Sentences with phrase «as much expectation»

A relative newcomer to the auction rooms, the arrival of one her most significant works, a 15 ft fibreglass sleeping elephant covered in bindi beads, stirred as much expectation as the estimate, set at a whopping # 700,000.

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Dick's pointed to sales of hunting gear such as rifles, which chief financial officer Lee Belitsky called «much worse than our expectations» on a conference call, and athletic apparel is key culprits in the shortfall.

They also need to train managers to deal effectively with employees who underperform and / or violate expectations (such as spending too much time on their phones).

The likes of Exxon and Enbridge, therefore, have as much as admitted they have no expectation or intention of adhering to the 2 - degree limit established by international convention.

Amazon, for its part, is doing just fine, news coverage notwithstanding: Amazon stock surged as much as 13 % Friday after the tech company's earnings report blew past Wall Street's expectations, raising Bezos's net worth with it.

However, the company's stock fell as much as five per cent Wednesday to $ 27.87 on the Toronto Stock Exchange after it reported sales totalled $ 390.9 million, down from $ 394.2 million and adjusted earnings of 24 cents per share, which slightly missed analysts» expectations of 25 cents per share, according to data compiled by Thomson Reuters.

Those smitten by the sleek products that Jobs introduced in his much - anticipated stage presentations have rarely seen them as anything but revolutionary, and claimed that they repeatedly changed not only the expectations of what modern electronics can deliver, but our lives.

What started as a fun idea has turned into something much bigger, exceeding even the track's highest expectations.

Much of the effectiveness of Canadian monetary policy depends on the Bank of Canada's credibility: managing expectations for the future is at least as important as setting short - term interest rates.

I think that is always a valuable feeling to have, but when selling through to larger organizations I've learned you need to temper your expectations and do as much as you possibly can to mitigate the risks of partnership ahead of time.

Previous reports said that a sale of Salix could raise as much as $ 10 billion for Valeant, which has been struggling under a roughly $ 30 billion debt load after repeatedly slashing earnings expectations.

If, as I have indicated, the U.S. growth and inflation outlooks have not changed notably, then why have expectations about U.S. monetary policy shifted so much?

Too little inflation can be just as perilous as too much, as a decline in inflation expectations can indicate slower growth ahead.

I do not want to make too much of this point, but the saturation coverage of the event in the print and electronic media must have had some dampening effect on expectations, as some surveys have suggested.

After all the expectation of ethical behaviour should surely be equally applied to the offended just as much as it is to the offender.

As Jared Bernstein points out market expectations are much more pessimistic than this.

Much of that projected earnings increase is coming from tax cuts and some from expectations that companies» revenue would grow at a nice clip as global growth stayed strong.

I based my growth expectations on what I think were conservative estimates of consumption growth and the growth in productive investment (with which the reported data is currently consistent, although do not prove my assumptions one way or the other), but I always pointed out that as long as credit growth accelerated, the growth in non-productive investment would remain high, in which case reported GDP would also remain high for much longer.

Instead, as coupons and maturity payments are linked to inflation, index - linked gilt prices are instead driven much more by changes to inflation expectations, and also the complex interaction between nominal interest rates and those inflation expectations (real interest rates).

From a central banking point of view, this is a bit disappointing and seems to suggest that inflationary expectations have not come down as much as we would have liked.

BHAGAT: Look, let be careful about paying too much attention to a single quarter, but as it stands right now consensus expectations call for the very cyclical energy and materials sectors to be the winner.

Every multiple has expectations built in — as much as 2 % growth for every multiple over 10, although these things are a rough, imprecise matter.

With so much monetary stimulus currently on offer, it's no surprise that we have seen a recent surge in stock prices worldwide; stimulus that was reaffirmed again today as US retail sales came in below expectations, easing concerns that the Federal Reserve would begin tapering as early as September.

From those ashes emerged the Great Bull Market (1981 to 2000), as inflation expectations remained much higher than the actual rate.

The Philippine economy grew by 5.7 per cent in the first quarter, much slower than market expectations, as it continued to feel the lingering...

While the inflation impact from higher oil prices and commodity prices in general, continue to pump up inflation expectation and push bond yields higher, keep in mind that much of the recent spike in Yields is about as much about supply as it is about inflation.

As a result, absolute economic prospects may not improve much, but we would actually expect a strong trend toward positive surprises from the standpoint of now - lowered expectations.

Rules that establish expectations and implement accountability are just as much about protecting one's platform to lead with transparency and authority, as they are about protecting one's marriage and personal values.

