Instead, after successive revisions, world GDP in 2012 is now expected to grow by only 3.3 while inflation is forecast to reach 4 , signaling much weaker global economic momentum than was anticipated. Lower than expected growth and higher than expected inflation have affected most economies.

As expected, the rate of reported convictions, which varied significantly, was lower than the rate of reported investigations or prosecutions.

Much of the world expected more elevated behavior from Obama. Unfortunately, it has gotten a much lower standard than it anticipated.

Several States reported on the rate of prosecutions during the past year, which, as expected, was lower than the number of investigations.

The slightly better outcome in 2004 was the result of new obligations being somewhat lower than expected and payments to Member States slightly higher.

The lower requirements were mainly attributable to lower freight expenditure for the shipment of equipment from United Nations Logistics Base to the Mission, since fewer items than expected were available in the strategic deployment stock.

In particular, GDP growth is expected to be 1 per cent lower than predicted earlier in Sri Lanka owing to the effects of the tsunami.

At the same time, it reflects, in many ways, a lower than expected consensus and should be taken as the basis for further reform efforts.

One of the highlights of the meeting was the fact that the Transitional Government of Haiti had more financial resources than expected, as revenues were higher and disbursements lower than anticipated.

Although the total amount outstanding is more than 400 million lower than at the end of 2004, it still stands at over 2.1 billion, and as noted above, further assessments can be expected during 2005.

These changes in demand and supply suggest that the future price of oil will be lower than industry participants expected until just a few months ago. Some of the recent changes in expected future demand and supply could have been anticipated earlier.

Sooner than you expected, huh?

In 2005, other resources (regular) income is expected to be 126 million lower (16 per cent).

Which is lower than most Olympic athletes.

A teacher's salary is lower than a lawyer's.

He offered more than could be expected.

Removal of the subsidies was expected to lower profit margins to approximately USD 3.99 per sheep (BRDP, 1996).

Some of the records show lower temperatures than others.

That's lower than the figure in the United States.

Wages should be no lower than the minimum wage.

It's taking a little longer than I expected.

As seen from table 7, the lower labour costs in developing countries and countries in transition more than offset lower labour productivity, resulting in production costs that are significantly lower in these countries than in developed countries.

(a) Lower than budgeted expenditure for official travel and training

The assignment took me longer than I had expected.

The math homework was easier than I had expected.

This damage could lower annual GDP growth by 1 1.5 for several years to come. In the 2010 2011 fiscal year, the IMF estimates that economic output will increase by less than 3 one third the rate expected in neighboring India and less than half that of Bangladesh.

Some things, as you can see, went longer than expected.

The expected five year survival is less than five percent.

That one was way more difficult than I had expected.

The dolphin and trainer communicated much better than we expected.

PARIS In most European countries, GDP per capita is currently lower than it was six years ago. In some cases, like Greece, Italy, and Ireland, it is more than 10 lower.

Instead, the German economy has barely grown indeed, weaker world trade threatens to put it in recession. The current account surplus, which was supposed to decline sharply, has actually increased, as savings have remained higher and investment lower than expected.

Total A5 consumption was about 14 lower than the Baseline in 2002.

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Now the upper chambers were shorter for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

Now the upper chambers were shorter for the galleries were higher than these, than the lower, and than the middlemost of the building.

The crime rates in Bosnia today are lower than they are in Sweden.

And it really needed to get much lower than that to be cost effective.

And with the cost of these tools being substantially lower than the bribe demanded.

Also, the quality of water is much lower than that of European Union countries.

If regular resources income is lower than estimated, the main regulators of expenditures are

Women usually staff lower levels and are promoted at a slower pace than men.

Primary school completion rates are lower among indigenous populations than among non indigenous populations.

We also see sharks, much more regularly than I would have expected to.

It's usually 90 percent. So, you tell me you sleep better than expected.