Sentence examples for expectation the from inspiring English sources

Yet contrary to expectation, the corporation will not be caught on the hop.

There had been some expectation the chancellor might bring back the married couples allowance.

Apart from its dullness, it sets up an expectation the book does not fulfill.

"Have some slices of this holy bread which trembles in expectation," the character of Nietzsche says.

Subverting his every reasonable expectation, the woman responded in heavily accented Russian.

"But once increased, there's no expectation the property tax will ever be reduced".

So against all expectation, the world in world literature still occupies a narrow berth".

With that expectation, the Fed has kept the federal funds rate near zero since December 2008.

They rented cars, reserved hotels and bought flights on an expectation the US would be in this World Cup final.

An expectation the other should take the responsibility for the final decision no matter what it actually was.

Contrary to the flight surgeons' expectation the healthiest crews were the ones that had been in space the longest.