Sentence examples for hardly have anticipated from inspiring English sources

For reasons its creator could hardly have anticipated, this lurid, ludicrous, lunatic spectacle was worth the wait.

One industry that its city fathers could not keep out — and could hardly have anticipated — was the movies.

In New York the project, not yet fully installed, has already caused a stir, but one Mr. Gormley could hardly have anticipated.

Godard, who will turn seventy this December, has been struggling ever since; indeed, he could hardly have anticipated the price he would pay for getting his wish.

The rediscovery of the long-forgotten picture was enough to trigger a furious bidding contest that Sotheby's experts could hardly have anticipated.

Will it achieve anything?" Mr. Hollande's supporters say he could hardly have anticipated this turn of events, especially Mr. Obama's decision to seek legislative approval.

After an election result that Theresa May couldn't have anticipated and Labour could hardly have hoped for, The British Dream is back to dissect a momentous night and look to a bumpy future.

The American politicians who demanded that China float its currency may have anticipated a different outcome – somewhat unreasonably, given that market forces reversed direction in mid-2014 – but one can hardly blame the Chinese for taking them at their word.

The Administration should have anticipated that; it seems to have done a poor job of gaming out how the insurance industry, which hardly has a record for transparency, would act.

We should have anticipated the ball.

Many oil companies have anticipated this shift.