Sentence examples for expected and could from inspiring English sources

The doses of fentanyl and midazolam were larger than in a general ICU population [ 21], and the decrease in drug doses was greater than expected and could not be attributed to the expected natural course of disease.

The supermarket's executives said they had received their shipment earlier than expected and could not protect it.

The figures were worse than expected and could put pressure on the government to consider a "plan B" that would stimulate demand.

"These results are more or less as expected and could have been much worse," Pascal Decque, a banking analyst with Natixis in Paris, said.

He said the Tigers' stance on decommissioning their standing army and navy was only to be expected and could be compared to that of the IRA.

Moreover, this is already more weakening than scientifically expected — and could be the beginning of a further slowdown that could have great consequences.

Insurers could be stuck with a far more expensive pool of customers than they were expecting, and could have no choice but to raise prices next year.

And I'd imagine peace they didn't expect and couldn't account for descending on their illness or their quarreling or their dreams.

I went to see him earlier this year in Washington DC, green about what to expect, and could hardly speak afterwards, I was so winded from laughing.

But rehabbing did not go as well as expected, and he could not hit a ball without pain.

Who would have expected, and who could have hoped for, such enjoyments?" · Thomas Traherne: poetry and prose (SPCK, £12.99) is published on October 18.