Sentence examples for scarcely expected from inspiring English sources

Liverpool were in a final they had scarcely expected to reach and felt for much of the evening that they did not belong there.

How did that happen?'" When rumours broke of a collaboration between West and Bon Iver, fans scarcely expected such a quick confirmation – and from both sides!

It was a furor that journalists at The Russian Bazaar, a weekly newspaper based in Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, scarcely expected when they published an article last month titled "Why They Are Leaving".

Chancellors who head red-green coalitions can scarcely expect to be regarded in the same light by dealers in London and New York.

If holders of financial options don't always behave optimally, we can scarcely expect holders of far more complex real options to behave any better.

As one would scarcely expect, after recalling those prior dozens of service pictures dealing with the brass-but-toned middies at Annapolis, it is also one of the more agreeable entertainments the screen has provided this season.

One could scarcely expect the subject of gay marriage to be the principal preoccupation of the Essex town's chilly shoppers, so it was perhaps notable that very few, when asked, declined to offer a view.

Just last week, the up-and-coming men's wear designer Todd Snyder opened a special shop of his practical-but-stylish suiting at Odin, the downtown New York store where one would scarcely expect to find a single suit much less a collection of them.

Larry Kramer could scarcely expect such takings from "Women in Love" without the love scenes and, as far as they go, the scenes themselves are faithful to Lawrence's intentions: Lawrence used descriptions of the sexual act to define his characters as individuals and in their relationship to each other, and to examine general notions of masculine and feminine.

Given that patent examiners start with salaries as low as $28,000, we can scarcely expect a lot of Einsteins to apply for the job.

It's just huge, but not as ponderous as the giant Ford Excursion or the Chevy Suburban; handles predictably and pleasantly given its size; and has the solid, quiet ride you'd hope for but scarcely expect from most SUVs.