Sentence examples for expectations diminished from inspiring English sources

In this context, a fifth-placed £1.34m opening will barely raise an eyebrow, so much have industry expectations diminished over recent months.

This change in business practices and service terms violated user privacy expectations, diminished user privacy, contradicted Google's own privacy policy, and may have also violated federal wiretap laws.

There is a free-associative dynamism to the images in these early scenes that propels you through the initial confusion; and as your expectations diminish, you can settle in for a moderately enjoyable, reasonably stylish chronicle of vice.

This expectation "diminishes the meaning of the tip for people," in turn creating "two very clear camps"—those for tipping, and those against it.

3Com coms reported earnings in line with expectations, although those expectations had diminished significantly over the last quarter.

3Com's share coms also rose after the company reported earnings in line with expectations, although those expectations had diminished significantly over the last quarter.

It filed a complaint with the commission in December 2009 claiming that privacy setting changes "violate user expectations, diminish user privacy and contradict Facebook's own representations".

The Electronic Privacy Information Center filed a complaint against the social network with the FTC, noting that the update to the privacy settings "violate user expectations, diminish user privacy, and contradict Facebook's own representations".

Canada's electoral politics have been captured by an ideological consensus that has lowered our political expectations and diminished our ability to dream.

The result is an evening of expansive expectations and diminished return for the audience, yet Two River can take pride in a job well done.

Commodity prices are down, inflation is returning, and the country's enormous and relatively new class of people who no longer are desperately poor is simultaneously experiencing rising expectations and diminished prosperity.