The fundamental notion of dividing society into saints and sinners, separating the saints from the sinners as much as possible, and then instituting a system of external controls to bring the sinners into at least outer conformity with the moral expectations of the saints, originally had nothing to do with the relations between ethnic and racial groups.

For many, the expectations and teachings of other Christians have harmed them as much as they have helped.

This individualism has dismissed both the extrinsic and the intrinsic value of each human being in favor of material and professional indices of success that most people believe are due to luck as much as anything else (hence the increasing popularity of lotteries) Because the apocalyptic worldview of the early church has now been replaced with the desperate and meaningless finality of possible nuclear annihilation, eschatological expectations and hope for reversal of human fortunes have given way to a «present - only» scheme of refetence even in Christian theology.

Some pastors put so much pressure on those with willing minds & such unrealistic expectations on us that everything we «do» is judged as not good enough or can be better.

In one of the most important passages in the Education of Cyrus, Cambyses (Cyrus's father) gives Cyrus the following advice: «If someone deceives often, instilling the expectation of good things, such a person ends up not being able to persuade even when he speaks of true sources of hope... One must, as much as possible preserve trust in one's own encouragement in the face of the greatest risks.»

Today I woke up in a world where I, as as man, still face a reality: the expectations of my gender are pretty much the same as they have been for ages, whereas women now have greater flexibility.

most Christian Dalits were deeply aware that much of their plight as people of «untouchable» origin has continued inspite of accepting the Christian faith and much of their expectations in new community (church) have remained unfulfilled.

There remains still to be reckoned with, some remnant of expectation of miraculous action: it was inescapable in that age; however, as we may note once again, ancient miracles were much simpler than their modern protagonists would have them, and much closer to natural processes.

The first two of these changes are characteristic of a developing tradition in the Church, and since the early Christians spoke of the coming of the Son of man very much as Jesus had spoken of the Kingdom as a future hope, we can readily imagine that they could have taken the original and genuine saying of Jesus, Luke 17.20 f., and transformed it in this way to express their expectation.

It is a disgrace when you are able to be complete and always you come short, it grows frustration among fans, pundits, and everyone who bet on you... Other so called big teams manged to fulfill their expectations and potential, I mean city, chelsea and man city, and that's why the media stands by their sides, however, our management either has ego or ignorance so much that they decline everyone call to stand as a big club and fix their flaws... Now the pundits and the media wait for us to slip and then say «see we told you»...

If it truly was (in part) because of a lack of intelligence then the Wonderlic score (as much as I personally don't trust intelligence tests) should have mellowed out some people's expectations.

Pavlyuchenko raised expectations with his fine performances for Russia at the summer's European Championships but has so far failed to replicate this form with Tottenham — in much the same way as Rebrov arrived much - heralded from Dynamo Kiev in 2000, only to score just 10 goals in four years.

Aside from Mascherano, the likes of Johan Cruyff and Thierry Henry have previously worn that number, and so Coutinho will hope to enjoy as much success as they did during their time with Barcelona and live up to expectations as it will also come with a lot of responsibility.

There's so much expectation on the German international, simply because he should be regarded as a top class player.

After last season when Arsenal spent much longer at the top of the Premier League table than any of our big rivals, only faltering in the second half of the season as the injury list ground us down, expectations were naturally high going into this campaign.

Perhaps there was far too much expectation and promise on his shoulders as a young player and so we have grown up to criticise him against heights of what is expected of him, rather than what we know he is capable of.

yeah; you might be correct, nowadays i have learned to lower my expectations as much as possible when it comes to Arsenal's transfer bussiness!

Completing an all English back line is a left - back who at 19 - years - old was signed for a whopping # 27m and there is much expectation for the former Saints man to succeed as a result.

We might sometimes think that all these people are bashing us but they I think they all have high expectations for us, they expect us to be more than what are giving for a club of our status, you don't see them criticizing Spuds, Liverpool, Everton etc as much as they do us because they know we are so close to being a real challenging team but we have accepted and convinced ourselves with our excuses..

Each of the league's previous three top picks made an impact in her first season — Houston's Tina Thompson was named first - team All - WNBA in 1997; Dydek led the league in blocked shots in» 98; and Washington's Chamique Holdsclaw was Rookie of the Year in» 99 — but first - year Cleveland coach Dan Hughes doesn't expect as much out of Wauters: «I hope people will allow her to play a little bit and not have an expectation level that's too dramatic.»

How much has those people had to eat their words, as the 21 year - old has exceeded all expectations and has become a regular in the Gunners First XI as we have had an amazing run with Wenger's new formation.