1.   And certainly there is more than enough reason to extend lofty expectations to basketball.

2.   And I must confess, on the way there, I wondered whether his belly would live up to my lofty expectations.

3.   A football team that stubbed its collective toe on Saturday, tripping over its lofty expectations.

4.   After winning consecutive division titles the past two seasons, lofty expectations have been placed on the Astros.

5.   Both have yet to live up to lofty expectations.

6.   Bush may need the votes of many Christian conservatives to meet or exceed the lofty expectations for a resounding victory here.

7.   But Bird has lofty expectations, just as he had when roaming from baseline to baseline as one of the finest players in the game.

8.   But it was definitely an ugly way to end a season that started with three straight wins and such lofty expectations.

9.   But management built much too lofty expectations into their estimates, and when the potential deterioration in those estimates became evident months ago, they never acknowledged it.

10.   Concern over profit growth undercut the lofty expectations that sent global stocks to records this year.