Organisers expected a sell-out event, with capacity crowds of up to 5,500 students.

I expected a high-powered event, with dozens, if not hundreds of people present.

Littlewood's Law states that individuals can statistically expect a significant event to happen for them at a frequency of about once per month.

It is ridiculous expecting a large one-off event involving international travel to be sustainable.

But you wouldn't expect an event of such mainstream appeal to influence the avant garde art world.

"We are expecting a special event, today."

The world expects an international event.

One might expect a first-class event, given the cost.

According to one study, humans apply a rule of thumb by which we expect a significant event to have a significant cause.

The audience came expecting an event to entertain them, not realizing that they were as much part of the event as what was occurring onstage.