How To Use Expected In A Sentence

It might as well be closed, because in many American hospitals you're simply shooed from the windowsill after you've been nursed back to health (usually in 72 hours or less), and you're expected to "fly" on your own. Mark Lachs, M.D.: Care Transitions: The Hazards of Going In and Coming Out of the Hospital
I barken back to the rogue Taken Howler, the dead unexpectedly alive and inimical. Shadow Games
It's a bit unexpected not to include any measures of syntactic complexity - even something as simple as mean sentence length.
They men weren't bored, as they'd expected, and were usually the heartiest laughers.
The cash raising was not unexpected and allows a few more shareholders on board. Times, Sunday Times

Individuals are expected to act on behalf of the collective whole, and the corporate body is expected to act in the normative interests of its members.
The argument behind x is not quantitative, and we do not have an expression for its expected value under a null isolation model.
Under this arrangement, the men of each village were organized into ‘tithings ' and expected to answer for each other's good behaviour.
So in terms of home furnishing it is expected to have curtain, bedspreads, cushion covers etc.
The temperature is not expected to reach the 20 degree mark in the next few days.
The interesting element of the game was that it required one to evaluate not films but people; that is, to sift through the prejudices of one’s movie-freak friends and the peccadilloes and quirks of the major reviewers, and by graphing, as it were, what each could be expected to overpraise, underpraise, revile, not notice, or deliberately ignore, one could acquire a very nice sense of the film. Film flam
I expected him to smile in response but he glowered at me.
Though most men are physically stronger than most women, it is women who are expected routinely to carry heavy loads.
The figure is expected to double with legal costs and more court battles. The Sun
Its addition in minute amounts to the nucleoprotein tumor fraction, was expected to suppress the formation of the fibrillar halo if nucleic acids rather that the protein were responsible for the nerve growth promoting effect elicited by this fraction. Nobel Lecture The Nerve Growth Factor: Thirty-Five Years Later
It is expected that the roads will be shut until at least 4pm today and that there will be major traffic congestion.
For a variety of reasons, the first quarter of 2017 is expected to see a huge volume of debt issuance. Times, Sunday Times
An official announcement of their plans is expected to follow early in the New Year. The Sun
"It is expected that commercial banks will respond by lowering their lending base rates, " he explained.
Soon after his announcement the House passed the bill, 328-101, and the Senate was expected to approve it Thursday.
The instructor, a short, stocky, ex–Marine sergeant wearing black-rimmed glasses, navy pants, and a short-sleeved maroon shirt that had his name embroidered above the front pocket, was just what I would have expected. Muffins and Mayhem
it was an easier problem than I expected
What is the common factor of unexpected packages in a pear tree? Times, Sunday Times
He remembers his shock in the infant class when he was expected to work with the tiniest ration of clay he had ever seen.
The deal is expected to more than treble its production next year, creating enhanced cashflow to fund exploration in other oil provinces.
Dole is now expected to tap a new source of campaign financing: the Republican National Committee.
He had the strength and power; he meant to bear rule over others and he expected tributes from them.
But the matron still expected me to work and I was forced to hop around the wards tending to my patients.
The council's housing panel is expected to refer a 3.88 per cent rent rise to the authority's ruling executive for approval when it meets next Monday.
These build and swell into clouds, suddenly breaking apart and dispersing unexpectedly.
The cabin crews have balloted for industrial action and a massive ‘yes’ vote is expected.
Instead of being crushed at once, as perhaps the writer expected, it darted forward, quite briskly and cheerfully, at six or seven miles an hour; requiring no spur or admonitive to haste, except the shrieking of the little Egyptian _gamin_, who ran along by asinus's side. "[ Heads and Tales : or, Anecdotes and Stories of Quadrupeds and Other Beasts, Chiefly Connected with Incidents in the Histories of More or Less Distinguished Men.
After too much airtime is devoted to the quartet's training, the contest itself throws up an unexpected hero. Times, Sunday Times
Sir Stuart expected 240 men to join the priesthood, plus around 220 women.
The questions were evidently unexpected to the slow-witted spokesman, who instantly found himself tongue-tied.
Given the extremely backward state of Polish agriculture, its small farming businesses are expected to die like flies.
Huge crowds are expected to file past the coffin, which will be guarded by a contingent of Gentlemen at Arms and Yeoman of the Guard.
'Was it what you expected?' 'Yes, definitely.'
The crowd whooped and hollered at the unexpected entertainment.
