Sentence examples for expected the summit from inspiring English sources

No one expected the summit meeting to be easy.

North Korea experts said they still expect the summit to happen, though the journey to get there may be rocky.

"While no one should expect the summit to have ironed out all the differences and erased the deep-seated mistrust between the two long-time foes, it has ignited hopes that they will be finally able to put an end to their hostility and that the long-standing peninsula issues can finally be resolved.

Russian officials said they expected the presidential summit meeting to go on as planned.

Not all the region's leaders were not expected at the summit.

Led by US President Barack Obama, many heads of industrialised nations are expected at the summit.

More than 100 heads of state are expected at the summit, scheduled to run through Sept. 4, but President Bush will not be among them.

While no major agreements are expected from the summit meetings, the White House has defined the coming week's events in sweeping terms.

A decision on that issue, originally expected at the summit meeting, has been delayed until later in March because of Germany's reluctance to move, fearing that such a step could undermine market confidence, rather than bolster it.

No breakthrough or deal was expected at the summit, though, because the leaders feel that the pressure from the financial markets on the euro and on borrowing costs for countries like Spain and Italy has lifted.

European Union officials say the planned investment agreement, the announcement of which had been widely expected at the summit meeting, is a test of China's willingness to compromise, and to play by rules set down by the World Trade Organization that prohibit the subsidizing of companies to undercut foreign competitors.