Sentences with phrase «as a pleasant surprise in»

These apart, the SpringBoard comes across as a pleasant surprise in the 7 inch category of tablets.

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As someone who watches every teaser, trailer, and clip released for these sorts of movies (for work), the fact that the Hulk wasn't in much of «Infinity War» was a pleasant surprise for me.

In sum, a very mixed bag but, as is the way with mixed bags, some pleasant surprises.

Or perhaps the kind of immortality Goethe allowed to his friend Wieland, when he said in his conversation with Falk: «I would not be at all surprised if I met Wieland again some thousands of years hence as a star of the first magnitude..., and saw with my own eyes how he infused everything around him with a pleasant light.»

As soon as she appeared on the doorstep, as a great gourmet, she immediately recognized the smell of meal ingredients and said with a huge smile: — Well, this is going to be a pleasant surprise for me, because it seems to me that you've finally started discovering real things in lifAs soon as she appeared on the doorstep, as a great gourmet, she immediately recognized the smell of meal ingredients and said with a huge smile: — Well, this is going to be a pleasant surprise for me, because it seems to me that you've finally started discovering real things in lifas she appeared on the doorstep, as a great gourmet, she immediately recognized the smell of meal ingredients and said with a huge smile: — Well, this is going to be a pleasant surprise for me, because it seems to me that you've finally started discovering real things in lifas a great gourmet, she immediately recognized the smell of meal ingredients and said with a huge smile: — Well, this is going to be a pleasant surprise for me, because it seems to me that you've finally started discovering real things in life!

If your only impression of lima beans is those boring little green things your parents forced you to eat as a kid, you're in for a pleasant surprise.

It must have been a pleasant surprise for Adam Lallana to find himself as one of the first names on the team sheet in Liverpool's first game against Arsenal this year.

For the 4.5 percenters, who, like me, backed Liz Kendall, John McDonnell's first major speech as shadow chancellor at Labour Party conference was, in many ways, a pleasant surprise.

«The outcome of this election has come as a pleasant surprise to APGA and non-APGA members, against the background of threats by IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra) to disrupt the election and fears in some quarters that there might be executive interference as in the days of yore when membership of the ruling party conferred automatic victory.

Sandro Scandolo, a theorist at Princeton University in New Jersey, says that the successful observation of nitrogen's nonmolecular structure, although it was predicted, came as a pleasant surprise.

It was also a pleasant surprise that all scientists at Lilly spend time working in the lab regardless of seniority, and that the company allows their employees time for academic pursuits such as writing chapters of books.

As a youngster growing up in South Carolina, I never imagined I would become an editor, but I have learned that life has a way of bringing about pleasant surprises.

In what should come as a pleasant surprise to most high school students, scientists have found that people are innately expert at trigonometry.

After a brief (and cliché) sequence of bad guys attacking an armored caravan, we are treated to the first pleasant surprised the trailer has in store for us: the iconic party van comes up behind the masked villains as RUN - DMC's «Tricky» begins to play.

For those thinking of dating in the city, it may come as a pleasant surprise to learn that, on a recent census, 52.4 % of these vibrant Montreal residents identified as single.2 In other words, if you are looking for le grand amour, then there are plenty of others in the same boain the city, it may come as a pleasant surprise to learn that, on a recent census, 52.4 % of these vibrant Montreal residents identified as single.2 In other words, if you are looking for le grand amour, then there are plenty of others in the same boaIn other words, if you are looking for le grand amour, then there are plenty of others in the same boain the same boat!

You are the best pleasant surprise date, than to see her recoil in horror, as you show look much older and heavier than the photos.

A pleasant surprise once in the Older Women Dating app is that there is the potential date a cougar matches from all over the world, not just from the US, UK, Canada or Australia as the iTunes description stated.

With so much in store, it would come as a pleasant surprise that this site is absolutely free to register with.

I think it would be a great idea to have more diversity of content in this site (an early review of Beloved was a pleasant surprise some weeks ago) but right now the balance is definitely in favor of sci - fi, fantasy, horror, action, and some crime films created for a demographic probably best described as «geek».

Anyone who makes it past the pilot is in for a pleasant surprise: Things greatly improve as the show settles into a comfortable rhythm through Episodes 2, 3 and 4.

But in what was a long - awaited and very pleasant surprise were the multiple honors for the dearly departed series Friday Night Lights, which gave Kyle Chandler his first Best Actor win as well as a writing award for Jason Katims.

Paddington would be a pleasant surprise at any time of the year, but it's especially disarming in January, a month Hollywood has long reserved for dreck that has no possibility of generating good word - of - mouth but can still make money as counterprogramming across from the slowly - expanding end - of - year awards fare.

Josh Gad is also good in a small but pivotal role as Aidan's nerdy genius brother, but it's Kate Hudson who is the film's most pleasant surprise, turning in her finest performance since «Almost Famous.»

