1.   Reduced expectations have shown up in many public opinion polls taken in recent years.

2.   As with most aspects of life, the key to contentment with machine translation is reduced expectations.

3.   A drop in the implied rate on interest-rate futures contracts also highlights reduced expectations over a Bundesbank rate increase anytime soon.

4.   A rise in implied yields reflects reduced expectations that rates can be cut soon.

5.   A rise in implied yields reflects reduced expectations of lower interest rates.

6.   Connors said the overall economy and continued decline in the PC industry, where Microsoft is by far the dominant operating system, is behind the reduced expectations.

7.   European bonds and stocks could however be vulnerable to setbacks if reduced expectations of a U.S. interest rate cut undermine Treasury bonds.

8.   EMC Corp. reported first-quarter results that met reduced expectations for the big data-storage equipment maker.

9.   He said deteriorating market conditions, particularly in the developing world, also contributed to the reduced expectations.

10.   Investors agreed, and they pushed government bond prices lower because of reduced expectations that the Fed will need to cut interest rates to prop up the economy.