Sentence examples for earlier expectation from inspiring English sources

Now, it reckons the total will instead be 318.2m - a 41% cut on its earlier expectation.

Kellogg increased its full-year profit forecast from $2.11 to $2.13 a share from an earlier expectation of $2.07 to $2.11.

For the year as a whole, Nortel is anticipating a 2 to 4percentt decrease in revenue compared with its earlier expectation of slight growth.

Intel also said the worsening market meant its gross profit margins would fall to 62 percent, from an earlier expectation of 63 percent.

Mr. Levy raised the forecast for savings to between $100 million and $150 million in 2009, compared with an earlier expectation of savings of $50 million to $100 million.

Reached by telephone, Mr. Crum said the studio's "Bee Movie" has had "disappointing" domestic box-office figures, estimating revenue of $127 million versus his earlier expectation of $155 million.

Profits are expected to rise 5percentt next year, compared with earlier expectations of a 6percentt increase.

Moody's, meanwhile, said that it expected growth next year of "1 percent at best," compared with earlier expectations of 1.8 percent.

The Nucor Corporation, a leading steel maker, said yesterday that it expected its third-quarter profits to be about half its earlier expectations because of price pressures from foreign competitors and falling construction activity.

The outcome, too, broadly matched earlier expectations.

Earlier expectations had called for a gain of 3 to 5percentt.