Sentences with phrase «as a big surprise since»

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.»

It shouldn't come as a big surprise since I always bake with them, it's bananas.

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It should come as no surprise that Natalie is # 1 on our list since we're big fans of her money tips, and we wrote

Jose Mourinho failed with summer bids for both players and has since seen his Blues defence struggle for form in a big way and as such it's perhaps no surprise that the West London side would make plans to bolster their back - line.

Ever since the puma deal, wenger has been buying a big player per season am not surprised if lacazet is this summer buy, I said it b4 wenger is only merry - go - round he isn't going to buy any1 as he claimed the last 2weaks of the window will be busier, here we are now.

Wood, who has scored three times in our last two Premier League games since returning from injury, was expected to be in the first squad selected by new coach Fritz Schmidt and his omission is being regarded as the biggest surprise in the 24 man squad alongside the exclusion of regular first choice goalkeeper Stefan Marinovic.

We are less fit, we make less sprints, we cover less ground per player than (this season) any other team in the league, we make more errors to leading to goals, we have more players booked and sent off, we have more injuries than most clubs, we are less likely (since Payet) to do as we did last night and come from a losing position to win, we lose more games from winning positions than any other club (last season and this), the facts are damning to Slav, the biggest surprise is that our Chairmen run multiple businesses yet they don't seem to link these things together and realise that the manager and or the coaching staff are the problem.

Tevez's move to Shanghai Shenhua from Boca Juniors was one of the biggest in the arms race that was the Chinese transfer window, which has since quietened down since the CFA's reforms, but his time in Shanghai has been nothing short of an unmitigated disaster and it will come as a surprise to absolutely no one when his contract is torn up and he returns to Argentina.

And if they haven't seen a highchair since they last sat in one, they may be in for some big surprises as they see the bells and whistles now available to help a child sit still for a short time or eat a meal safely.

It doesn't really surprise me, since she's an MD so her focus is on talk therapy and medical treatments, but it would have been nice to have this be a big book of what - to - do as well as a big book of you're - normal - and - you - can - get - through - his.

This shouldn't come as a big surprise, since Davis had already signaled his intention to pull out of debating.

This doesn't come as any big surprise, since DiNapoli has been slowly rolling out the official endorsements of many AFL members.

This shouldn't come as any big surprise, if Cuomo has proved anything since he took office in January 2011, it's that he favors a carrot and stick approach to governing - with a heavy emphasis on the stick.

This endorsement doesn't come as a big surprise — just like Cuomo's entrance into the race was long expected, so too has his likely support of many labor unions, particularly since he's the only Democratic candidate for governor.

Biggest Surprise Getting a surprise gift and card from the groom just as I was getting ready in the morning — I didn't expect him to have been so thoughtful since he was busy enough getting ready himself!

I'm a big fan of avril Lavigne she's great singer, think your a great person, If I ever get a chance il ask you to marry me, cus I had a crush since Her engagement to Chad Kroger comes as a surprise UNTIL you look at her past relationships.

That the «Pan's Labyrinth» director would take the top prize at Venice is no big surprise, as his new romance starring Sally Hawkins has earned near - unanimous praise since premiering on the Lido, but it's quite the honor all the same.

A surprise late - film cameo from a member of the usual gang (hint: not Ben Stiller, but the other one) livens things up a little, but it also raises a troubling question: Vaughn, Wilson, and their pals have emerged in the past few years as the most reliable big - budget comic collective since the first batch of Saturday Night Live vets started making movies in the late»70s and early»80s.

With an unexpected election outcome, director John Madden (Shakespeare in Love, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) and first time screenwriter Jonathan Perera may just luck out since their film can alternatively be interpreted as a scathing commentary on a corrupt existing system... the single biggest reason for that surprise election result.

Shane Black, a bright, experienced screenwriter directing his second movie, is an anonymous leader of a vast technical army, and the film's saving graces are Downey's Stark, a charming neurotic; Rebecca Hall, an old flame who seems to have taken a wrong turn but is infinitely more engaging than Stark's tiresome current girlfriend Gwyneth Paltrow; and especially Ben Kingsley, a big surprise in every sense as the villainous «Mandarin», his best performance since Sexy Beast.

Nintendo has been extremely protective of its various IPs when it comes to screen adaptations since the disastrous release of 1993's Super Mario Bros. live - action movie, so it came as quite the surprise when it was announced that the video game giant is teaming up with Illumination Entertainment to bring Mario back to the big -LSB-...]

Finding its way to the DVD format just a couple of weeks before another haunted house flick (Cold Creek Manor) debuts on the big screen, veteran television director Dan Curtis's horror quickie is one of those comfortable relics that doesn't scare so much as mildly chill, offering countless opportunities to shout at the screen without any sort of discernible payoff — until the end, that is, but even that shocker of a conclusion has been telegraphed since at least the midway point of the first act, muffling its surprise.

The Mercedes S - Class is close in dimensions, as is Hyundai's Genesis G80 / G90 --- not surprising since the latter shares its basic architecture with the big Kia.

The media used to take Amazon's side, but since Amazon's stock is a bit less attractive, along with the other growth tech stocks, not surprising the media is now frequently shifting from painting Amazon as the little engine who could to the big bad wolf.

Of course, since the Times article is by the notorious shill - for - Big - Publishing, David Streitfeld, that fact that something is unspecified and unclear should come as no surprise, and it seems that we can now add Salon writer Rob Spillman to that group also.

The Fire was introduced by none other than the company's chief executive officer Jeff Bezos, and the biggest surprise is the price, since the tablet is priced not at $ 250 to $ 300 as everybody thought, but at $ 199 (about 146 Euros).

Sandi Woodward, Program Manager of Indiana Landmarks, shares some of the biggest surprises about the resort since the 2007 renovation as well as her opinions on the hotel's supposed haunting.

- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing

«Bethesda announced the game as a surprise back at E3, and the title has squarely remained high on «most anticipated» lists since then, matching up to other big names like Microsoft's Halo 5, Activision's Call of Duty: Black Ops 3, and Ubisoft's Assassin's Creed Syndicate,» Schramm says.

Nova has been one of the big stand out characters for me, he really took me by surprise, I wasn't too aware of the character before the game was announced, as I had missed the new cartoon (I used to buy Spider - Man comics as a teenager and I have watched every Spider - Man show since the old 60's ones!).

As a rising star landscaper, Seth is big on keeping up to date ─ not surprising since he managed energy efficiency programs at Con Edison, received professional certification from Green Roofs for Healthy Cities (headquartered in Toronto), and studied at the New York Botanical Garden.

In his climate speech on Tuesday — long since swept away by the news cycle, as I predicted — Obama delivered one big surprise: a passage on the Keystone XL pipeline.

Won it as a school prize (big surprise in itself) and loved it ever since.