Sentences with phrase «as surprise to any of»

But this latest development comes as no surprise to those of us who have been watching the evolution of the Conservative government's commitment to making the UK a «hostile environment» for illegal immigrants.

This intriguing revelation by the ICC didn't come as a surprise to some of us who have been following this case since 2010 and have always been of the view that the Supreme Court of Ghana erred in linking Mr.Woyome's claims for works done for the state in 2005 to a waterville contract in 2006 on which basis it asked Mr.Woyome to refund all his entitlement paid him.

It comes as a surprise to some of us and we begin to wonder what value you attach to your Awards.

It may come as a surprise to some of her patients when she asks about their eating and lifestyle habits, but this skin pro...

I'm sure this decision will come as a surprise to some of you who have followed my blog and / or online boutique for the past five years and I feel like I owe everyone an explanation for this turn of events.

This style of filmmaking should not come as a surprise to those of us who religiously follow Paul Feig's comedies.

This finding does not come as a surprise to those of us who study school choice.

While it will come as no surprise to those of you who read this blog, ConnCAN is this year's winner of the «Bunkum Award.»

The success of the first annual Indie Author Day in 2016 should come as no surprise to those of us immersed in the indie sphere.

This particular study result will come as no surprise to those of you familiar with the unique nutritional requirements of obligate carnivores.

The fact that Skyrim is taking the number one slot on my list should hardly come as surprise to any of you.

So although I'm sure it will come as no surprise to any of my readers, I like this game.

And few of the things that were revealed in the emails about alarmist scientific practices and resistance to replication came as much as a surprise to those of us who have been following climate issues for a while.

(This probably comes as no surprise to those of you from Canada or the eastern two - thirds of the United States!)

The news that Coke's prototype store for its «Far Coast» ethical coffee chain concept is set to close comes as no surprise to those of us in the circle of good - for - the - world branding and marketing.

And I suppose that doesn't come as a surprise to any of us, who, after all, play almost interchangeably with the remnants of Greek, Latin, Norman, Saxon, among other languages, when it comes to saying what it is that we do.

The Asus ZenFone 5Z might come as a surprise to some of you but the phone is a package in itself.

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But to the apparent surprise of the Trudeau government, and, frankly, to some of us who pay attention to these things, the opposition and the business lobby have decided to take a stand over a business owner's right to squeeze as much as he or she can from the tax system.

When something brings in more than 95 % of revenues, it should come as no surprise that a company will go to great lengths to obtain any information it can to boost those revenues.

Yesterday, Microsoft woke up to a lot of anger and frustration from Windows users that probably came as a big surprise.

Macquarie Group client investment manager David Kiely provided a financial community primer for what not do to in public view when he clicked on an e-mail containing racy GQ photos of Kerr as his colleague Martin Lakos appeared Tuesday on the country's Seven Network TV, to discuss the central bank's surprise decision to keep interest rates unchanged.

Thiel's substantial donation to Trump doesn't come as a surprise — he did have a prime - time speaking slot at this summer's Republican National Convention — but the billionaire has been largely silent about his chosen candidate's many controversial statements of the past few months, which had caused some to wonder if he had abandoned his support for the Republican nominee.

Giving a gift at a different time is unexpected and more effective, just as companies that go out of their way to surprise and delight us are more likely to win our long - term loyalty.

Nearly as surprising was the willingness of Russia and private oil companies in North America to carry on at prices that were understood to be well below their break - even points.

When the company auctions that oilfield drill, for example, the goal is for its pricing model to forecast demand in the near future based on different factors, such as the price of oil, leaving Ritchie Bros. less vulnerable to market surprises.

There appears to have been a surprising shift in the music business last year, as sales of digital downloads fell, with fans turning instead to streaming services such as Spotify and vinyl.

All of the interviewed students who knew Minassian found the news of his arrest surprising, though a few described him to The Globe and Mail as having trouble speaking and physical tics.

