Sentence examples for foreign expectations from inspiring English sources

For the benefit of westerners stumped by Thai pronunciation, he often shortens his name to "Joe" – but his cinema makes no concession to foreign expectations.

The Sochi games, Russia's recent ascension to the World Trade Organization, the upcoming G8 summit in Sochi, and the World Cup in 2018 are all forms of investing in Russian infrastructure and exposing its people to foreign expectations and standards.

But in many cases there is an added layer of skepticism from other Chinese intellectuals who might think you've sought confrontation instead of practical gains, that you've played into foreign expectations of a dissident.

Not unlike his colleague and childhood friend Marcel Dettmann, Gräser is undeterred by foreign expectation.

But Russia's self-image and foreign policy expectations do not correspond with reality.

Even with an expanded foreign component, expectations of 5-percent-a-year growth in real earnings over the long run are risky, despite buybacks that would reduce the number of shares outstanding.

After the election of Hassan Rouhani — Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's political antipode — to the Iranian Presidency this summer, and his selection of the reformist (and urbane) Mohammad Javad Zarif as Foreign Minister, expectations for a break in the stalemate that has come to define relations between the Islamic Republic and the West grew among both Iranians and Americans.

The dollar fell against major foreign currencies on expectations that American interest rates would remain lower for a longer period of time.

HONG KONG — Stocks in China rallied on Thursday, helped by the country's newly announced decision to open its markets to more foreign investment and expectations that Beijing might soon take additional steps to bolster flagging economic growth.

And although they may have deepened both, they do not seem likely to prolong the recession further than it would run anyway, at least if recent indicators are to be believed (the budget deficit is another matter).On foreign policy, initial expectations of change have also been dashed.

Despite analysts' expectations, foreign interest is strong in the initial public offering of Thailand's oil and gas company, reviving hopes that the country's long-stalled privatization program is back on track and that investors may be returning to Southeast Asia.