"given their expectations" is a grammatically correct and commonly used phrase in written English.
It can be used to introduce a dependent clause that provides context or justification for something stated in the independent clause. Example: "Given their expectations, it was no surprise that the team was disappointed with the final results."
So it is the play-offs for both these sides, who started the day in third and fourth place respectively, and given their expectations at the start of the season, neither can be too disappointed with that.
"The members generally remained confident," the minutes said, "that some progress would begin to be made in reducing the underlying rate of inflation during the period ahead, given their expectations of diminished pressures on labor and capital resources". Their view was formed, however, before the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait pushed oil prices up sharply.
Business leaders, though, were optimistic, even bullish, given their expectations of strong growth in emerging markets.
They expect a tightening of that spread through 2015, reversing recent under-performance through the year, given their expectations of no defaults on the tranche.
This is in line with much of the literature on the epistemic foundations of game theory as it allows for a straightforward assessment of the agents' rationality given their expectations about how their opponents will choose.
Finally, Goldman recommends going long the U.S. Dollar versus the South African Rand and the Hungarian Forint, given their expectation of Dollar strength against emerging market currencies.
The Business Roundtable releases its quarterly CEO Economic Outlook Survey at 11 a.m., with the heads of companies giving their expectations for sales and hiring.
Then it's back to where we started: Red Rocks, Colorado, at the TB20 world premiere where Kevin Jones and Dave Downing give their expectations for TB20.
These characteristics lead to the hypothesis that the positive opinions of the considered services derive from the fact that the group members received better results than expected (hence, the name "unpretentious," given their low expectations).
That shocked Leeds, even given their modest expectations.
QPR have now lost three of their last six games and, given their high expectations, you wonder how safe Chris Ramsey is in his job unless they can find some form quickly. Ramsey's side drop to 11th, while Brentford move above their local rivals into 10th place in the Championship table.
