Sentence examples for expectations along from inspiring English sources

And then, after Murray breezed through the early rounds and raised expectations, along came the Grigor Dimitrov quarterfinal at Wimbledon.

What happened was classic development theory: rising expectations along with uneven economic growth that led to political upheaval.

It involves the two nations that will enter the 2011 World Cup with the highest expectations, along with the acute fear of failure that comes with such hopes.

The music business in particular is going to have to remake itself with lower and more sustainable expectations, along the lines of how independent labels already work.

Though the electoral drama has not been fully resolved, Kenya has greatly defied expectations, along the lines of what Uhuru Kenyatta, the president-elect, said in his acceptance speech on Saturday: "Finally, Kenya has come of age".

"The fact that I was going to be the first American woman to go into space carried huge expectations along with it," Ride recalled in a 2008 interview on the 25th anniversary of her flight.

So you start to lower your expectations, when along comes a dish like the scialatielli with radicchio, porcini mushrooms and speck (a smoky prosciutto).

It is, despite all of our irrational expectations, tracking along like a traditional tech boom market.

"That was my first win out here and, you know, I guess the expectations come along with that," he said.

The Cup is the oldest major trophy in sport, dating to 1851, but Ellison and his very expensive lieutenant Russell Coutts have pushed it — in the face of considerable resistance — into a postmodern place: one where speed and thrills are the new expectation, along with innovative, high-quality television images and close-to-the-shore racing.

Table  2 shows the mean scores for each domain for severity and for expectation, along with total scores.