Sentences with phrase «as surprises go»

As surprises go, choosing a pet for someone is generally a bad idea.

And as surprises go, the introduction of the Hyundai Ioniq Hybrid late last year (yes, we're in 2017!)

As far as surprises go, the only small, unexpected happenings occurred in Best Editing, where «Baby Driver» topped ACE winner «Dunkirk,» and in Best Special Visual Effects, where «Blade Runner 2049» topped «War for the Planet of the Apes,» after the latter had dominated at the Visual Effects Society Awards.

My body throws me a surprise party often and as surprises go, you don't see them coming.

Not exact matches

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.

Meanwhile, as various pundits and historians across the globe debate if and how Trump's surprising political ascendancy will shift the overall tone of U.S. politics going forward, the candidate himself feels like only a win in November will make a difference.

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.

It comes as little surprise then that Saudi Arabia and Iran — apart from the tense regional archrivalry — are reportedly at odds over where to go next with the OPEC deal, and how high an oil price the cartel should target.

For example, when political newcomer David Brat successfully challenged House Republican majority leader Eric Cantor to represent Virginia in the U.S. Congress, it came as a surprise only to those reporters who didn't bother to go to Virginia and talk to «actual humans,» as Rutenberg observes (echoing an earlier analysis by Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi).

I won't spoil the surprise of what happens next (I may or may not go into coach mode and give some business advice as well).

«This may come as a surprise, but the market can indeed go down,» he says.

You have a habit of surprising us, which can make it seem as though you're going madly off in all directions.

If you don't have an understanding of where your money goes each month, he said, it's not surprising that you might be short on cash — and as a result, delaying paying a bill or saving for retirement.

«I've given up anticipating what their next move is going to be,» she says, nodding to surprise steps from the Trump administration such as the implementation of a sweeping travel ban in January of 2017.

Unless something surprising happens over the next few weeks, 2016 will go down as one of the worst - ever years for Canadian IPOs.

The government's reported divestiture demands came as a surprise to investors, who sent Time Warner shares down more than 6 percent on fears the deal might not go through.

Suffice it to say that as these things go, $ 5 is a surprising bargain.

«I'm just going to take a second because this is very surprising to me,» Price is quoted as saying.

While you might be able to get by with a light leather jacket during the summer months for an evening out, the Moya is going to be your best friend during the fall and winter, and won't be in rotation during the summer months, which shouldn't come as a surprise but should also be stated.

He continued: «I was surprised... I would describe this as having gone better than we would have expected.»

«This is extremely surprising,» he added, noting that the potash industry had previously been more concerned with a potential shake - up from Australian mining giant BHP, who have proposed but not confirmed whether they'll go ahead with a new potash mine in Saskatchewan known as the Jansen Project.

Hi Randy, Banks and credit unions have very strict requirements (that go beyond just personal credit scores) when it comes to business loans, as illustrated by your experience getting that cargo van financed, so it's not surprising that a bank or credit union would have you take a personal loan instead.

For those of you looking for professional financial help, I'd like to highlight exactly what I went through so there are no surprises if you want to get a free financial consultation as well.

Going green is all the rage these days, so it isnt surprising that the Guerilla Marketing series of books created by Jay Conrad Levinson would come out with a green version, as well.

Still, you'll probably be surprised by how little product it actually takes, so don't go overboard, as this can make the cream too stiff.

«It is not surprising to see Cambridge Analytica / SCL go down, and we all watch with interest as to whether the new firm, Emerdata, represents a continuation of Cambridge Analytica's recent ethos and techniques,» Sven Hughes, a former SCL employee who is now CEO of marketing company Verbalisation, told Newsweek.

This isn't a surprise: Zuckerberg said in his opening remarks that Facebook was «going through a broader philosophical shift in how we approach our responsibility as a company», which he meant as an indication that the company would be taking more responsibility, but which could easily be interpreted as the company locking the doors to its closed garden and throwing away the key.

This won't come as a surprise to anyone following Bitcoin's wild swings, but volatility and virtual currencies go hand in hand.

That may come as a surprise amid hand - wringing about the spiraling cost of health care, but two new studies, one from research company IMS Health and one from pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts, show that the amount of money Americans spend on prescription drugs went down in 2012 for the first time in decades.

