Sentence examples for expecting the circumstances from inspiring English sources

Few are expecting the circumstances surrounding the attack on Giffords to be as bizarre as that.

But this is to be expected under the circumstances.

PROFANITY -- Quite a bit, as might be expected under the circumstances.

We expected, given the circumstances between our two countries, that people might be mistrustful, angry, suspicious.

Still, somehow the space doesn't feel completely lived-in yet, which one might expect under the circumstances.

That's seven points from nine and that's as much as anyone can have expected under the circumstances.

Pump prices went up by a couple pence, but by no means as far you might have expected in the circumstances.

In a brief chat with a Press Association representative, he said he felt much better now and was going on as well as he could expect under the circumstances.

In Chinese judicial terms, his release on bail of a certain kind is "perhaps the very best outcome that could have been expected in the circumstances of this difficult case," according to Jerry Cohen, the dean of Chinese law specialists.

Mr. Cohen said Mr. Ai's release "is very good news and perhaps the very best outcome that could have been expected in the circumstances of this difficult case".

But Haitian and United States government officials said the disaster response, with several days warning for Tomas and months of watching for hurricanes, went as smoothly as could be expected, given the circumstances.