Sentences with phrase «as bit of a surprise to»

The reduction in eurozone interest rates announced on September 4 by European Central Bank (ECB) President Mario Draghi came as a bit of a surprise to some market players.

Although the timing came as bit of a surprise to UCP colleagues, the resignation of MLA and former Wildrose leader Brian Jean (Fort McMurray - Conklin) on Monday was not entirely unexpected.

He has now been allowed to return to Hull City on loan for the remainder of the season and told Hull's website: «It came as a bit of a surprise to everybody here when I was recalled a few weeks ago, but I'm very pleased to be back.

A few missing points came as a bit of a surprise to me.

The two crowd - pleasers are «The Mission» and «Cleared Iranian Airspace», pieces of warm, fully - orchestral Americana that might come as a bit of a surprise to die - hard fans of the composer but which somehow actually blend in rather well with the rest of the score.

So it came as a bit of a surprise to be completely undone by my 6th grade granddaughter's history assignment.

The ending came as a bit of a surprise to me.

And it came as a bit of a surprise to me when I realized his heroine would be Tori Burns, another secondary character from the series.

It may come as a bit of a surprise to those just starting to invest, but most of the world's seasoned investors will only invest in something that gives them a cash income on a regular basis.

The success of the genre might actually comes as a bit of a surprise to some, considering the very nature of role - playing games.

That's why it came as a bit of a surprise to see that very few of these Pokémon were actually Fighting - type.

The price may come as a bit of a surprise to those that expected the console / handheld... [Read full story]

This might come as a bit of a surprise to you, but it is a fact that many auto insurance companies are...

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They did manage to reduce the deficit and I'm not surprised as they always leave themselves a bit of a cushion.

Chandrasekaran joining Facebook comes as a bit of a surprise as he was said to be looking to take a shot at entrepreneurship after he quit Snapdeal.

This shouldn't surprise, as inventor Satoshi Nakamoto compared it to a «metal as scarce as gold», and the concept of bitcoin was explicitly called an «implementation of Nick Szabo's bit gold proposal».

If you have made the switch from working at a company to self - employment, you might be in for a bit of an unpleasant surprise as you'll now have to pay the entire contribution to Social Security and Medicare yourself.

About 77.8 million dogs owned as pets in the U.S., according to a 2015 - 2016 survey by the American Pets Products Association and they result in a surprising number of bites.

This ban is a little bit surprising as Jack Dorsey, the CEO of Twitter, is also the CEO of Square, which has recently added Bitcoin trading to its platform.

They were surprised, and perhaps a bit hurt, when the Master rebuked them, ordered them to give the little children admittance to his presence, and said that the children belonged to the kingdom of heaven just as much as did the adults.

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»....

This comes as a little bit of surprise to you, doesn't it?

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.

I was a bit surprised to see that brisket wasn't listed as one of the classes and instead Tri-Tip is.

Fast forward to the meal delivery; the cauliflower mashed potato hybrid was — as expected — phenomenal, but imagine my surprise when I bit into the bahn mi sandwich, and was, for lack of a better word, dumbfounded by how much I loved this sandwich.

We were pleasantly surprised to find bits of romanesco in there as well.

As a joke (he is a great cook) I dumped the extra corn on top of the cooling ratatouille just as a contrasting garnish... the next evening i was surprised at how the little bit of corn on top added sweetness and flavor to my vegetable steAs a joke (he is a great cook) I dumped the extra corn on top of the cooling ratatouille just as a contrasting garnish... the next evening i was surprised at how the little bit of corn on top added sweetness and flavor to my vegetable steas a contrasting garnish... the next evening i was surprised at how the little bit of corn on top added sweetness and flavor to my vegetable stew.

For anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to the factors shaping today's foodservice industry, none of these consumer attributes should come as a surprise.

I was a bit skeptical as to whether these «shrooms could compare to the fabulous flavors of my old favorite larb gai, but I was pleasantly surprised.