I thought we were never going to reach it; and then, almost unexpectedly, we suddenly came upon it - a small but ancient village, rising up on a slight eminence, but concealed from view by big clumps of tall-growing reeds.
In this representation, which may be called playing a picture, action, even pantomimical action, was not expected; and all that was required of the performers, was to throw themselves into such a group as might express a marked and striking point of an easily remembered scene, but where the actors are at a pause, and without either speech or motion. Saint Ronan's Well
The Popular Party led by Prime Minister José Maria Aznar is expected to win Sunday's general election although a poll taken a week ago showed the Socialists closing the gap.
Richmond with the 'crammer' who was expected to do great things for Chatterbox, 1905.
'I knew a case once where an heir who expected a large sum of money was bequeathed a family Bible, which he threw into the fire, learning afterwards, to his dismay, that it contained many thousands of pounds in Bank of England notes, the object of the devisor being to induce the legatee to read the good Book or suffer through the neglect of it.' The Triumphs of Eugène Valmont
More than 2.5 million vacationers are expected to enjoy a cruise of less than seven days on some 1,500 sailings this year.
Employees who opt for the scheme will be expected to revert to their former employment contract once their children reach 14.
Workers in hierarchical workplaces cannot reasonably be expected to identify themselves if their opinions might touch upon their workplaces -- that's a disciplinary issue for most workers & most employers. Who Are You People? « PubliCola
It is expected that the consistory will influence the agenda for next October's synod of bishops in Rome.
Around lunchtime we stopped in Christchurch, which is a much larger city than I had expected. Stonetable.org » 2003 » December
The operator is expected to keep the trains clean, and passengers are expected to take their rubbish with them and also not graffiti them.
That suture is an unexpected and original way of safeguarding the novel's integrity.
It does not matter that they are unusual, unexpected, unforeseen and unforeseeable.
This was gracious of him and also provoked an unexpected conspiratorial mirth between the interviewer and interviewee. Times, Sunday Times
Cathy was never late and expected the same when you met her for dinner.
The young man — fortified as he was by a natural cynical pride and passionateness — winced at this unexpected reply, notwithstanding. A Changed Man
The decision removed one of the rebels' principal grievances and was expected to strengthen Frelimo's position at the negotiating table.
You would have expected a convert to free market economics to have been equally scathing of both public service corporations.
She is expected to be subservient to her uncle.
Significantly, he is unconcerned by the expected humidity.
There are other unexpected similarities between the two writers. Times, Sunday Times
Analysts had expected it to earn 36 cents a share, the average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research.
Expected mortality was found for each age band, disease site, and decade of diagnosis.
Similarly, the exaction of stiff reprisals for unexpected attacks on troops remote from the fighting front might cow the local population, or might stimulate them to more aggressive resistance.
Stradbally had opened in whirlwind fashion and had two goals on the scoreboard as an expected rout began.
His Republican rival may be expected to take up the gauntlet.
This solution gives homeowners the freedom of never having to carry or circulate multiple sets of keys, coupled with the ability to instantaneously grant entry to family members, friends, unexpected house guests, and service providers such as handymen and housekeepers. HomeToys News
This was gracious of him and also provoked an unexpected conspiratorial mirth between the interviewer and interviewee. Times, Sunday Times
That unexpectedly collapses it into a black hole, a supermassive region with a gravitational pull so strong not even light can escape.
They are now expected within the next few weeks. Times, Sunday Times
When apparel maker Betabrand created a pair of khaki pants whose back-pocket linings and hems could be exposed to reveal reflective fabric, it expected the pants to be a short-term novelty item. Beyond Spandex: Chic Styles for Cyclists Take Off
An unexpected call for a no-confidence vote against Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung over his handling of a debt crisis at one of Vietnam's biggest state-owned firms shows that the political fallout from the country's worst-ever financial scandal might just be starting, analysts say. Vietnamese Premier Faces Fallout on Vinashin
Peter expected high standards, but his sometimes austere manner veiled a deep concern for people and an insight into the human condition.
Upon these interjections, placable flicks of the lionly tail addressed to Britannia the Ruler, who expected him in some mildish way to lash terga cauda in retiring, Sir Willoughby Patterne passed from a land of alien manners; and ever after he spoke of America respectfully and pensively, with a tail tucked in, as it were. The Egoist
Fidelity is expected to release its monthly mutual fund guide tomorrow.
It is a piece of Scotland in the heart of the auld enemy, so it might be expected to maintain the traditional hostility towards the English and their team.
As expected the bill will introduce a 50 per cent turnout threshold for strike ballots. Times, Sunday Times
Over coffee the Queen asked him ‘To what do we owe the unexpected honour of your visit?’
