However, he had little expectation that the court would hear the case.

Rarely has a Leinster final been the subject of so little expectation.

But he had little expectation of finding the men he wanted there.

There was little expectation that the Rebels would seek to engage us.

He has gone with little expectation; his interest was not high.

Just a well-balanced squad of well-coached athletes playing with freedom and little expectation.

A little expectation, as Northern Ireland discovered last month, can be a dangerous thing.

Chinese officials say they have little expectation of significant progress.

There is also little expectation of an El Nino effect this summer and fall.

I had then but little expectation of surviving, and those about me had less.

I had little expectation of finding him, dead or alive.

But Western diplomats had little expectation of any swift breakthroughs.

I did so with little expectation, just dogged thoroughness.

But, by such, Johnson professed, that he had little expectation of his writings being perused.

Shows you stumble across with very little expectation often turn out to be the most thrilling.

Going into 2011, there was little expectation of firmer pricing before next year at the earliest.