That the Cubs didn't wait is a bit of a surprise, especially since team co-owner Todd Ricketts was tabbed to be a part of Trump's cabinet, as deputy commerce secretary.

By JIM McCUE SportStars Strict training regimens and intense focus are necessary to achieve success in most sports, so it is a bit of a surprise that what started as a convenient babysitting activity yielded the Sac - Joaquin Section's top wrestler.

I spoke with him about what it means to compete at a Nike event as a sophomore, and he came right out and revealed the school he wanted to attend, which was a bit of a surprise.

It's little surprise to see Lacazette getting a bit of a hard time from Arsenal fans as he failed to help them kill off Newcastle in this tight game...

The names at the top of the receiving touchdown list come as no surprise, but this is a case where I'm tempted to look a bit further down the list.

If you told them at the beginning of the Season that they'd go 3 - 0 in Hoops to start the year with a 3OT W against Team Hakimian and a 2 pt victory against Team Harris, well they'd take it obviously, but they might have been a bit surprised as well..

Unless Arsene Wenger is indulging in a bit of kidology with his rival manager, I am surprised to see that the Frenchman, instead of keeping his cards close to his chest like he normally does, has revealed a lot about the Arsenal team that will start the EFL cup match at home to Reading, as the latest team news on the Arsenal website has reported.

We probably shouldn't be the slightest bit surprised to see Everton producing another barn - storming finish to the campaign, with the Toffees, as they normally do at this time of the year, in resurgent form heading into the final few games of the season.

However, I'm a bit surprised that it is listed as not user upgradeable, so my dream of possibly upgrading to 16 GB of RAM is dead.

This was such a fun little hat to make - the shaping made it a bit of a surprise as to how it would come out.

After all, you may be more used to packing for two weeks by the beach, and so a bare minimal hospital bag can come as a bit of a surprise.

Nigel Farage said his party was «really biting hard» into Labour's traditional vote as the results rolled in, while Hamilton hailed his return to frontline politics as a «surprising turn of events».

This came as a bit of a surprise, as Likud has traditionally been opposed to a two - state solution, as are many of its supporters.

Never happy to see former Gov. George Pataki pop up anywhere, the reaction is a bit of surprise given former AFL - CIO President Denis Hughes's role on the panel, as well as the inclusion of the circuit - breaker mechanism for property taxes, which ties increases to household income, a move that has had support among labor.

For those of you that know of eShakti you are probably as surprised and as thrilled as I am but to those of you that don't know of eShakti then let me fill you in a bit.

I also love to surprise myself at times by trying something new, so it has a bit of that as well.

I was a bit skeptical at first as I have very dry skin and eczema, which makes it harder to try different products because of my sensitive skin — but to my surprise, zero skin flare ups.

It seemed like a good idea to check out the new local dinner theater to see a hot movie like District 9... but as soon as the main character popped off his bloody fingernail to his (and our) great surprise, I regretted having just taken a big bite of pizza.

«I want desperately for you to move up here, close to me», says Diane McBain, a few scenes before surprising him in his bedroom, and offering «as Eve said to Adam, want a bite of my apple?»

was surprised just how good this film is.The humour and pathos of this film is quite moving.There is no - one remotely attractive in the cast, it is full of strange looking redneck Americans living in semi wilderness.Everyone is poverty stricken.The sadness of old age is there, as is the regrets of past memories, and the desperation of the son to heal the wounds of his father's past life.The acting is brilliant even with the bit part actors with the sunburnt aged faces.The fathers grumpy reticence is counters by his truculent wife, who never has a good word for anybody with her vicious put downs, which is at times laugh out loud funny.A funny sad and moving film about the sheer desperate meanderings of life and old age.

In what was a bit of a surprise, the BAFTA voters did not shut out all other nominees to give La La Land the sweep, as the Hollywood Foreign Press did.