Expectations are therefore running high for the international conference in November.

But some experts worry that expectations for the tests run far ahead of the science.

And because this has been an unusually dry winter, expectations for another bad summer run high.

Expectations run higher here, with so many big names jostling for attention.

Expectations always run high because the dealers exhibiting here are among the best in the world.

Expectations were running high among doctors and cancer patients.

When eventually it became known that the mural would take the form of a tree, expectations ran high.

But for the moment, most businesses here are doing very well, and expectations are again running high.

Expectations about the Fed's next move, he said, "are running wild and there's a real big chance of disappointment."

Expectations of increased material help from Bonn in many fields run high.