Sentence examples for expected in the face of from inspiring English sources

As I expected, in the face of their silence, the story gained currency outside the Mail, being taken up by other journalists (examples: here and here and here).

In particular, Mr. Behravesh and other economists said, the economy has shown greater resilience than expected in the face of tax increases and spending cuts in Washington.

Ian Stewart, chief economist at accountancy and consulting group Deloitte, said: "The UK is proving more resilient than expected in the face of a global slowdown and Brexit headwinds.

In the Group of Seven, the world's top industrial countries, unemployment has fallen faster than expected in the face of weak economic growth, and faster than in any comparable period since at least the 1970s.

But Mr. Young said G.M. believed it was on the correct path, even though the United States market had deteriorated more than anyone developing the turnaround plan expected in the face of high gasoline prices and ebbing consumer confidence.

We would have expected in the face of a new specification to see schools being more cautious and what we actually saw was that school expectations for Cs went up by 2%.

Hollande's comments about destroying IS and being "ruthless" are exactly what one might expect in the face of a terrorist attack of this scale.

As might be expected in face of the different prevalence of hyperkinetic disorder in boys and girls, the total direct cost due to the treatment of boys is indeed higher than the cost due to the treatment of girls with hyperkinetic disorder (Table 2) and indicates that girls with ADHD need similar financial resources as boys.

He did not, as some might have expected, turn truculent in the face of disappointment.

With demand for some of its products expected to droop in the face of stiff competition from generic rivals, Pfizer is trimming its R&D worldwide.

The Bank of England's decision to roll back asset purchases had been expected by analysts in the face of data showing economic activity picking up in Britain, and as annual inflation has risen above the central bank's 2 percent target.