Sentences with phrase «announcement came as no surprise to»

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The timing of the announcement also came as a surprise to White House aides, even those who had been informed days earlier of the imminent shake - up, two sources familiar with the plans said.

The announcement that AOL is likely to close or sell off the social networking site Bebo comes as no surprise to industry watchers, marking the latest in a string of acquisitions that seem to have become the kiss of death for web startups.

The announcement came as no surprise, since golf's governing bodies proclaimed in November their intent to ban the stroke, which players make by jamming belly or longer putters into various parts of their bodies, and which the regulators believed inhibited the «skill and challenge» that was «integral to the traditions of the game.»

This doesn't come as a big surprise since he was reportedly close to an announcement well over two weeks ago now and never said something, but it seems worth noting — if for nothing else than because we had him on «Capital Tonight.»

The announcement should come as no surprise to anyone who knows DeFrancisco.

Theresa May's announcement on 18 April that she intended to go to the country came as a surprise to nearly all political observers, including many Conservative MPs.

The surprise announcement, rumored during most of the weekend, comes as Senate Republicans face stiff political headwinds this cycle — including an effort from a coalition of labor groups and Democrats to oust them from power.

De Blasio, who managed Clinton's 2000 U.S. Senate race, has remained close to Bill and Hillary Clinton and refusal to endorse her, just hours before her official announcement on Sunday, came as a surprise to many.

The announcement came as a surprise, and it will distract some attention from the launch of the coaliton's mid-term review this afternoon at 2.30 pm, but probably not much because Strathclyde's assertion that he is leaving now, at the start of a new parliamentary year, because after 25 years on the front bench it is time to move on is a credible one.

Crucially, the governor's initial State of the State speech came more than a week before he is due to release his Executive Budget for the next fiscal year, which throws much uncertainty into the mix as to how he proposes to pay for his ambitious proposals and whether the budget will include any surprise announcements.

Plattsburgh North Country Chamber of Commerce President and CEO Garry Douglas says Owens» announcement came as a complete surprise, even to close friends.

KI's announcement will hardly come as a surprise to anyone, and I have nothing more to add that wasn't in the documents I submitted to the Swedish Justice Office earlier this year regarding both [Central Ethical Review Board] and KI's behaviour in this matter.

We're busy as digital bees gearing up for Valentine's Day with a few surprise and exciting announcements to come.

The exclusion of an Xbox One announcement in favor of a PS Vita one should come as no surprise to anyone who's followed Provinciano.

This surprised many as the announcement came only months prior to the release of the game and coincides with the new Jurassic World movie.

This announcement hardly comes as a surprise since both Captain America and Morrigan have been present in previous games of the franchise, but it is good to have confirmation since fighting games sometimes switch out characters from their rosters.

Nearly a year after the game launched for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, the news comes as a surprise announcement to anyone following the quirky role - playing title.

Paquin's announcement came as a surprise following news that she became engaged to fellow «True Blood» star Stephen Moyer.

In a recent Washington Post editorial about the new report card proposed for teacher education programs, writers intone: «That there was immediate pushback to Mr. Duncan's announcement from the teachers unions and institutions of learning came as no surprise, given their record of resisting any and all accountability measures.»

This announcement must have missed my eagle eye because this week it sort of came to me as a happy surprise.

Public outcry led to the company announcing that it would review the update for both devices, though with the announcement that the international Galaxy S wouldn't receive an update, this shouldn't come as any surprise.

The announcement that QNX developer phones would be present at the BlackBerry Developers Conference next month definitely came as a surprise to me.

The announcement came as a surprise because Waterstones was thought to have been in talks with US bookseller Barnes & Noble over using its Nook device.

No word yet on whether or not it will be coming to the rest of the world, but seeing as how Atlus won't allow anyone to be done with this game, I wouldn't be surprised if we hear some sort of announcement from Atlus USA in the near future.

While the announcement of Gears of War: Judgement, the fourth game in the series, at this years E3 came as little surprise to gamers, the fact that it would be set several months after Emergence Day did raise a few eyebrows.

They haven't shipped a game since Dota 2 in 2013 and the announcement late last year of Artifact came as a surprise to many.

The second announcement isn't as ridiculous, but it still came as a surprise to me, personally: Assassin's Creed III will not feature a new historical setting, but rather, it will continue the story of Ezio in Renaissance - era Italy.

The announcement of Cloud Strife in Super Smash Bros. came as a surprise to pretty much everybody.

Fans and enthusiasts closely following developments in the VR realm should have plenty of material to chew on this October, and who knows, there may even be surprise announcements none of us saw coming, so expect due coverage as we reach the dates.

This announcement came as quite a surprise given the lack of success that filmmakers, including Peter Jackson, have had in trying to produce a movie based on that franchise.

Gamescom hasn't been filled with as many surprises as some may have hoped for, but one of the biggest pieces of news to come out of the event was undoubtedly the announcement of Mass Effect 2 for PS3.

There was no announcement made later, however, before June 7 came around, as the Psychonauts title, to everyone's surprise, is now available for immediate download on the PlayStation Store.

It is quite possible that Square Enix will have a few surprise announcements as well, so we are certainly in for a treat, as E3 2015 is shaping up to be one very incredibly exciting event with many announcements coming from both Sony and Microsoft.

Sure, it may be a MMORPG but the announcement of Final Fantasy XIV at the Sony Press Conference came as a surprise to everyone.

Needless to say, Bethesda Softworks really blew people's minds with its first - ever E3 «Showcase» last year full of announcements for games like Doom and Fallout 4, and so positive was the Gamersphere's reception to the newcomer to the Expo's announcement - making circle that it should come as little surprise to learn that it will be making a return appearance this year.

This won't come as a surprise to most of you, but Bethesda has just released the official announcement trailer for RAGE 2, which will be coming to PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC.

The announcement may come as a surprise to some, but those of you following the series diligently will know that 2K recently registered domain names for it, which added more credence to actor Rick Pasqualone's little Twitter tease.

Gameplay for Dark Souls remastered shows graphics quality on Switch along with Quality of Life Improvements With the announcement of Dark Souls Remastered came many reactions, from hype to disapproval, to surprise as the last console from Nintendo, The Wii U avoided a good amount of mature games.

Even so the announcement of the New Nintendo 2DS has come as a big surprise, and hints that Nintendo are trying to squeeze every penny they can from the successful 3DS family.

The announcement does not come as a surprise, considering the Japan Meteorological Agency announced that 2014 was the warmest year on record in its data set last week, even though each science center uses slightly different methods to analyze global temperatures.

Thompsons Solicitors argues that insurers have known for years that the discount rate was skewed unfairly in their favour, and that the announcement by the government to lower the rate from 2.5 % above inflation to minus 0.75 % is wholly justified and should «come as no surprise».

This announcement may come as something of a surprise to Enbridge executives.

Samsung's Galaxy Note Edge was as surprising an announcement as they come, swept underneath the rising tide of rumours relating to the Note 4 back in late summer.

It should come as no surprise therefore that Amazon wants to further boost Alexa's reach, especially to fend off Google Assistant and Siri's imminent expansion, with a «premium Echo - like speaker with a screen» rumored for an announcement «as soon as the first quarter of 2017.»

Sony's announcement doesn't come as a major surprise to keen followers.

Android O was perhaps the biggest announcement of the conference but that shouldn't come as a surprise as many people tend to look forward to Google I / O every year just for new Android OS information.

National Congress of Australia's First Peoples co-chair Dr Jackie Huggins said the latest Closing the Gap update had come as no surprise but was disappointing, as was the overall lack of announcements in the Prime Minister's speech to Parliament.