Sentence examples for wrong in expecting from inspiring English sources

He himself tried to set an example by not marrying until he was 38 (and then had three children in quick succession).Malthus was wrong in expecting populations to double every 25 years.

The investors were wrong in expecting to make a profit.

Where they went wrong was in expecting double-digit returns to continue, and to make decisions on that basis, such as taking out a second mortgage to support a more lavish lifestyle, or neglecting to save for retirement.

Here's the two-year breakeven rate, the inflation expectation implied by the difference in yields between ordinary bonds and inflation-protected bonds: Of course, the market doesn't have to be right; in fact, I'd argue that it was quite wrong earlier this year in expecting 2.5 percent inflation in the near term.

Where people who are puzzled by poetry go wrong, he thinks, is in expecting poems to say something straightforward about life, to be useful.

Probably I'm cheating my own system here, but I came in expecting to be wrong in more of my major award predictions.

There is nothing wrong in principle with expecting the long term unemployed to undertake work experience or a more intensive job search.

You are wrong to expect that a death in the family will leave you bereft for year upon year, forever and ever.

His timing about the war was wrong — he expected it to start in 1935, not 1939 — but he was correct about many fundamentals.

Is it wrong to expect parents to fill the gaps in school budgets in this way?

The Australian, who took his maiden career victory in Canada, said the team said the team think they know what went wrong in Austria and were expecting a better weekend at Silverstone.