Sentences with phrase «as a surprise to first»

This extra tax may come as a surprise to first time homeowners because in a rental situation all of the property tax is taken care of by the landlord (that may be the reason for your outrageously high rental costs!)

Some of the airline's basic charges can come as a surprise to first - time customers.

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Information technology stocks were down 0.7 per cent as Research In Motion (TSX: BB) lost 7.8 per cent, or 86 cents, to $ 10.22 after surprising investors with a first - quarter loss on Friday.

The first: 70 percent of consumers prefer getting to know a company via content marketing rather than ads, but (and this is the surprising part) brands spend more on advertising than on content such as articles, according to ContentPlus.

Apple is always good for a surprise or two, but other than the expected incorporation of fitness trackers, a larger screen and / or some sort of mobile payment technology, it's hard to imagine the company doing anything that will generate the same buzz as its first few iPhone models did just a few years ago.

While the project had significant potential when first announced, and Petronas signalled continued commitment to it as recently as last year — after the Trudeau government finally approved the project — the market has been weakening since and it wasn't a huge surprise that they announced a cancellation.

It's a jaw - dropping new benchmark for cheap range in an electric car, and it's just one of several surprises Tesla had in store as it handed over the keys to its first 30 customers.

Fed officials have stressed for months they don't want the first rate hike in nine years to come as a surprise to investors.

Employees described themselves as shocked, if not surprised, by a post — Burning Man Medium entry Agrawal wrote that contained a description of her time in the Orgy Dome, «trying to conceive for the first time ever.»

As a result, as I got a little older, it was probably no surprise to anyone that I would spend the first 10 years or so of my professional career in field sales — we called it outside sales at the timAs a result, as I got a little older, it was probably no surprise to anyone that I would spend the first 10 years or so of my professional career in field sales — we called it outside sales at the timas I got a little older, it was probably no surprise to anyone that I would spend the first 10 years or so of my professional career in field sales — we called it outside sales at the time.

Wells Fargo analyst Marci Ryvicker in a first reaction wrote in a note to investors: «We view this as a pretty reasonable thing for National Amusements to do as a CBS - Viacom merger is a possible option — not one that we like at the moment, but the fact that it is being explored is reasonable and not surprising to us.»

Spoiler Alert: To my surprise, the first sentence of the opinion's discussion section said, «As explained below, the Court has determined that the Asserted Claims are not directed to patentable subject matter.&raquTo my surprise, the first sentence of the opinion's discussion section said, «As explained below, the Court has determined that the Asserted Claims are not directed to patentable subject matter.&raquto patentable subject matter.»

But some say these ties, which include a previously undisclosed real estate deal in New Jersey with a major Israeli insurer, may give Kushner a surprising advantage as he is expected to launch the first peace talks of the Trump era.

The Pound has its first positive session this week as the services PMI gave British traders something to cheer about following a slew of negative surprises in the last couple of days.

Frenchman Gael Monfils slumped to a surprise first - round defeat by Mirza Basic in Munich as he made his return from injury on Tuesday, after seeing his rackets broken in transit.

Of course there are other reasons for my sporadic blogging this year: a surprise new baby coming which completely disoriented us, a new book to finish writing (and I will share all about that in January), travelling and speaking all over North America, stewarding the message of Jesus Feminist throughout her first year of life, creating the Jesus Feminist collection with Imagine Goods, a trip to Haiti, new opportunities as a writer, three tinies at home with their own lives and drama and growth and change, remodelling parts of our home, marriage, church, friends, life, work, laundry (oh, can we talk laundry?!)

I was rather surprised to find myself quoted in the recent issue of FIRST THINGS as claiming, «Any church excluding Christians at a given place is not merely a bad church, but rather is not church at all, since a Eucharist to which not all the Christians at a given place might gather would not be merely a morally deficient Eucharist, but rather no Eucharist at all.»

One of the more surprising discoveries for me as a newly ordained pastor (11 years ago) occurred when I went to my first pastors conference.

After you get over the first stress — as I say, not performing elaborate prayers, but just asking God to help — you'll probably be surprised at how quickly it becomes liberating.

In two respects, however, the Thomas version may be more original than the Matthaean, for, as Jeremias points out, the fact that the merchant is a general merchant and not a dealer in pearls, preserves the element of surprise, and that the merchant sold his merchandise is more likely to be original than that he sold all that he had (Ibid., p. 199) Both changes are easy to account for in the tradition; the first under the influence of the fact that the merchant found a pearl, and the second under the influence of v. 44 when the two parables were brought together by Matthew.

It ought to come as a surprise to no one, therefore, that from the time of the first splitting of the atom down through the destruction of Hiroshima and on to current controversies about nuclear weapons and power plants, Christian people have been involved individually and corporately at every level of the debate, not incidentally but specifically because of their Christian commitment.

And, surprising to us, old - line Pentecostal groups — those started through missionary activity in the first half of this century — are often not as vital as charismatically inclined churches that were started in the past two decades.

In the paragraph where I first assumed that the person (referred to as «no one») in John 6:44, 65 DOES NOT HAVE the inherent ability to accept or reject God's call / drawing and then, secondly, assumed that the person (referred to as «no one») in John 6:44, 65 DOES HAVE the inherent ability to accept or reject God's call / drawing is an interpretive approach that I find causes some Christians eyebrows to rise in surprise.

