But the expectations surrounding this season's team are such that even a 50-victory season is nothing to brag about.

After his outing, Reed said this was the first time there have actually been expectations surrounding him in spring training.

His opera may also be the victim of the inflated expectations surrounding it.

Corn and soybean prices were under pressure all week from bearish expectations surrounding the crop report.

What struck the jurors as odd was the air of expectation surrounding the questions.

Still, one measure of the modest expectations surrounding Iraqi oil are prices on the world market.

Zenith has been one of the most recent beneficiaries of the high expectations surrounding the booming Internet marketplace.

"A lot of the expectations surrounding me were self-concocted expectations," he said.

One such current debate relates to the efficacy of oral motor exercises and the expectations surrounding them.

The task for the EU is now to ensure that the euro lives up to the expectations surrounding it.