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.

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?

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

He offered more than could be 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.

The dolphin and trainer communicated much better than we expected.

It's just what I expected.

Huh, not quite what I expected,

I never expected I would end up crying today.

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).

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

I had expected him at the meeting.

It's really different from what I expected.

I expected him to offer some help.

It wasn't as expensive as I 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.

So I didn't expect that, but I mean, I expected you could synchronize.

The movie was interesting, as I had expected.

This is not what I expected, trust me.

I expected people to be wondering, Why did I draw a sheep?

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.

And walked off. And I didn't expect that, because I expected one of these ...

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.

I expected them to say to Rob, Hold on. We're coming.

I never expected to meet her in a place like that.

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.

I knew even then that I would encounter cultural differences and misunderstandings, but they popped up when I least expected it.

I love diplomacy I have no career I expected my entire life to be a diplomat, to be serving my country.