It will not have been surprised to see that after an initial plunge in the value of virtual currencies following the bank's announcement, their worth has soared right back to where it started; nor will they be blind to the fact that this clearly represents the same Chinese investors going back in, whether through Hong Kong virtual exchanges like TideBit, or perhaps through Japan, which officially authorized 11 cryptocurrency exchanges in September just as China banned them (South Korea launched its own ban later in the month).

Don't be surprised if you're practically treated as a criminal when you go to return something — especially if you don't have the receipt!

As for the fork and what strategy to use for maximum profit right now, I am not going to pretend to know what will happen with the fork, BCH and BTC over the next few weeks as some of this has caught everyone by surprisAs for the fork and what strategy to use for maximum profit right now, I am not going to pretend to know what will happen with the fork, BCH and BTC over the next few weeks as some of this has caught everyone by surprisas some of this has caught everyone by surprise.

Well surprise suprise it's going kaput, but as they did in 2008, they'll fire up the presses and whip the banks into shape behind closed doors.

That statement may come as a surprise to non-UK readers, many of whom might well be forgiven for thinking the country's steel mills had gone the way of other legacy industries such as coal mining and shipbuilding.

But when people go around making statements and claims that their particular supernatural explaination is just as real as the car in the street, don't be surprised that people will call them on their claim.

How do you love others and God is the greatest commandment and it should be no surprise that as people are going to meet God shortly, they are wondering «how they did this life?»

I always think of the idea of those PEARLY GATES we are told, as Christians, we will stand before going to Heaven and the thought of all those we will meet there, much to our surprise IE: do not judge others.

To be honest I am surprised as heck at the number of young people who do go to Church every Sunday.

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.

I'm not surprised they believe what they do, it's the perfect belief for anyone who wants to go through life doing as they please without regard to others and its perfect for not feeling remorse.

Rev Welby, who described himself as a «profound friend of Israel» went on to suggest that the US President could «surprise» the world and broker a deal when he visits the region later this month.

That mystery is so great and imponderable that it is not surprising that Martin Luther is said to have gone into seclusion for a long time trying to understand it and came away as confused as when he began.

Surgeons went well beyond their limits as they expressed to me and were surprised that anyone could pull thru and survive the surgery.

This is such a powerful idea that as the sun rises in the sky and the air heats up and as, gradually, the puddle gets smaller and smaller, it's still frantically hanging on to the notion that everything's going to be alright, because this world was meant to have him in it, was built to have him in it; so the moment he disappears catches him rather by surprise.

He expected to go to Harvard or Amherst as others from his community usually did, but he learned to his surprise that it had been determined to send him to Fisk University, an all - black institution in Nashville, Tennessee.

It makes me shudder that every time we talk about money in our Bible study group, one person says «ah but are we not told to favor kith and kin, it does not surprise me that saying comes from our Germanic blood, as can be seen from the German chancellor Angela Mercoles attitude to Europe, lets not go there.

We tend to project our own sensitivity here, said this friend, who went on to tell me (to my surprise) that when a crab tears away the claw of another crab, as I had reported to him, the probability is that what the latter feels is more like a twinge than like the anguish that the tearing away of a limb would cause in us.

Jeremy i am surprised you never countered my argument Up till now the above view has been my understanding however things change when the holy spirit speaks.He amazes me because its always new never old and it reveals why we often misunderstand scripture in the case of the woman caught in adultery.We see how she was condemned to die and by the grace of God Jesus came to her rescue that seems familar to all of us then when they were alone he said to her Go and sin no more.This is the point we misunderstand prior to there meeting it was all about her death when she encountered Jesus something incredible happened he turned a death situation into life situation so from our background as sinners we still in our thinking and understanding dwell in the darkness our minds are closed to the truth.In effect what Jesus was saying to her and us is chose life and do nt look back that is what he meant and that is the walk we need to live for him.That to me was a revelation it was always there but hidden.Does it change that we need discipline in the church that we need rules and guidelines for our actions no we still need those things.But does it change how we view non believers and even ourselves definitely its not about sin but its all about choosing life and living.He also revealed some other interesting things on salvation so i might mention those on the once saved always saved discussion.Jeremy just want to say i really appreciate your website because i have not really discussed issues like this and it really is making me press in to the Lord for answers to some of those really difficult questions.regards brentnz

As I found out a good deal later, he had been much involved in the complex goings - on at the council through all four of its «periods,» from its surprising opening sessions in the fall of 1962 through to its conclusion in 1965.

They shouldn't be surprised - nothing ever went as planned in the Bible either.