There was a general expectation that he would win.

普遍认为他会获胜。

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Proper use of the bidding strategy, can increase the bids to win the bid rate, and can obtain good expectation profit.

采用得当的投标策略，可以增加投标的中标率，又可以获得较好的期望利润。

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The expectation at United is to win every game and you have to be at your very best in training, never mind in the games.

曼联想的是赢得每一场比赛的胜利。并且你必须保证自己处于最佳状态。

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More revealing, however, was the more awkward and equivocal reaction of newspapers closer to the centre, reflecting the reluctance of many commentators and interest groups to incur Mr Berlusconi's wrath, in the expectation that he will win.

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Then, as now, Kucinich dared uniquely to be unabashedly liberal, which stirred blogosphere support for the man but generated almost no expectation that he might actually win.

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There's still an expectation at Ibrox that Rangers can win that.

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