When our youngest daughter visited there for the first time as a small child, she was surprised and delighted to see her name on several store fronts, including a neon «Nuechterlein Jewelers.»

Commenting on this same text, Gordon D. Kaufman remarks: «If, now, we bring a different framework of interpretation from Jewish apocalypticism to this critical event in which Christian faith was born — as we must — we should not be overly surprised or dismayed when we find it necessary to understand the character of the event somewhat differently from the first Christians.»

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.»

Those who watch the documentary closely will find a surprise: As the tall scout bends down to shake the hand of Davon, a copy of First Things protrudes out of Konchalski's knapsack.

It is a surprise to most people to learn that there was a large and widespread Christian community throughout the whole of Central Asia in the first centuries of the present era and that such countries as Afghanistan and Tibet which are spoken of today as lands still closed to the Gospel message, were centres of Christian activity long before Muhammad was born.

You do have to be careful with the dates as each medjool date contains about 18 grams of carbs (surprised me when i first read it).

This cake not only serves the Mexicans as bread, but answers the triple purpose of knife, fork, and spoon: he with surprising dexterity will tear off a piece, and with his thumb and the two first fingers of his dexter hand, the fore finger being in the centre, so as to give it a spoon shape, dip up the red chops, and at every dip a new spoon disappears.

After the first couple of initial bites I get used to the heat and am not as surprised by it with every bite and the flavor left over is really nice.

When I was a kid and my mom gave me a persimmon to try for the very first time, I was surprised it didn't taste like a tomato, as persimmons very much resemble tomatoes.

And, no surprises here — I will be the first to say that this is NOT the same thing as a cheesecake — BUT!!

Two recipes come to mind as those that shock home cooks the first time they make them: mashed potatoes, for how much cream and butter is used, and granola, which also has a surprising amount of fat and much more sugar than expected in a healthful snack or breakfast.

So when Thom got off the bus in search of some oranges, assuming he had about the same amount of time at stop # 2 as he did at stop # 1, you can imagine my surprise when — after five minutes — the bus driver pulled away and I was sitting there trying to figure out if he was actually pulling away or just moving the bus (like he did at the first stop).

This is Consentino's first cookbook, and as co-founder of Boccalone artisanal salumeria, it's not surprising a small chunk of the book is dedicated to starting a meal with salumi.

We walked what is known as the Albuferia strip in search of a local grocery store and I was both surprised and excited to bump into our first contact.

I'm just wondering if this surprise would have been something we should have waited till Game 3 in San Antonio to pull off instead of the first game in the series as now, Pop has three games to come up with adjustments.

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Both Teams are as talented as they come, so if they do bring their A-games, it would be no surprise to see both earning their first Playoff wins.

No surprise to see Garcia as the favorite, as he's the highest ranked player in the field by a decently wide margin... Vegas continues to list Ollie Schneiderjans among the top 20 favorites to win a tournament despite the fact that he hasn't finished better than t41 since the first week of February... Snedeker seems like good value at 35 - 1... Niemann, for those concerned, is +30000 or 300 - 1.

NICOLE MAY Foothill - Pleasanton — Softball — Freshman She received and accepted an offer to Oklahoma as an eighth grader, so her first season with the Falcons wasn't too surprising.

It shouldn't come as any surprise, then, that Cass wiped the floor with Enzo in their first showdown since the split — Enzo gave a heartfelt promo beforehand, though, that is an example of why he'll continue to thrive in WWE as a fan favorite even if the wins never start to pile up.

This is just pure negligence the board need to have a stronger approach with wenger, get in the top 2 or get sacked and just like mourinho you'll be surprised by how quick he'll put together a World class squad, but as of right now hes under no pressure so is happy to play half the season with sanogo as our only ST, arteta as our first choice CDM, 6 players covering our 4 defensive positions and change formation and play players out of position in the hope jack comes good.

Arsenal fans are well aware of this and to be fair we are often the first to criticise Arsene Wenger, our club and our players for any perceived flaw, so I would not be surprised to hear some Gooners as well as the fans of our Premier League rivals being negative about the signing of Alexandre Lacazette from Lyon for what looks like being an Arsenal transfer record of around # 50 million.

Wales» progress has come as a surprise seeing that they were ranked as low 112th in the world in 2010 and is the the first time they have qualified to a major competition since 1958.

Wenger did try to sign the attacking star last summer after his goals and assists played a huge part in the surprise title win of Leicester City but he does not seem to be as keen this year, although many Arsenal transfer rumours suggest that is because we are trying first to bring the young French winger Thomas Lemar to north London from his current club AS Monacas keen this year, although many Arsenal transfer rumours suggest that is because we are trying first to bring the young French winger Thomas Lemar to north London from his current club AS MonacAS Monaco.

He began at Davidson as a slightly - built player's son, exploded as a national mid-major star, blossomed into a sensational young NBA shooter, and finally peaked to nearly everyone's surprise as the league's first - ever unanimous MVP.

Chelsea are now finding it difficult to score goals.Hardly surprising as the basically play a safety first system favoured by Italian managers.Perhaps that's why they failed to qualify for the World Cup finals?

His new contract is also somewhat of a surprise, with the German looking to have fallen down the pecking order following the arrival of Shkodran Mustafi, as well as the fact that Rob Holding and Calum Chambers may well be pushing for first - team action for next season.