Semi-autonomous vehicles are expected to witness a rapid growth over the forecast timeline owing to the driving assistance features.
The probe will hit the coldest layer of the atmosphere, the tropopause, at about 28 miles, where expected temperatures hover around minus 390 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 200 degrees Celsius).
Candle makers, after all, cannot be expected to hail the invention of the electric light bulb, nor hostlers the advent of automobiles, nor canal-boat owners the building of railways, nor TV broadcasters the laying down of cable systems.
I was well aware of the drill here, that is, that a bribe was expected to process the papers.
Your hardware vendor should have benchmark data stating the expected Memory, CPU (FLOPS), Disk, and Network performance.
On Jan. 23 a decree suspended import tariffs retroactively from Jan. 15 until the expected announcement of new tariffs on April 1.
The question was so unexpected that , for a moment , she was at a loss how to act up properly.
I learned this, at least, by my experiment: that if one advances confidently in the direction of his dreams, and endeavors to live the life which he has imagined, he will meet with a success unexpected in common hours. Henry David Thoreau
The original Aryan gods were not expected to work miracles or control men's lives.
That surplus is being unexpectedly whittled away as the income tax cut and the economic slowdown lower federal tax receipts.
The Hill's liberals will count it a successful session if they can scratch up a billion or so out of the defense budget, add in the money freed up if, as expected, Carter's counter-inflationary "real-wage insurance" plan is defeated, and then spread the dividends among the hardest-hit programs. The Politics of Austerity
Even her few words of Gaelic at the start of her speech at the state dinner on Wednesday evening – "A Úachtárain agus a chairde" "president and friends", immaculately pronounced – were an unexpected gesture. Irish eyes are smiling: show of respect turns Queen into runaway favourite
They expected gasoline stockpiles to drop 1.7 million barrels and distillate inventories to fall 300,000 barrels. Oil Falls, Awaits Obama
"I would have expected more of a fight from Adakran's boy, " the man sighed with disappointment.
He'd come uninvited, but not unexpected; if it was rude of us to be such unsolicitous hosts, I told myself, it was only rudeness paid in kind, so we tried to forgive one another, Willie and I, for our eager, curious hunger grown insatiable. Heron Lake
Sources expect there is little chance of agreement between the two sides on the vexed issue of overtime, expected to hit 64 million this year.
Upon it, in lieu of the dogged, black – visaged ruffian they had expected to behold, there lay a mere child: worn with pain and exhaustion, and sunk into a deep sleep. Oliver Twist
County officials are expected to announce details of the plan today.
Mr McDowell insisted that he would continue to rein in the overtime budget, which is expected to reach 64 million this year.
Though he is a boor, that is to be expected, as his father is an enlisted man. I Met John Scalvi! « Whatever
_They_ were compelled to regard exploitage as a cruel but eternally unavoidable condition of the progress of civilisation; for when they lived it was and it always had been a necessity of civilisation, and they could not justly be expected to anticipate such a fundamental revolution in the conditions of human existence as must necessarily precede the passage from exploitage to economic equity. Freeland A Social Anticipation
The rebellion is expected to further damage the country's image.
The television age has transformed the conventions into presentational exercises from which the unknown and unexpected are ruthlessly excised.
The increased use of automation can also be expected to be a factor in this market segment.
It is expected to receive royal assent by the year-end. Times, Sunday Times
Your expected time of arrival is 7.15.
As evidenced by his seven interceptions this season, he's a ballhawk who has a knack for popping up in unexpected places.
It says that patients expected less but in some ways received more. Times, Sunday Times
However, it said the 7,980 small-to-medium sized wide-body deliveries expected during that window would be worth $2.3 trillion. Times, Sunday Times
Punters expected earnings to have been pressured by unseasonably warm weather in Europe and production to have been hit by dampened demand and disposals. Times, Sunday Times
Better prepared and more aggressive, he unexpectedly outmanoeuvred the prime minister.
Allthough it could be just prudent housekeeping ahead of the expected cuts and the hootsmon is spinning it as a "rammy with westminster" article, we all know Westminster are going to be scrooge and cant afford it after Browns disaster. The SNP Myth of the £500m cut and related matters
It will be the prospect of witnessing something few of us expected to see again. Times, Sunday Times
More than 10,100 competitors were expected to take part in 25 different sections at the three-day event, ranging from pigeons to cattle and foxhounds to flower arranging.
The Namibian currency is expected to remain soft while commodity prices are expected to hold firm against a soft currency and a strong demand.
