Whatever he had pictured in his head, whatever he'd imagined while listening to Anna's tales, the reality exceeded it by far.

The reality far exceeded my expectations.

But the reality of Afghanistan exceeds even the grimmest expectations.

I reflected that once again - and this is why fishing has such a hold on me - reality had greatly exceeded a sweet fantasy.

We did not anticipate how it would come about, the dreadful cost, yet the reality may exceed our expectations.

Indeed, survivors worried, would the world believe the truth when reality so far exceeded the most perverse imagination?

This was the moment that Bravo had been placed for, but the reality exceeded the Old Man's expectations by an order of magnitude.

She added: "The reality of this so far exceeds the dream.

The discipline is a reminder that the reality that we call 'God' exceeds all human expression.

To date, reality has always exceeded the forecasts with regard to renewable energy sources.