Sentence examples for diminished expectation for from inspiring English sources

I call this a diminished expectation for responsive government.

If Sundance was a lesson in diminished expectations for most, a few found reason to exult.

The minutes of the meeting underscore the central bank's diminished expectations for economic activity.

"We emerged from the 1970's and 1980's with substantially diminished expectations for the performance of the American economy.

Wagnerians long hardened to diminished expectations for this strenuous role had every reason to be happy on Tuesday night.

Consumer confidence unexpectedly dropped in August, the Conference Board reported Tuesday, largely because of diminished expectations for the future.

After several generations of harsh poverty and diminished expectations, for many children and their relatives here going to school has become a matter of indifference.

But the company's sales exceeded Wall Street's diminished expectations for the quarter, and shares of Amgen rose after regular trading hours.

It says something about diminished expectations for the eurozone that quarterly growth of 0.3% should be seen as good news, but after the travails of the past four years Europe's policymakers know how to be grateful for small mercies.

All the moves are sensible, pragmatic steps, but they have the feel of concessions to an era of reduced growth and diminished expectations for Microsoft, the premier technology growth company of the last two decades.

If that gamble succeeds, Cameron's government will offer an example to right-of-center parties everywhere — and Britain will offer a model, in an era of tight budgets and diminished expectations, for how nations can succeed (to borrow a Cameron catchphrase) at "doing more with less".