And the sharp crease lines down the side are expected to be softened. Times, Sunday Times
To be fair, she behaved better than we expected.
Bob Dole, the expected Republican presidential nominee, came out against the proposition Tuesday.
If your bills are higher than expected or the clock seems inconsistent on your meter this could pose a warning sign. The Sun
By all means, cover yourself for unexpected eventualities such as death, unemployment and your house burning down.
When cast in bronze, the statue is expected to weigh a tonne.
But it had me utterly involved from the very start, and that's down to the mind-bogglingly superb animation that, for me, had a human and psychologically acute element to add to the expected dimension of hallucinatory fantasy.
However, he insisted that figure was a hypothesis and that the final toll was not expected for several weeks.
The university is expected to confer the honorary degree on her at the university's graduation ceremony in December.
They emerged from the lane to the shore at the same moment, and Marche glanced about for the expected bayman. Blue-Bird Weather
It is expected to show rising unemployment helping to keep earnings growth relatively subdued. Times, Sunday Times
Although expected, the committee's vote was the first test of gun sentiment in the Legislature this year.
So, from an early age, they expected her to be in her schoolroom doing something useful.
In addition to fulfilling its expected practical function, the kitchen was also designed as a kind of recording studio.
Officers are expected to give her toxicology tests amid fears she may have been drugged by a stranger. The Sun
The fairy tale romance has come to an abrupt and totally unexpected end.
And then we look at two competing approaches to deal with the following computational problem: given a Markov System with Rewards, compute the expected long-term discounted rewards. Deeplinking
CAMDEN - Trash collection will be suspended Saturday in parts of Camden due to an expected snowstorm. CourierPostOnline.com - News
It was dishonourable to’ — ‘Peace, young man,’ said Herries, more calmly than I might have expected; ‘the word dishonour must not be mentioned as in conjunction with my name. Redgauntlet
All of the parties praised the fact that the expected political earthquake had not taken place.
They have been expected to start at the lowest rank and have been trained in all facets of the business.
He expected a decision in the matter shortly and would be in communication with the school authorities as soon as possible.
In addition to the expected terms, keywords targeted to the TV ads like "shoe circus," "conquistador" and SearchViews
It was just not necessarily at a speed at which the audience could fairly be expected to stay awake. Times, Sunday Times
The addition of Microsoft NT Embedded is expected to help sales of embedded boards with Intel processors, such as those made by both Intel and MCG.
Similarly, Guinness was unhappy with the protracted walk that Lean expected him to make across the parade ground after his release from the hot box.
His injuries are severe but he's expected to pull through.
A key point to note is the price of Brent crude is not expected to rocket up any time soon. Times, Sunday Times
The talks are expected to continue until tomorrow.
Yet offenders are expected to meet education and training targets that will affect their chances of parole. Times, Sunday Times
King opts for slower tempos than expected, illuminating every stately arpeggio in the opening instrumental prelude until the explosive entry of the voices.
Temperatures are expected to drop even lower this evening as a north-eastern wind blows over the UK.
It took longer than he had expected to persuade Floy to agree.
The assault was so unexpected that he was briefly stunned into submission.
He had never expected to have a wife, or even a girlfriend come to that.
An unexpected sharp vibration can cause the head to crash onto the surface of the disk, gouging it like a phonograph needle can scratch a record.
The national team will play its home games here and it is expected to become a concert venue. Times, Sunday Times
The report was not expected to provide any answers.
This is a hefty blow, considering that it represents half of the already poor profits the company expected to announce for its next interims on 23 November.
From the figures quoted above, between 119 and 429 additional cases of endometriosis would be expected.
On Monday, a ship loaded with Norwegian iron ore is expected to dock in Qingdao, China, marking the first passage of a commercial cargo ship from Europe to Asia through the Arctic waters. Global Warming Gives Boost to Commercial Cargo Business
Ethical biographers and autobiographers work with veracity as their aim (this is the motivation for all that research, after all) and this striving for veracity is respected, and expected, by readers.
This is a real trip around the world, into some unexpected nooks and crannies, and for new sounds to satisfy your wanderlust, you might have a hard time doing better.
These MAb are expected to synergistically enhance the efficacy of current treatment options and have a superior safety profile in the management of highly resistant bacteria. GEN News Highlights
‘All You Need is Wood’ ended with an unexpected mezzo-relievo.
Tickets were less expensive than I had expected.
La jeune fille is expected to remember that she is a daughter and owes reverence to her parents. ADRIENNE AND THE CHALET SCHOOL
You'd better take along a first-aid kit to cope with unexpected catastrophes.
