Sooner than you expected, huh?

He offered more than could be expected.

It's taking a little longer than I expected.

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.

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.

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.

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.

The number of students who were late for school was much smaller than I had expected.

The result, however, will be a NATO compatible army far sooner than might have been expected.

Nonetheless, although progress has been somewhat slower than expected, the unification process in Mostar remains on track.

It is expected that the audit certificates will cover a larger number of sub projects than before.

Government revenues are expected to average less than 400 million per year until 2008 less than half the projected expenditures for public sector salaries and operations.

Gains could be larger than the total gains expected from all the other negotiating items in current WTO negotiations.

For instance, the reason members resign is related much less frequently than expected to dissatisfaction with the political culture.

And the world's population expected to top out at something hopefully a bit less than 10 billion, late this century.

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

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 .

A request to that effect must be submitted not earlier than 6 months and not later than 2 months before the date when enforcement of the expulsion can be expected.

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

Illicit networks supplying WMD related materials and technologies have proved to pose a far greater threat than we ever expected before.

As several institutions are involved, and given some differences in their structures, coordination of the initiatives is taking longer than 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.

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

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

Of these, only three are expected to finalize their NAPAs earlier than planned, and 14 have had to postpone the completion date.

Since the CPC has been revised at shorter intervals than the ISIC, it was expected that the revision of the CPC would be much less extensive than the revision of the ISIC.

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!

Expenditures in 2005 are expected to be 32 per cent higher than 2004, due to the tsunami disaster, as shown in figure II.

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.

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.

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

If a smaller number than anticipated is received, and if no effective competition can be expected, a procuring entity has to withdraw the ERA.

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.

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.

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.