The expectations are high.

The world's expectations are high.

High expectations for private sector financing of infrastructure have gone largely unmet.

Cultivating high expectations without progress could even be dangerous.

For the Palestinian territories, this means that people s expectations of the elections were probably too high.

So when I was born, I guess you could say expectations were kind of high for me.

Soaring speeches, high hopes, and great expectations have yielded minimal returns.

But high expectations, both domestically and internationally, can lead to huge disappointments.

Expectations around the world have again, as in 1946 been exceptionally high.

The independent expert found a general atmosphere of hope for a better future accompanied by high expectations for the new Government.

In all those cases, the Court has met our high expectations for authoritative language on matters of international law.

We welcome the G 8 proposal for irrevocable debt cancellation for the HIPC countries, a proposal that has generated high expectations in eligible countries.

have been unearthed. In this broader context the expectations on the CD are truly high.

In that regard, we have high expectations for the World Conference on Disaster Reduction, which is currently being held in Kobe, Japan.

He was commendably humble to admit that he was wrong to have raised expectations so high.

We have high expectations for his work as we approach the start of Israel's disengagement from Gaza and part of the West Bank.

Great Expectations for the Renminbi

It must therefore be prepared to move without delay to meet the high expectations of the people.

On the contrary, many capitals south of the Rio Grande had high expectations for the team that moved into the White House in 2001.

Moreover, as Nepal aspires to become a federal democratic republic, expectations are high among diverse groups for greater control of their lives and resources.

During his mission the independent expert noted a general atmosphere of hope for a better future accompanied by high expectations of the new Government.

Defining performance expectations for programme delivery

The Green Wave was a lesson to all freedom lovers around the world, she writes with high expectations for what will happen as protests continue.

Clinton has reopened the doors for Obama in Asia with charm and confidence. Obama will eventually come to Asia with many high expectations and star billing.

(i) At the United Nations global headquarters level, member state expectations are high for rationalization of procurement and human resource management, increased administrative efficiency and cost reductions.

Despite high expectations, the album had little success, selling about 5,000 copies, and its only single, Soap Disco , failed commercially.

The high voter turnout defied expectations, given the levels of violence and intimidation from insurgents attempting to disrupt the process.

With such endorsements, however, expectations are high, and India s government will have to think about how they can best be fulfilled.

In India, by contrast, even when you might think that government should be expected to deliver more, expectations are not high.

Emotions and expectations ran high when the new democracies from the former East Bloc joined the EU only five years ago.

We recall that our heads of State or Government, at the end of the High level Plenary Meeting, expressed similar expectations.

And, because expectations for France s competitiveness agenda are high, we will ensure swift implementation of the National Pact so that it can start producing results as soon as 2013.

This rapid economic deterioration, combined with the high expectations raised by the onset of political transition, is creating a sense of urgency.

Small island developing States have high expectations of this summit with regard to obtaining the necessary support to implement the Mauritius Strategy.

Serbia and Montenegro is proud to be among the founders of an institution in which high expectations have been placed for making the world a more just and better place.

Seminar expectations

But, despite these projects reported billion dollar price tags and high expectations, the investments have catalyzed little progress, owing partly to security issues.

Barack Obama s 2008 election created high expectations in this region, too but his administration s approach has been reserved, at best, and often obtuse.

Expectations, usually set too high to begin with, fail to be met, resulting in anger, disillusion, and often in acts of terrifying violence.

Expectations of King James started high but then declined, so by the 1620s there was a nostalgic revival of the cult of Elizabeth.

In addition, export expectations for German manufacturing are heading south.

My Government also has high expectations for what the Counter Terrorism Executive Directorate (CTED) can accomplish when established, and we note with great satisfaction that the CTED is breaking new ground.

Moreover, we are now experiencing a fundamental change in expectations about oil prices not only are today s prices quite high in real terms by historical standards, but the futures markets indicate that prices are expected to remain high for years to come.

SINGAPORE US President Barack Obama s foreign policy landscape is littered with deflated balloons. Soaring speeches, high hopes, and great expectations have yielded minimal returns.

Kenya s bumpy road to democracy is no different from that of many other countries in Africa whose political transitions were heralded with high expectations.