Sentence examples for historical expectation from inspiring English sources

There is no societal or religious pressure, no relationship archetype or historical expectation for a gay man to be monogamously coupled.

In the United States, there is a historical expectation that the wrongdoing of white people toward people of color needs the closure of forgiveness ― a forgiveness that closes the loop of a situation in order to allow the oppressor or perpetrator to move on.

Successful DNA typing results provided strong support for relatedness in a parent son constellation for the samples L, AG and AD, opposing the historical expectation.

By contrast, this expectation of (formally defined) economic activity for working age women has not always been as strong owing to the historical expectation that the role of "homemaker" should be occupied by the woman of the household.

Acceptable tolerability was observed in the intention-to-treat population and antitumor activity was observed in 12.5% of evaluable patients, which is not greater than historical expectation with cisplatin alone.

The study was designed as a phase II trial with the original accrual goal of 38 patients based on the projection that the combination of sirolimus and MMF would reduce the rate of Grade II-IV acute GVHD from the historical expectation of ≥ 40% to ≤ 20%, with a two-sided alpha of 0.1 and 90% power.

In these instances, local historical expectations shape the belief in the fulfillment of history before its end.

The latter were, of course, never entirely absent from historical expectations, for a renewal of nature was viewed as integral to the functioning of true society.

Thus, hopes for the future at the end of the Persian period and through the Hellenistic period comprised both historical expectations focused upon an earthly community and cosmic-mythic visions that moved on a broader stage.

"A midterm election under a first-term president is always difficult, and yet you saw in these governors' races a performance by our party that exceeded historical expectations by a significant amount".

Also, the historical expectations that women "succeed" at home while men do the same at work mean that even while "men and women alike work hard and feel work-family conflict," Ms. Konigsberg writes, "that conflict manifests itself in different ways".