Thomas said they went to the meeting with high expectations because they felt their counter-proposals were reasonable. |
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It is a record only the most churlish, or those with almost impossibly high expectations, could deem anything less than laudable. |
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We are hitting the ground running, and so far everything has exceeded our high expectations. |
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But with such high expectations, some anticipate at least a handful of negative heads-ups as we enter the earnings-warning season this month. |
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As with all gaming movies, some fans will go in with overly high expectations that can never be fulfilled. |
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It's an extremely odd little movie, all in all, and it's a little tough to understand the high expectations. |
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Terrific, now you look like a fop and folks won't have high expectations of you today. |
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Livingstone would not be exempt from a Blair-type trashing if he too disappoints these high expectations. |
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No publishing house of our size had ever won the prize and we consequently couldn't afford to go in there with high expectations. |
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Bolstered by a handful of Academy award nominations, I had high expectations for this film. |
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Although some legislators passionately opposed this idea as inegalitarian, the program was quickly passed with high expectations. |
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People have high expectations about Labor, the party of reform and progressive ideas. |
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Both teams had high expectations coming into the season, yet have struggled because they can't stay out of the penalty box. |
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The Dunblane boy chose to hit a backhand and vent his spleen by complaining about the high expectations of the British media. |
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I suspect meditating on this idea might relieve me of some of my day-to-day anxiety derived from my high expectations of my own performance. |
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I think there were very high expectations for this movie, perhaps impossibly high. |
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When the city was declared a tax-free zone, there were equally high expectations. |
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Concentration on psychological fulfilment places enormous strain on the institution because it raises impossibly high expectations. |
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I came to Glasgow with high expectations because I've been demolishing players in practice. |
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I have heard that when children meet and discuss their situations, there is a danger that it can raise high expectations in children. |
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It's also double-trouble if you hold high expectations for that person that you can't be bothered keeping yourself to. |
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They hold high expectations of both public and private sector leaders and institutions. |
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Looking at Canada through the eyes of a new immigrant yields images of high expectations, dashed hopes, eventual adjustment but seldom regret. |
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Some raise high expectations and at the same time significant controversy, such as the use of embryonic stem cells. |
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The scale of our operations can raise high expectations and disrupt existing local balances, especially in economically disadvantaged regions. |
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The IOC is concerned with areas of science which raise high expectations because they respond to urgent needs. |
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You must convince the doubters that under your leadership Europe can live up to the high expectations you set for us. |
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They have high expectations of themselves and others, and they tend to verbalize their disappointment. |
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Piedmont is a well respected regional carrier with high expectations from its maintenance suppliers. |
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I can also say that people had some rather high expectations concerning the use of the surplus. |
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The financial services sector is not a sector for which you should have very high expectations. |
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The Roadmaps vary in nature, but the majority of them show a positive momentum and high expectations. |
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We welcome these encouraging developments and share the high expectations which this new momentum has created. |
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We are quite confident that it will not meet the high expectations this government has put forth in this legislation. |
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This makes it difficult for the mission to implement fully its mandate and to meet high expectations. |
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They have high expectations of the food system and need help figuring out what to eat. |
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The impact of having high expectations came to be known as the Pygmalion effect. |
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Teachers should have high expectations of all students, regardless of the student's background or academic preparation. |
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Never let it be said that I don't have high expectations of you, my dears. |
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Being a rookie athlete requires you to leave a world of familiarity, where you've established credibility, to step into a new realm of high expectations. |
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But although the Assembly had been regarded with high expectations in 1917, once it had been dispersed the mass of the population had abandoned it as an ideal. |
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Whether maintaining greens, tees, approaches or fairways, the triplex mower has the ability to deliver results that meet golf course superintendents' high expectations. |
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So another summer slips by with Yorkshire flattering to deceive in knockout cricket, the high expectations of the first half of the season suddenly evaporating into thin air. |
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We aim to develop a community in which working, teaching and learning are enjoyable, purposeful and effective and where high expectations are the norm. |
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The impossibly high expectations of motherhood, of striking a balance between the working world and the world at home, is what most women face today. |
