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"lagging behind expectations" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
You can use it when you are referring to a situation where someone or something is not meeting the anticipated results. For example, "The sales forecast for the quarter is lagging behind expectations."
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The Washington Post, taking a more general look at the subject, finds that the administration's two-year-old loan guarantee programme, which was meant to create or help keep 65,000 jobs, has already lent out nearly $20 billion but only created 3,545 permanent jobs:Obama's efforts to create green jobs are lagging behind expectations at a time of persistently high unemployment.
Last year, Chitika reported that the adoption of OS.X 10.7 Lion was lagging behind expectations and that users weren't updating from Snow Leopard at their usual rates.
The cost of tickets was cut to $500 in recent weeks, leading to speculation that inauguration fundraising was lagging behind expectations.
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But spending has lagged behind expectations.
At Intel, demand in the Americas and in Europe lagged behind expectations the most.
Apparently StubHub's performance continued to lag behind expectations since then.
Yet despite early explosive growth, SanDisk as of late reported results that have lagged behind expectations.
It added that its second-quarter results excluding the charges related to the restructuring will beat estimates, but the second half of the year will lag behind expectations.
This has meant that results in these parts of the programme have lagged behind expectations.
Progress is likely to lag behind expectations, even in clearly defined areas such as implementation of the FCTC.
Is Hong Kong lagging behind?
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