"is somewhat expected" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you want to suggest that something is not entirely unexpected. For example, "The success of the initiative is somewhat expected due to the hard work of the team."
"This is somewhat expected," said Frank Song, director of the Center for China Financial Research at the University of Hong Kong.
This is somewhat expected considering the tool is free and operated entirely by computers.
This is somewhat expected because the last migration is more recent than the first one.
Pakistan is a market known for a heavy-handed approach to data monitoring, so this about-face is somewhat expected.
While this is somewhat expected, it is a priori not clear what would happen to the unemployment rates.
While this is somewhat expected, it shows that the core configuration is a good proxy for multiplex ties.
Intuitively, this deep result is somewhat expected, since the Korobov spaces are, in a limiting sense, translation networks with the Korobov kernel as the activation function.
We also note those methods often perform better in datasets in which they were originally validated, which is somewhat expected due to fine tuning procedures.
The performance improvement is somewhat expected, because the EMBSBL algorithm is an MCS technique and its signal recovery performance would benefit from increased inter-correlation among original signals.
The FAA didn't return a request for comment, which is somewhat expected as I'm told it's unlikely to discuss details of on-going deliberations.
Methods are often better in the datasets they were originally evaluated: We also note those methods perform better in datasets in which they were originally validated, which is somewhat expected due to fine tuning procedures.
