Sentence examples for expectations of passing from inspiring English sources

Whereas the inauguration of January 2013 promised sweeping reform on gun control, immigration and climate change, a year of subsequent deadlock in Congress has lowered expectations of passing the critical legislation required to cement Obama's vision of a fairer economy.

Even if it sometimes means that you may have to go back and "really clean" the areas that you have asked them to be in charge of, passing on the expectations of responsibility for one's own things is worth the extra effort.

"If you have a chair that has sold for $40,000, it's hard to put it up for auction at $10,000 to $15,000," Wright said, adding that sellers' high expectations led to the increased number of passed lots this week.

"After a three-day search covering 5,300 miles, we have reached a point where reasonable expectations of survival have passed".

In these days of diminished expectations, that passes for good news.

A frisson of expectation passed over the boat, as palpable as a cold shadow, while the mangrove foliage closed around the bow.

Carter took a step to the right, Sonny Bill Williams hanging off his shoulder and moving up in expectation of the pass.

In the short term commodity prices are a function of shifts in expectations of global demand, along with passing interruptions in supply.