Sentence examples for expected helping from inspiring English sources

"Its contribution has been better than we expected, helping drive a 7% increase in BT Consumer revenue".

The jobless figures came after a number of recent indicators that have been better than expected, helping to drive increases in European stock indexes on Tuesday.

The nation might have successfully bet on George being the Royal Baby's name, but he didn't have red hair and wasn't the girl they expected — helping bookie William Hill make a profit on its royal betting book.

February 13 , 2014Update: But alas, not for long Updated at 2.16pm GMT 2.05pm GMT US retail sales disappoint US retail sales are also weaker than expected, helping to push shares down in Europe (Wall Street opens under 30 minutes).

WorldCom also announced revenue and profit forecasts for the fourth quarter and for next year that were lower than analysts had previously expected, helping drive down the company's stock price 20percentt by day's end.

The results were lower than the 143 that Wall Street analysts had expected, helping cool inflation jitters, but economists still expect the Federal Reserve to push interest rates higher in March to keep the economy from overheating.

Harry Potter, as expected, helped juvenile hardcovers post a 10.5percentt increase in sales, to 301.6 million copies last year.

It was better than the City had expected, helped by £68m in savings in a severe cost-cutting programme last year.

So we should not expect helping behavior to be wholly consistent, given the complex situations in which persons find themselves.

The Nets expected help from Jefferson particularly on defense.

These revolutionaries, too, had expected help from the West, but help never came.