Having done the job as rookies, the players can expect expectations to be higher this year.
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"I've never played in the US before so I really don't know what to expect!" Expectations all-round will be high as the Dutchman makes his first foray onto American soil with a style of house music that's been exploding in the US recently.
We find that, as expected, taste expectations are a strong predictor of willingness to buy.
Europe's leaders did better than expected, but expectations were low to start.
He walks toward the cream-colored sea with his arm around Mindy, who looks even better than expected (and expectations were high) in her sparkling blue bikini.
Mr. Carney stressed that the decision on when interest rates will start to rise will be driven by the data over the coming months and stated that he expected market expectations to move in line with the data.
He is remembered also for his lecture at the Paris International Congress of Mathematicians in 1900 where he presented a set of 23 problems "from the discussion of which an advancement of science may be expected" - his expectations have been amply fulfilled.
It was even worse than expected Democratic expectations were quite low heading into Election Night 2014 but the results were even more depressing than expected.
In fact, the existing regime might prove to be more resilient than expected: contra expectations, Soviet client Mohammed Najibullah survived for three years on his own before the Mujahedeen triumphed.
