"instead of expected" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to communicate that something happened differently than you anticipated it to be. For example: "We found out that the repair costs were twice as much instead of expected."
The fund value changes much more predictably and slowly if instead of expected fund value we measure median fund value.
Cocrystal screening of hesperetin with certain countermolecules generated highly soluble noncovalent derivatives in the form of eutectics, instead of expected cocrystals.
RT-PCR using a commercial kit for yellow head virus (YHV) detection in growth-retarded shrimp yielded an unusual 777 bp amplicon instead of expected amplicons of 277 bp for YHV type-1 (YHV-1) or 406 bp for YHV type-2 (YHV-2).
Thus, interaction of 2 [26] with dimethylformamide-dimethylacetal (DMF-DMA) in dry xylene yielded the unexpected 4 instead of expected 3. "The structural assignments to synthesized compounds were based on their physico-chemical characteristics and spectroscopic (FT-IR, 1H-NMR, 13C-NMR, and mass spectroscopy) investigations".
When 3.2 ml of Au solution was added, particles with rough sheet structure were synthesized (as shown in Fig. 3), instead of expected cuboctahedron smaller than 53-nm Au@Cu2O, because Au cores were too much to capture enough Cu2O particles for the growth of complete cuboctahedron shell.
At least, we have never detected substitutions instead of expected amplification in tested clones.
Instead of expecting epic failure, they had come to demand championships.
Over time, people learn to bask in the reflected glow of the great and the good, instead of expecting to shine themselves.
Their pastors, instead of expecting people to accept their practices, have tailored their churches to meet the needs and desires of those they hope to serve.
The theatre would improve its chances of winning an Olivier if it offered judges a seat and a free cushion instead of expecting them to stand as groundlings.
Especially during the primary years of schooling, the emphasis should be on imparting historical knowledge and understanding central to the discipline instead of expecting children to be historiographers".
