Of course this is not the first time there has been a gap between expectations and reality.

Should they not learn the difference between reasonable expectations and realistic ones?

"There is often a difference between expectations and results in life," he said.

We will have to be aware of that difference between international expectations and the mood here.

"As a result, the gap between expectations and reality is much greater than in the past," she said.

The real villain is the clash between expectations and reality.

Not least will be the inevitable clash between popular expectations and economic realities.

The documentary, which usually takes one or two years to make, he adds, is "a marriage between expectations and the actual events we film."

Finding my way is measured by the distance between once realistic expectations and cold reality.

The Act as eventually passed represented a compromise between different groups' goals and expectations.