After a 6 percent free fall in 2008 and a 4 percent uptick last year, retail spending rose 5.5 percent in the 50 days before Christmas, exceeding even the more optimistic forecasts, according to MasterCard Advisors SpendingPulse, which tracks retail spending.
By 1535 the abbey's considerable income was exceeded by even more considerable debts.
The quick rapport struck between President Bush and Russia's president, Vladimir Putin, during their initial meeting Saturday exceeded even optimistic expectations, all the more so considering the rhetorical chill that briefly crept over relations between Washington and Moscow earlier this year.
It is my object in this article to show that the present state of science forces us to believe that there is around us an invisible universe, which far more widely exceeds even that extended universe which we can see, than does our visible universe exceed that of a being whose celestial knowledge was limited to the recognition of the existence of a sun and a moon.
"He had dreaded it, and it had exceeded even his fearful expectations — dirtier, smellier, more chaotic and unforgiving than anywhere he'd ever been.
Housing sales in July plunged to their lowest level in more than a decade, exceeding even the grimmest forecasts.
Fittingly, Mr. Connery redefined his own persona as well, by allowing himself to be more vulnerable than ever before (exceeding even his performance in "Robin and Marian").
"We grew our currency-neutral football sales by more than 20% to €2.1bn ($2.31bn), exceeding even our own high expectations".
More to the point, the total costs exceeded even optimistic forecasts of the potential value of the few successes.
There were more people than chairs, so the turnout exceeded even party officials' expectations.
For 25 minutes, Barcelona exceeded even Barcelona.
