Sentence examples for had been expectations from inspiring English sources

There had been expectations of a decline.

There had been expectations that the developments in New York would unleash anti-American tirades.

There had been expectations that France would make a larger commitment and the announcement disappointed some UN officials.

There had been expectations that super PACS would finance attack ads; historically, outside groups have run some of the harshest ads against candidates, like Swift Boat Veterans for Truth, which attacked the Vietnam War record of Senator John Kerry.

There had been expectations that Israel would lift the restrictions on Mr. Arafat altogether after the Palestinian Authority detained four of the five Palestinians accused by Israel of assassinating a cabinet minister, Rehavam Zeevi, in October.

There had been expectations that banks would try to avoid such a move either by picking up the bill or spreading out the tax among staff around the world.

"There might have been expectations that were not compatible with the realities," Mr. Khatami said at his news conference.

Yes, foreign companies have been listing in Hong Kong and for several years there have been expectations of foreign listings in Shanghai, but the process has not been smooth.

The official counterpart of this has been expectations from migrants to represent modern and secular Turkey, as opposed to their traditional backgrounds (Østergaard-Nielsen, 2003e).

For years, however, there has been expectation that far more oil remains to be discovered in Iraq.

Though there is promise in the current crop of young American women, like Sloane Stephens, 19, and Madison Keys, 17, the focus for the American men has been expectation management.