Sentence examples for firm expectation from inspiring English sources

This firm expectation may yet be confounded by the traditional enemy, the weather.

Vernón said she has made the concept of a triple bottom line — people, planet and profits — a firm expectation in her group.

Students cannot rest on their laurels in the firm expectation of a sheaf of A-grades but take even more care to get them.

The firm expectation that it will fail to do so reflects a broader failure to properly police the corrosive Trump-Saudi relationship.

When the burghers of the ultra-respectable London suburb of Bromley offered H G Wells – its most illustrious 19th-century scion after Charles Darwin – the freedom of the town, the firm expectation was that he would graciously accept.

Mr. Zwirner, the dealer, said that he hopes to represent Mr. Wheeler permanently, but that he will not allow himself any firm expectation of doing so until the show is over and Mr. Wheeler is happy.

We didn't have any firm expectations, we just simply hoped that it would work – and so far, so good".

Good parents set firm expectations and limits for their children, and they don't whine about how difficult or upsetting it is.

With almost 28 years of teaching experience, she knew to establish firm expectations about behavior and classroom procedures from the start, and her students have become more self-sufficient.

Most of them are unpaid volunteers, though many from large firms are working pro bono to meet their firms' expectation for hours of public service.

Had Lehman been rescued the criticism would have intensified, as would firms' expectations of future rescues.