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Within an entrepreneurial performance culture, we have high expectations of our workforce and actively encourage their advancement. |
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This would explain why they have set such high expectations from their local authorities to help them overcome the crisis. |
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Our fellow citizens have high expectations of the content likely to emerge from the work of the convention. |
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The end of conflict nevertheless tends to create high expectations for the delivery of concrete political, social and economic dividends. |
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We have high expectations, but then we face more challenges than we'd anticipated. |
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For medium-sized to larger farms with high expectations in terms of road traffic, working and spreading safety. |
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However, on the other hand, after six years of negotiation, maintaining high expectations at this stage may be unrealistic. |
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He added that it was important and illustrative for the Board to see concrete examples and results of the evaluation efforts undertaken by UNFPA, otherwise there could be unrealistically high expectations. |
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Initially I was perfectionistic and had extremely high expectations for activism. |
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Unfortunately, she winds up with a strict teacher: Mrs. Pearl would certainly win Tiger Mom's praises with her predilection for high expectations and low grades. |
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However, beyond the optimism and high expectations generated by the significant improvement in the political climate, there was a widespread acknowledgement of the enormity of the challenges still facing the country. |
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The birth of so many new States in Africa this century, with all the attendant euphoria and high expectations, has been quickly followed by disillusionment and disappointment. |
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Featuring superior resistance, architecture and design, this exceptional watch meets the high expectations and standards of the true aficionado of superior time-keeping mechanisms. |
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A positive school culture is one in which individuals are trusted, respected, and involved, where there is collaboration, high expectations, mutual trust, caring, and support for all individuals. |
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Perhaps this quality is suffering as a result of an overloaded agenda, which we force onto the shoulders of the European Union, or of excessively diverse and excessively high expectations? |
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The youth in this territory, defined as those under the age of 25, are part of the consumer society in Canada and have high expectations in terms of employment and quality of life. |
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The second Summit of the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region, of which we have high expectations, must not be a missed opportunity. |
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While educational standards should of course represent a challenge for both teachers and students, unrealistically high expectations lead to demotivation and would jeopardise the acceptance of the standards. |
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It sets high expectations, and people say this captures the UN they expect: focused on results, on the most marginalized and on the hard issues where we can, and should, lean in and make a difference. |
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It started work this year and many had high expectations of it. |
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We go into the Commonwealth Games with high expectations in terms of performance and anticipate that the experience gained in Delhi will be invaluable leading towards the preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games. |
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One developed country observed that the text has become increasingly ambitious in scope and detail, and expressed concern that high expectations of an agreement this week may not be met. |
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Navigation for those who have high expectations. |
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The presence of similar others, defined as those who had the same expectation, facilitated the performance of girls who had high expectations of success, but had the reverse effect for girls with low expectations of success. |
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After a fashion, the repeated failures that followed the Rio success can probably be attributed, partly, to the increasingly high expectations that each of these summits engendered. |
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This team was bestowed with some high expectations from their head coach Lionel Woods to start season, and by all accounts they have answered accordingly. |
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The high expectations of detachments and their commanders was identified as an important topic, with unanimous support and gratitude expressed for the efforts and successes of detachments. |
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Duncan fell short of some high expectations last term, but he can return refreshed in Ascot's John Doyle Buckhounds Stakes. |
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First of all, being the largest investor in a small country comes with a price tag of high expectations and inevitable scrutiny of every action, no matter how minor. |
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Do you have high expectations now that the tide seems to be shifting? |
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Some panellists, among them, Kishore Mahbubani, warned against high expectations at the onset. |
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Enhanced relationships with all stakeholders are essential for inspiring change and building and sustaining a culture of high expectations and standards for student learning. |
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Gila Sperer said that clients should not have overly high expectations, because the goal of interpreters is to help people follow along and to facilitate communication, not transcribe. |
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Because if we deceive an audience with very high expectations, there will be no space for mercy, like what happened with Southland Tales and Charlie Says last year. |
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It is high time the embassy builds a system of counterchecking the documents and visas it issues to avoid disappointment to people who come there with high expectations. |
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High expectations are set for student learning, whether in classrooms or other learning contexts. |
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