It is expected to make speeding punishments more flexible, with drivers caught marginally over the limit getting two penalty points and those way over, six.
It would partly explain why employment has been unexpectedly strong and productivity apparently so weak, and would augur well for future jobs growth. Times, Sunday Times
Not, mind you, that Ken and Paul can reasonably be expected to do it all over the seventy minutes.
The president is not expected to concede these reforms.
The deal is expected to result in similar tie-ups between big media companies and telecommunications operators.
Graceful re-establishment of session without losing data after connection is unexpectedly lost.
World leaders are expected to sign a treaty pledging to increase environmental protection.
A few have performed better than expected—e.g., the auto bailouts, although a rapid private bankruptcy was preferable and GM and Chrysler are not yet denationalized successes. The Obama Presidency by the Numbers
Any benefit for middle and higher earners will be offset by a bigger than expected rise in national insurance and a double-digit increase in capital gains tax. Times, Sunday Times
If they had expected a warm welcome, they were in for a rude awakening .
Mrs Jones expected feedback and dialogue about the development of an intervention strategy.
The building of the canal is expected to control the annual floods that inundate many parts of the capital, causing much loss of life and property.
We understand that the Navy is not expected to intervene but will not allow that lifeboat to leave with that hostage to go back to what's called a mothership if you will. CNN Transcript Apr 9, 2009
The lower-lying southern part of the country was also expected to be affected by sleet and snow showers.
She said that she was tired of being expected to be a superwoman.
For example, earlier in 2000, unexpected quantities of Pentium IIs made their appearance when other shortages were biting.
The case itself is rather light, as would be expected with an aluminum case, and the brushed metal and rounded curves look great.
Most of the words were easier than I'd expected, but one of them tripped me up, so I only got 9 right out of 10.
While these patients aren't generally expected to experience clinical benefit, there are circumstances in which off-label anticancer drugs are accepted as the standard of care, such as the use of high-dose carboplatin in some childhood cancers. Medlogs - Recent stories
The increase in decisional balance pros was expected, but the increase in decisional balance cons was not expected based on previous research.
Adding to the rosiness of the outside world is an unexpected rise in the friendliness of the vet whom I was apprehensive about seeing earlier in the week.
Much more will be expected of the Olympic bronze medallists in the final today. Times, Sunday Times
The company is expected to report record profits this year.
Last year's floods were a freak event that would be expected to happen only once in 300 years, he stressed.
Officials were watching flood levels on the Rhine river in the city of Koblenz on Monday that were expected to peak at 25 feet, 4 inches 7 meters, 70 centimeters, and some low-lying parts of the city were under water. Man Feared Dead As Melting Snow Floods Germany
Local fishing crews had told him of the Lombok Strait's fiendishly shifting currents, vicious whirlpools, and unexpected waves far from shore.
And then some unscheduled odd event - a thrilling novel, an unexpected phone call, a bout of debauch - will push the envelope, and the gears will start to spin.
Evidently neither Bull Connor, the segregationist police commissioner of Birmingham, nor the merchants expected this quiet beginning to blossom into a large-scale operation.
In return for this patronage, magnates expected their clients, tenants, and neighbors — their "affinities" — to support them with men, arms, and money when the magnate needed military resources. From Heads of Household to Heads of State: The Preaccession Households of Mary and Elizabeth Tudor, 1516-1558
Gene pools can throw up unexpected affinities. Times, Sunday Times
It is expected to interview other banks this week to assist with the preparations. Times, Sunday Times
More of this sultry heat is expected over the weekend as hot air over the near continent forces its way north. Times, Sunday Times
Both had highly promising futures and were expected to become permanent fixtures in the Springbok side before long.
He keeps this up for little more than a minute but it's more than enough time for the paparazzi flashbulbs to capture this unexpected turn of events for posterity.
The scheme rebounded on her in a way she had not expected.
The USS Tortuga, a dock-landing ship that is homeported in Sasebo, in southern Japan, was expected to head north later today to parts of the country most seriously affected by the quake, said Col. Japan earthquake and tsunami: Live updates
Despite the drop to record low levels, Libor rates are expected to move higher, according to current valuations in eurodollar futures contracts. Key London Rate Falls to Record Low in Dollars, Pound
This week it is expected to unveil another set of impressive interim results, with more to come. Times, Sunday Times
He expected numerous calls from agents of minor Scottish celebrities anxious they will be squeezed out by some of the world's top celebrities.
The other players, the spear carriers, come through when unexpected.

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