Filled with surprising and unexpectedly beautiful images of people and places, FACES PLACES is a perfect little gem of a film, a pleasant way to spend a couple of hours, on the road with two fascinating and ever - curious people as they see what is around the next bend, in life and on the road.

I'm sorry to report that Simon Pegg, who was a pleasant vocal surprise as the one - eyed weasel Buck in the last movie, has only a miniscule cameo in this one, and the many new celebrity talents assembled for this outing — Jennifer Lopez, Peter Dinklage, Wanda Sykes, and others — do not make up for his absence.

Although I do find Definitely, Maybe to be a pleasant surprise as far as «date movies» go, in retrospect, I think that something greater was missed by not aiming just a little higher.

That is why it is such a pleasant surprise to take part in such a fun little caper film as Man on a Ledge.

But what really came as a pleasant surprise was the news that Ni No Kuni 2 had generated 60 % more revenue than the original game in the US, breaking a series record whilst exciting fans at the possibility of where the series could go from there.

Another pleasant surprise comes in the form of the disc's robust DTS - HD Master Audio 5.1 surround mix; this isn't a movie with gunfire and car chases, mind you, but the mix offers thoughtful separation for outdoor ambience as well as delivering Mamet's dialogue with excellent clarity.

Don't be surprised if you haven't heard of this film yet as it won't be released until late January, but let's just say you'll have a pleasant surprise in about a month.

Mark Ruffalo (46)-- Hoping you can turn that increased new found popularity for The Hulk into a third movie that is as much fun as the other Avengers tie - ins or failing that, here's to a great sequel for Now You See Me, one of the year's most pleasant surprises.

In the end, as in so many movies about family dysfunction, loose ends are tied, family units are reconciled, wayward husbands are redeemed, but some pleasant surprises are in store for the audiencIn the end, as in so many movies about family dysfunction, loose ends are tied, family units are reconciled, wayward husbands are redeemed, but some pleasant surprises are in store for the audiencin so many movies about family dysfunction, loose ends are tied, family units are reconciled, wayward husbands are redeemed, but some pleasant surprises are in store for the audiencin store for the audience.

Without them, it probably wouldn't work as well, but more often than not and in the end, «How to Be Single» winds up a pleasant surprise.

As for the rest, an independent rear suspension is a pleasant surprise in this segment — the effects of which are deserving of high praise on the Haval H2's part.

A critical scan of the beige interior in search for evidence of budget cuts yields a pleasant surprise as the inspectors would only find Nappa leather, aluminum accents, and real wood trim surrounding the driver and their lucky passengers.

There are many midsize family sedans from which to choose, but in the 2016 Chrysler 200 sedan, you'll find an elegant and luxurious contender whose price tag will come as a pleasant surprise.

This may not come as a surprise, but the ES 300h is a very pleasant place to spend a long drive, whether you're in the front or rear seats.

We also had a pleasant surprise in audio sources, finding the TSX not only adds a USB port, but Bluetooth streaming as well.

However, it comes as a pleasant surprise that the device comes running on the latest Android 7.1.1 Nougat operating system and that too in its stock avatar.

Abby noted last week that among a field of literary big shots in the finalist pool for the PEN / Faulkner Award for Fiction, Lorraine M. López stuck out as a pleasant surprise.

Barnes and Noble, known all over the world as giants in the bookstore fraternity, popped a pleasant surprise by releasing the Nook on the 30th of November 2009.

So while the cheaper Wi - Fi XOOM was definitely expected, that it would be a reality so soon does comes in as a pleasant surprise.

However, while this was in line with what was expected, what came as a pleasant surprise is the presence of another version of S7, the Ideos S7 Pro that too was seen adding grace to the Huawei camp.

North Dakota as the number - one state in our ranking came as a pleasant surprise.

As for Europe, any kind of positive 2014 return (however small) was a pleasant & surprising blessing in the face of continued German intransigence & ECB inaction.

Re FIG: I didn't want to speculate on an uncertain top - up dividend at year - end, but I'm definitely hoping for that as a pleasant surprise — if it sucks in more dividend seekers, great!

«It has been a pleasant surprise, as we've seen the requests come in, to see the wide variety of animals that teachers have selected for their classrooms,» says King.

If you've never been to Belize, you are probably in for a pleasant surprise, as long as you don't insist on 24 - hour room service and a trouser press in every room.

As it is usually the case on this site, plenty of macro life and critters were pointed out by our dive masters: Nudibranchs, like the Thecacera, Flabellina and Nembrotha, Reef Octopus, Bargibanti and Denise Pygmy Seahorse (including the color variation of the last specie that is found only on this region of the world), in between others, filled this dive with pleasant surprises.

In conclusion, it's rewarding to be on top of your card statement and points / miles accounts as, from time to time, you may find pleasant «surprises» such as this one.