An editor, like a candidate, must limit expectations so that she can impress everyone by exceeding them.

Ms. Rideout said there was a role for public announcements, "but such educational campaigns should have limited expectations, or a substantial budget."

I limit expectations . . . including my own.

Among the emotional consequences of this existential condition, Mr. Grossman says, are the tendencies to live in the present, to limit expectations and to internalize frustrations.

The public has limited expectations in other policy areas as well.

To fail to make a distinction between a disability and its handicapping effects at different times and in different situations may limit expectations.

They said they had limited expectations that it might immediately bolster support for the war but were hoping it could at least indicate the beginning of a turnaround.

The Foreign Ministry official said that Vietnam, one of the world's poorest countries, had limited expectations about what assistance it could get from the United States.

But he also seemed determined to limit expectations for its growth.

Fraschilla looked for signs of encouragement while attempting to limit expectations.