Sentences with phrase «almost as surprising»

The lack of impact The Creative Assembly has had on the core structure of Halo Wars is almost as surprising as it is disappointing.

And almost as surprising was where it came from; director Gerardo Naranjo didn't pick a fellow countryman for the project, but rather a Hungarian DoP named Mátyás Erdély.

This is almost as surprising as the idea of making statements about a stone falling to the ground by actually calculating the temperature of a hot gas.

Almost as surprising with John Terry's good game was Ivanovic's, who drew a foul and made two successful tackles.

His appearance was almost as surprising as it was welcome — until quite recently it had seemed likely that the ebullient and colorful general was out of international competition for good.

Our comments: almost as surprising as the gold question, these responses show a sizeable minority believe bitcoin's algorithm - driven limited supply can act as a non-correlated buffer against central bank policy.

For most of the players in the multi-trillion-dollar oil and gas industry, crude's swift plunge has been almost as surprising as it has been costly.

Only 17 % mentioned Monday, which is almost as surprising.

Then almost as a surprise I ended up on the trajectory of writing songs, leading worship, travelling.

Gran Turismo 4 has featured a lengthy and publicly drawn out development period, revealed too soon its release has come almost as a surprise and, to many players, it feels like an older product that perhaps should have been released several years ago.

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He made two different offers to customers — either 20 percent off their total purchase or free shipping — and was surprised that almost twice as many customers chose the discount.

After the director left, I must have looked pretty surprised as the CFO explained, «We have tens of thousands of employees, and at the rate we're growing it's almost impossible to keep up with our space needs in the Bay Area.

Perhaps more surprising is Buffett's second - best pick over the past year, as it has recently been known more for controversy than outperformance: United Airlines stock, up almost 44 % since the investor bought it in the third quarter of 2016.

It should really be no surprise, as a lack of sleep tends to make almost anyone cranky... and it's hard to be cranky and charming at the same time.

What the console industry doesn't want to have happen though is to be taken by surprise, where customers get ahead of the curve and hand their business over to other players almost entirely, as happened with the music industry and the rise of Apple.

That said, it seems VandeHei may not have been so much urging Zuckerberg to run as he was commenting that the 2016 race is so outside the bounds of typical U.S. presidential elections that almost few twists in the narrative would be surprising at this point.

«When people think of our product, they're thinking cotton canvas or jersey, but our toys are as soft that they are almost always surprised,» says Serah Chae, president of Hosung NY.

Considering how poorly many companies handle their customer service efforts, it's almost as if these expectations are a real surprise.

The Strategy surprised a lot of observers, especially in light of the fact that it was announced in December 2008, just as Ontario was entering a recession. Its focus was almost exclusively -LSB-...]

I would argue that almost every negative «surprise» that drives a stock down is actually listed as a risk in the risk section of the 10K.

In a recent post, Long - Term Bonds Behave More Like Stocks Than You Might Think, Lawrence via Fortune Financial fame outlined: It shouldn't be surprising that long - term Treasurys exhibit almost the same degree of volatility as equities.

Samuel Gross, a law professor at the University of Michigan and senior editor of the Registry, said, «It's no surprise that in this area, as in almost any other that has to do with criminal justice in the United States, race is the big factor.»

But here is a thing that will surprise you — streaming movies is not actually that modern as it has been around for almost a century!

I remember in college, many moons ago, thinking that since I was so very opinionated about religion, I really should make sure I was familiar with the Bible... So I read it... cover to cover... I can tell you, I honestly didn't enjoy it... it's NOT a great read... bits are interesting, and of course very familiar... I took me almost the whole year, but I got through it... So imagine my surprise some time later when I found myself at an after conference gathering, that just so happened to have an inexplicably number of overtly religious attendants (inexplicable because it was a hi - tech network security conference) and after listening quietly for a while, jumped in with the statement «well, you've all read the bible cover to cover, as have I»....

It is of no surprise to us that Epiphanius (the Bishop of Salamis in Cyprus), writing in 375 - 378, [47] almost two centuries after the birth of the Montanist movement, in his book Panarion (Medicine Chest against all heresies), could pass judgement on the Montanists as follows:

Speaking as a priest who has lived almost a century, he concludes, «I'm surprised the seminaries aren't bulging with young men who want to have a wonderful and enriching life.»

Sorry, but after you've spent almost two millennia depriving others of their rights, it should come as no surprise that you'll face extreme resentment.

Which surprised me as I'm in So California and it's almost 90 * outside.

As such cooking is quite unsuited for a hot climate, it is not surprising to find that diseases of the stomach and liver are almost universal among Mexicans.

