The investors, many of them elderly, had expected easy returns.
Derivatives counterparties may have expected easy money too.So far, credit lines have not turned out to be ruinous.
The most notable has been that of ImClone Systems, which had expected easy approval of its cancer drug, Erbitux.
Chelsea, denied their expected easy meal, were left to ponder the implications of another ruinous defeat in a bewilderingly traumatic season.
One month ago, a secret poll of "energy insiders" by the National Journal found that "virtually all" expected easy approval of the pipeline by year's end.
The Peaceful Assembly Act must still be approved by the upper house, the Senate, before it takes effect, but analysts said that they expected easy passage because the Senate was dominated by government members.
The setback for the drug, contained in an F.D.A. briefing document released in advance of an advisory committee meeting on Thursday, surprised some doctors and analysts who had expected easy approval for Xarelto.
Thecentre:mk's owners demanded the right to bastardise the architecture as they saw fit, and – especially given former architecture minister Margaret Hodge's public disdain for 20th century architecture – doubtless expected easy victory.
England delivered the expected easy win over San Marino at Wembley to maintain their 100% start to the Euro 2016 qualifying campaign.
Once international concerns, including those of the three governments, are fully resolved, Iran could expect easier access to modern technology and supplies in a range of areas.
