He offered more than could be expected.

That one was way more difficult than I had expected.

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

Sooner than you expected, huh?

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

And the difference is even more pronounced among men, who are expected to live about 11 years longer than their American counterparts.

Numerous countries wanted and expected more.

They worship one from whom harm is expected more than the benefit indeed what an evil master and indeed what an evil friend!

They worship one from whom harm is expected more than the benefit indeed what an evil master and indeed what an evil friend!

Some changes in the flow of remittances are expected since South South migration is likely to increase more rapidly than South North migration.

In Darfur alone, some 2.5 million people are expected to need humanitarian assistance in 2005, including more than 1.6 million internally displaced persons.

It's taking a little longer than I expected.

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.

Today, more people live outside their countries of origin than at any time in history and their numbers are expected to increase in the future.

The assignment took me longer than I had expected.

The math homework was easier than I had expected.

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.

When the Soviet Union collapsed more than two decades ago, and Ukraine opted for independence, many expected the country to do better than Russia in the years to come. But events turned out differently.

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

The expected five year survival is less than five percent.

The dolphin and trainer communicated much better than we expected.

Given the current expected inflation rate of 2 , the real rate on ten year bonds is still less than 1 . Past experience implies that the real rate will rise to at least 2 , taking the total nominal interest rate to more than 4 , even if expected inflation remains at just 2 .

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.

Indeed, with 40 of its population living in cities, Africa is more urbanized than India (30 ), and nearly as urbanized as China (45 ). By 2016, more than 500 million Africans will live in urban centers, and the number of cities with more than one million people is expected to reach 65, up from 52 in 2011 (on par with Europe and higher than India and North America).

Since the shock of the French and Dutch no votes against the European Union s proposed Constitutional Treaty, events have followed their inevitable course, but more rapidly than expected.

This was the first time that support to national reports was availed through a multilateral project, and the finalization of the related arrangements consumed more time than expected.

However, owing to the efforts of its secretariat, it is expected that in the course of the biennium 2006 2007, more resources will be mobilized than in 2004 2005.

Second, whereas democracy and market capitalism appeared as clear if more fragile than expected winners in 1989, it is difficult in 2009, with the spread of the global crisis, to distinguish winners from losers. Everyone seems to be a loser, even if some are more affected than others.

South Africa, for example, reported that coal currently provides more than 90 per cent of the energy for its electricity generation and is expected to dominate power generation until 2040.

After the 2005 review cycle, the numbers are expected to increase to more than 190 experts from 82 different Parties (37 Annex I Parties and 45 non Annex I Parties).

This was the first time when that support to national reports was availed through a multilateral project, and the finalization of the related arrangements consumed took more time than expected.

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

Their expected growth of more than 5 per cent over the next two years exceeded by a substantial margin their performance in previous decades, reflecting the benefits of past policy reform.

With more and more developing country firms internationalizing, this trend can be expected to continue and possibly accelerate.

Although the growth in contributions is expected to continue, for 2009, the last year of the plan period, contributions are expected to be less than in 2005, but still 14 per cent higher than in 2004.

But, given the dire circumstances at the outset, we have done far better than could have been expected and, indeed, was expected by many in 2001.

Given the dramatic growth in the amount of data being generated, together with ever expanding applications across industries, it is reasonable to expect that individual data will soon be worth more than 100 per Internet user. Within ten years, the data capture industry can be expected to generate more than 500 billion annually.

In January and February 2006, three more judgements are expected to be issued.

This figure is expected to increase as more foundations report their 2003 contributions.

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

Life is more than food, and the body is more than clothing.

Most of the world s urban areas have already experienced far more dramatic temperature hikes over the past few decades than the 2.6 C increase expected from global warming over the next hundred years.

This dollar invasion is making macroeconomic management in emerging countries even more challenging than usual. If high commodity prices are expected to persist, then some strengthening of currencies is both desirable and inevitable.

Worldwide energy demand has increased by more than 50 since 1980, and is expected to grow annually by 1.6 between now and 2030. More than 70 of this new demand will come from developing countries, with fossil fuels projected to account for about 80 of total energy demand by the end of this period.

It's more than just gadgets it's more than just things that people invent.