It would not surprise me that their official version of this biscuit was more like hard - tack, as they did have to use it for rations in a war - zone closer to Hell than almost any other, and supply lines which mostly were inoperable.

The resulting cookies are almost as good as the originals, but don't quite have the same moreish - ness which is not surprising as they contain no fructose.

I'm surprised I didn't find it earlier as your website is amazing and has led to me trawling through almost its entire history.

Almost as big a surprise is that Wenger has dropped Olivier Giroud to the bench and put the star of the season Alexis Sanchez through the middle.

He contributed to a Sweet 16 run as a freshman and almost single - handedly powered a surprising Elite Eight run last year.

As a major importance to their style of play it is no surprise that Arsenal control almost 5 % more of their games in possession.

A more balanced Pitino team won the national title the following season, but this one grinded its way to a surprise Big East tournament title, then reached the Final Four as a No. 4 seed almost entirely on the strength of its defense.

It's a Dog's Life Schottzie (02), the pampered pet of Cincinnati owner Marge Schott, set a less - than - dignified tone for Red home games by cavorting on the field before game time, sometimes, in her excitement, leaving behind little «surprises» for the grounds crew and once almost tripping up pitcher Tim Belcher as he jogged before a start.

Can you challenge for the EPL with Arteta and flamini as back up DM's NO Another year of «If only» and «almost there» On a positive note we are used to it so no surprise.

Ever since Arsene Wenger arrived as the and relatively unheard of new manager of Arsenal Football Club, almost 20 years ago now, he has often surprised us Arsenal fans and the football world in general with the way he has done things.

its almost as if wenger hears what everyone else is saying, looks at the most logical simple lineup and then goes «but i'm smarter than that: i will surprise them by putting out this incredibly unguessable, surprising lineup because i will never do what everyone thinks because I AM THE MANAGER»

I will openly admit that I was personally probably the highest of anyone on his potential, almost certainly unreasonably so, but... this is still quite surprising, especially since he had been progressing fairly well (albeit quietly as well), and I hoped that he might prove himself enough to possibly become next year's backup catcher.

A few issues yes just a few, this result was not a surprise to most fans before the game why did we start will Elneny and le coq santi is one of our best 3 players, why pay 34m and sit him on the bench why did walcott start, and why did he take the pen why at 2 - 1 down did he keep the 2 DMs on the pitch the camera panned onto the mangers Klop was shouting out orders, Wenger looks quiet and almost confused as what to do

Imo he is one of the best «number 10's» in the world, his position is right behind the striker, a CAM as you say — Yet since he has come he has played LW for the first season, CAM for the second (Surprise surprise he almost broke the PL record for assists, and that was with very average finishers in front of him) and now he seems to be playing as a RW?

After a regular season that featured top - five upsets on a weekly basis and left almost every team with at least one truly head - scratching loss, chalk would qualify as a surprise outcome in this year's NCAA tournament.

Not surprising that he needs a breather as this is his first proper extended run at this level and he has played almost every game since Neil Lennon took over.

If you watch him in action on direttastreamingcalciogratis.it you can see that his goalkeeping prowess is starting to wane a little - at 39 it's no surprise that he's not as athletic and agile as he once was, and he must have thrown himself to the floor to stop a flying ball almost a million times by now!

Samir Nasri has become almost an icon for the Snood, no doubt whoever makes the silly things will be on the phone to his agent right now discussing a possible sponsorship / advertising scheme as the item is clearly going to be a favourite with the youngsters of the world, but if the Gunners don't perform at Old Trafford on Monday night then don't be at all surprised to see Nasri's Snood replaced by Arsene Wenger's hands which, according to my sources, has been all the rage in north London for years now.

«We've never been prepared like this before as far as I'm concerned this is the best preparation all the players we recruited came from Premier league sides and I'm not surprised that they want play in the (NNL) because Bayelsa United one of the highest paid sides in Nigeria despite the fact that we're playing in the (NNL), So we have a lot of quality players from premier league sides, Players that I know that can take the team back to the Nigeria Professional Football league almost immediately.»

The latter does come as a surprise, though, considering Sir Alex is still none the wiser as to who should start in goal, with Anders Lindegaard and David De Gea currently playing musical gloves − though Spaniard De Gea is almost certain to drop to the bench after his abysmal display against Rovers.

While it may not have been a neutrals cup of tea, Big Sam knew full well that beating Manchester United, a team with everything to play for, wasn't going to be easy, in fact almost impossible considering the huge gulf in class between the two sides, but the draw was always a viable option and so it was to little surprise that Sam Allardyce pinpointed the point as a great result, and credit to him and the players for perfecting their tactics as they were duly rewarded with their target point.