1. Engineers noticed that the pipes were not expanding as expected. 工程师们注意到管子并未像预期的那样膨胀。
2. As expected, only about one-third of the participants detected this manipulation. 不出所料，只有约三分之一的参与者察觉到了这一操作。
3. As expected, vanadium was found in considerably greater quantities in skeletons in the burials of lower-status groups. 正如预期的那样，在较低地位群体墓葬的骨骼中发现的钒要多得多。
4. Dr. Sasaki found, as expected, the participants slept less well on their first night than they did on their second, taking more than twice as long to fall asleep and sleeping less overall. 佐佐木教授发现，正如预期的那样，参与者们在第一晚的睡眠质量不如第二晚，入睡所需时间是第二晚的两倍多，且总体睡眠时间也更少。
5. The country is still hopeful that it will meet its emissions goals, like reducing emissions by 40% by 2020, but the acceptance of electric cars in the country has not occurred as fast as expected. 该国仍希望实现其排放目标，比如到2020年减排40%，但该国对电动汽车的接受没有预期中的那么快。
