Sentence examples for set up an expectation from inspiring English sources

"They set up an expectation with, say, a banjo, and you think, 'rootsy American song,' but then there will be a theremin and a pump organ.

It's a standard structure: set up an expectation based on one half of a sentence (or, in this case, word), then say something based on the other half.

How are you holding up?' " The effect, of course, is to set up an expectation of tribute, like those hairdressers who display all their gifts in the days leading up to Christmas.

The announcement that the Mets were in exclusive negotiations appears to have given the upper hand to Einhorn, because it deterred other potential investors and set up an expectation that a sale would be made.

The company also hopes that the very deliberate use of the word violence in the show's title will "set up an expectation that can then be dismantled", allowing a discussion to take place afterwards.

He accepted that some people genuinely felt ill but "where you set up an expectation in people that something in their environment is noxious, that can translate into an expression of symptoms".

But coupled with the comic from either 1919 or 1920, it begins to fit the definition, as the two comics are variations on the same style - using two panels and captions to set-up an expectation and contrast it with reality.

We are setting up an expectation for the customer that they can indeed expect more with our service.

At other times we'll have a homage that sets up an expectation.

Apart from its dullness, it sets up an expectation the book does not fulfill.

Dr. Fogg added: "If you see all your friends do it, or have the illusion all your friends are doing it, it sets up an expectation of sorts and it may become a social norm".