Sentences with phrase «as shocking»

It observed as shocking attempts by some unseen hands in government to thwart efforts by the company to engage in what is lawful which will directly and indirectly open up job avenues for the youth in the area.

The APC chieftain described the decision as shocking and saddening in a statement released from his media office on Thursday.

Although the riots were by no means exclusively perpetrated by young people, the ages of some of those involved were as shocking as the crimes themselves.

As shocking as it may sound to my children, Halloween isn't ALL about candy & dressing up, ok possibly 95 % but that other 5 % is about finding fun ways to incorporate Halloween in a healthy way so we can stretch out the fun feeling of the holiday!

There's nothing as shocking as your partner waking you up in the middle of the night to tell you that you are snoring.

As shocking as these numbers are, it's important to realize that if these ages are average, many children start drinking much younger.

As shocking as that sounds, it illustrates a problem that doctors and hospital have with home birth advocates.

The most alarming aspect of those games was that the Gunners rarely looked like scoring and while results haven't been as shocking thus far this term, Wednesday's stalemate against a relegation - threatened West Ham side doesn't bode well for the north Londoners» top - four hopes.

It is as shocking as learning that the Pope is Catholic or that weeknight college football games are a bad idea.

Oh, and seeing Michigan State here isn't as shocking as a No. 7 seed would usually be.

Sandy (we're tight) isn't one to be surprised by plot twists, so seeing her shocked face is as shocking as, uh... her shocked face.

Maclin was a surprising cap casualty for the Chiefs last summer, but it wouldn't be as shocking if the Ravens did the same thing this offseason.

Somehow, the Indian driver was up and walking about after the crash as this shocking fan - caught video of the incident shows.

As shocking as it may seem, after hours straight of doing nothing but sampling we were still hungry for dinner.

What we do see, however, is that certain groups try to limit, restrict, or modify grace so that it is not as shocking or scandalous as it first appears.

I did not preach for 1 hour and ten minutes, as shocking as this may be to some!

That suggestion will be regarded as shocking, but it should not be.

What might come as shocking news to you is that all the Jews, Christians, and Muslims in the world pray to the same God.

In my view, economists and government officials should have taken the Nordhaus - Tobin study as a shocking warning.

He writes that these false prophets, these false teachers, these bringers of divisions, have been redeemed by Jesus their Master, and yet, as shocking as it sounds, they have the gall to deny Him!

But, as shocking as these statistics are, the true picture is even bleaker as the Met believes the majority of stabbings go unreported.

But as shocking and painful as all these losses were, my instinctive response shocked me even more: the rage, the blame - shifting, the thirst for revenge, the bitter arrogance, the self - justified resentment, the dark self - righteousness, the control - hungry manipulation, the deluded rationalization, the deep selfishness, the perverted sense of entitlement.

But as shocking as it was to predict the destruction of the Temple in Jerusalem, John indicates that Jesus was actually talking about His own body!

For example, when S&P downgraded the government's credit rating from AAA to AA +, the media characterized it as a shocking blow.

For the students in Parkland, though, they weren't as shocking as they were to those who knew a world before these killings were common.

There have been some terrorist attacks in the United States as shocking as the events of the Indianapolis, none more so than the attacks of 9/11.

The creepiness factor was as shocking as the yellow fabric on the couch.

This doesn't come as a shock to someone who just spent the better part of an hour trying to convince Comcast (CMSA)-RRB- that $ 180 is way too much to pay for too many bad TV channels; often - unreliable broadband; and downright terrible phone service.

Hala Moddelmog, who was president of Church's Chicken in the 1990s and Arby's from 2010 to 2013 — two Atlanta - based fast - food empires — said Goldman's announced expansion in Atlanta didn't come as a shock.

News of this split came as a shock to many of their fans, in large part because the Dewan - Tatum relationship has been held up as the paragon of celebrity «couple goals» pretty much ever since the pair met on the set of «Step Up» in 2006.

Poloz's decision to keep the overnight rate at 1 per cent didn't come as a shock to economists.

It came as a shock to many when, in September, Google admitted to the SEC that some of its most important systems «are not fully redundant» — meaning if something breaks, your data may be gone.

This may come as a shock, but organizational constructs like tribes, societies, and companies are not the result of high - level intelligence but of primitive survival impulses reinforced by neurotransmitters in the brain's ancient limbic system.

Governor Stephen Poloz scored a rare win over the cynics in 2015, as his shock interest - rate cut a little over a year proved to be entirely appropriate.

That came as a shock.

If you're not used to larger smartphones from Samsung and the like, cradling the larger iPhone 6 in one hand will come as a shock.

It therefore doesn't come as a shock to hear what the company's global chairman, Irwin Gotlieb, had to say with regard to his preferences for how his own data should be managed.

The permission process may come as a shock to Facebook users because it will force Facebook to tell them exactly what data it holds on them and with whom it shares that data; and it will force users to examine whether they want that level of information sharing to continue.

It's 2018, so the importance of company culture should come as no shock.

Regional exchange rates have become more flexible in recent years, and have played a greater role as shock absorber,» AMRO said in its flagship ASEAN +3 Regional Economic Outlook 2018 report.

News that Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman bought a Leonardo da Vinci painting came as a shock to the Western world.

While this may not come as a shock to many, Zak set out to understand why two people trust each other in the first place.

So, it didn't come as a shock when cheating rumors surfaced in 2013, alleging McDermott was cheating on Spelling.

While the final touchdown was surprising to everyone, it's possible no one was as shocked as Case Keenum himself.

While the triggering of Article 50 is a major step along the road to Brexit, it will hardly come as a shock.

Schultz's exit from the mobile - payment company comes as no shock, as the Starbucks CEO took the position planning to stay for a year.

It may come as a shock to some, but gym owners are actually fine with members never showing up as long as they keep paying their dues.

But it still came as a shock in a country where the collective leadership established under Deng Xiaoping in the 1980s was once considered inviolable.

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.»

If it has been a while since you've driven through the heart of this Eastern Shore city, the buildings might come as a shock.