Sentence examples for had expected made from inspiring English sources

But eventually far more people than the organisers had expected made it to the Hannover convention centre for the official German launch of the EU's 6th Framework Programme.

Cross-border exchange consolidation has proven much harder than many had expected: making it a success depends, of course, on ensuring that the sums make sense.

Mr. Christie has turned out to be a far more deft politician than his detractors — and even some supporters — had expected, making few compromises as he pursues a broad agenda for remaking New Jersey's free-spending political culture.

But American officials say the operation quickly became even more difficult when Navy SEALs discovered many more civilians than they had expected, making for the kind of "imperfect intelligence" that ended up scuttling the mission.

Crowded into the small museum were nearly 1,000 people, far more than the society's director had expected, making it as tightly packed as a rush-hour subway train.

In June 2010 a single huia tail feather sold at auction in Auckland for NZ$8,000, much higher than the $500 the auctioneers had expected, making it the most expensive feather ever.

Instead of playing a Grieg waltz, as the school had expected, he made a face and pounded out, "Yes, We Have No Bananas".

By October 2013, the DWP had only made 16% of the decisions it had expected to have made by that time.

WebTaggers had expected to start making a profit early next year.

Analysts had expected Tower to make 42 cents a share.

Analysts had expected DoubleClick to make such an acquisition.