paper notes that the habits of central bankers are slow to change, and it also argues that, despite the expectations of some economists, there is no reason to expect radical, as opposed to gradual, shifts in the currency composition of reserves.
Despite the expectations of many observers, remarkable headway has been made.
Democrats say that despite the expectations of party activists, they will face enormous obstacles in pushing bills through a chamber where it takes 60 votes to break a filibuster.
