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The figure was near the low end of market expectations.

Yet she has had problems living up to those expectations.

The company did not cut its expectations for government business.

You come in with a lot of expectations for the season.

He did not say what the company's expectations had been.

He certainly met the expectations of the people who put him in.

Even now, some of those expectations come from her parents.

Today Americans have new expectations about their health care system.

In the paper, he said people's expectations were a major reason.

And certainly he's going to have to deal with expectations.

The answer is the home and the expectations of parents.

"We wanted to make sure people knew what our expectations were."

As a result, they set higher expectations for themselves and their students.

For now, however, the evidence does not support such expectations.

His parents had even higher expectations for their second child.

The expectations of the international community have not yet been met.

The hard part was living up to everyone's expectations, including her own.

On the economy, Americans may be better off, but they also have higher expectations.

And you'll live up to your own expectations as well.

Long ago he had given up having expectations of any sort.

But for the next three years, she wants the expectations to take care of themselves.

"But everything else was pretty much in line with their expectations."

"Despite all the good work, the economic results were not up to my expectations."

I know the expectations kind of got up a little higher.

For example, he cannot live up to his expectations of himself.