Unknown marketing surprises await in 2018, and some of these predictions will probably fail to come to fruition as technology and the expectations of consumers change.

Should the House succeed in creating pressure on the Senate to act on a version of the FORM Act, it would not be surprising to see the discussion move away from the Taylor rule to NGDP targeting - with advocates selling its broad appeal as its leading virtue.

But the narrative already has the makings of a feel - good Hollywood movie — so it should come as no surprise that a feature film dramatizing Ma's rags - to - riches rise is already in the works.

I'm holding back a lot of information here as a means of not ruining the game — there are a ton of surprises that are simply much more fun to discover on your own.

Should the Justice Department move to block the deal, it would come as something of a surprise, especially considering that the Justice Department's top antitrust regulator, Makan Delrahim, even said earlier this year that he did not think the deal presented a «major antitrust problem» due to the fact that neither of the two companies directly competes in the same spaces.

Well, that brings up the second surprise: The presence of armed guards tends to dramatically increase the likelihood of violence and injury during a robbery, as the Center for Investigative Reporting found when it analyzed detailed FBI crime incident reports from 2007 to 2011 — which the group got through a Freedom of Information Act request.

The policy may even provide a degree of stimulus, which would come as a surprise to those who assumed negative rates simply would cause a run on cash.

It should come as no surprise then, that many of this year's winning firms are run by serial entrepreneurs with money to burn.

A series of high - profile missteps piled up, leading to Pandit's in - retrospect - not - so - surprising ouster as Citigroup CEO in October.

But you might be surprised to learn they all rewarded outstanding performance through the issuance of additional stock options (or as is now the case, RSUs) in a similar way.

In July, Eli Bartov, a professor at New York University Stern School of Business and two other researchers found that «aggregate opinion» from tweets before earnings announcements could predict earnings surprises as well as market reactions for individual stocks, leading to outperformance of 5 % to 10 % per year.

Then something strange happened: Profits rose just as much as the previous year, fueled by a surprising productivity jump — of 30 to 40 percent.

Slack took home two of four awards for which it was nominated at the 2016 Crunchies awards Monday, a surprise to no one who has followed the company as it has grown to nearly 2 million users since it launched two years ago.

Harmon tumbled to the stage in surprise as host Ryan Seacrest announced him as the 15th and final winner of «American Idol,» which ended its remarkable run Thursday.

So it shouldn't be a surprise that when NBA legend Magic Johnson came on board as one of the new owners of the Dodgers, Kemp challenged him to a game of H - O - R - S - E, and believes he can win.

Since new facial recognition technology is currently being added to devices and applications everywhere — Apple's iPhone X is the perfect example here — it comes as no great surprise that Facebook would be next to incorporate some kind of facial scanning in its own platform.

You might be surprised to learn that the world's largest design team is housed at IBM, which is in full embrace of design thinking as it tries to steer itself into a new era.

For instance, if we bring on a full - stack developer who we later learn will spend 80 % of their time working on backend development, we'll tell that person as soon as we can in order to prevent any surprises.

«This is not altogether surprising, as executives who are aware of their weaknesses are often better able to hire subordinates who perform well in categories in which the leader lacks acumen,» the study notes.

After the director left, I must have looked pretty surprised as the CFO explained, «We have tens of thousands of employees, and at the rate we're growing it's almost impossible to keep up with our space needs in the Bay Area.

Although the change may come as a surprise to the public and some Starbucks employees, the company has been sending to signals to Wall Street for the last year about its intentions to carry out a the succession plan, announcing a reorganization in the summer that gave Mr. Johnson oversight of the day - to - day operations.

The election result was surprising to political analysts as it saw the Lega party overtake Forza Italia, its center - right coalition partner, in terms of vote share giving it more influence in the coalition and potentially at a national level.

Those results aren't all that surprising given all of the work Netflix has done to expand its stable of original content as the online streaming platform looks to challenge more traditional media outlets like broadcast and cable television networks.