Sentence examples for expectations at the time from inspiring English sources
Dickens's 1843 portrayal of a snowy London in A Christmas Carol was well within reasonable expectations at the time.
Against expectations at the time, sales bounced back rapidly and Cadbury's high standing in the public eye probably played a role.
The real problems, he said, stemmed from deeply rooted inflationary expectations at the time and the Fed's decision to tighten monetary policy in response to the surge in oil prices.
Despite our expectations at the time, he nevertheless managed to gain admission to a selective college, and nearly a decade later I continue to envy his experiences that summer.
What biographical evidence there is suggests he was about 35 when he wrote those lines - rather younger than the current midlifers, but in keeping with expectations at the time.
I remember many years ago, when I was a very unhappy young woman and had relayed my tale of what I perceived to be overweening early damage (this was before the rise of the ubiquitous dysfunctional family) to a dispassionate and renowned family therapist, he leaned forward in his chair and asked me, "Who gave you your expectations?" At the time I was more than a bit miffed.
The expectation at the time was that when the leases were up, the houses would be torn down and the land returned to its natural state.
There was an expectation at the time that the original group of contributors would be squeezed for more and the scheme extended to other financial institutions.
"This was the understanding and expectation at the time arrangements were made for his trial in Scottish court in the Netherlands, were he or his confederate to be convicted and their appeals upheld".
"[Wearing a pantsuit] was the expectation at the time if you were to be taken seriously as a business woman, but women were still criticized for trying to emulate men, because it was a derivative of menswear," says Shira Tarrant, professor and author of Fashion Talks: Undressing the Power of Style.
