Sentences with phrase «ending came as no surprise to»

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Like Terri and Poornimaa, the ending came as a surprise to me.

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When the group reconvened at the end of a month, the managers and supervisors were surprised to learn that henceforth their findings would be accepted as the budget figures for the coming fiscal year.

And thus Gamergate's ability to swiftly shutdown discussion at SXSW doesn't really come as much of a surprise, particularly for the women who have long been on the receiving end of the group's harassment.

It therefore comes as some kind of surprise when you discover in the end that the name belongs to a binary options auto - trading system.

The size of the package, the open - ended nature of the commitment and the willingness to purchase longer dated bonds all came as positive surprises to investors, driving this past week's strong equity rally.

A reduction from $ 60 billion to $ 30 billion per month was scheduled for the start of 2018, but the dovish tone of ECB President Mario Draghi's accompanying comments — emphasizing that the QE program could be extended beyond September 2018, and giving no indication of an end date — came as something of a surprise to market participants, sparking a rally in eurozone bonds and a moderate selloff in the euro.

One thing that surprised me, is that most people who still have their wits at the end are very angry with their palliative care providers as they see the pain killers as fogging over that ability to feel and recognize and come to grips with those feelings, especially when they are trying to interact with another.

(CNN)- Given initial suspicions that Friday's bombing and mass shooting in Norway were carried out by Islamic militants linked to al Qaeda, the way police ended up describing the suspect behind the attacks came as a big surprise even to many security experts: The alleged attacker was called a «Christian fundamentalist.»

At the end of the study, the particular recommendations come as no great surprise: seminary training should include the study of asceticism and the regimen of ascetical discipline; assessment should be of the candidate's capacity to live a life of chaste celibacy and spiritual poverty; wilful deviations from discipline should be taken to indicate the lack of a religious vocation; those who form and mentor students should be sterling examples of ascetical discipline.

It came as no surprise that the fillings that included Miracle Whip ended up being favorites for me and Mr B. Just something to consider if you have a «Miracle Whip household» too.

Altoids are now the fourth - largest - selling mint in the U.S., and the largest - selling «power mint,» topping $ 46 million in sales for the year ending April 26, according to Information Resources, so it is not surprising that others companies such as Starbucks, Neiman Marcus, and Alfred Dunhill have come out with their own lines.

With the FA Cup still an objective, Man Utd will be desperate to avoid ending the season empty - handed, and it will come as no surprise if Lukaku's goals are key to their end of season success.

As every Arsenal fan knows, an estimate of thee months from Arsenal is going to be far from accurate going on past performance, so it wouldn't surprise me if he only just came back at the very end of the season to help us snatch fourth place.

All the «top» clubs will be looking for immediate results after spending significantly this summer, and with time remaining before the deadline at the end of the month, it would come as no surprise were there to be further additions in the coming weeks.

However, just one goal in 17 Serie A appearances did little to improve his stock, and it has come as no surprise that his career in the English capital looks to be coming to an end.

Neither man has claimed a stoppage win in years and so many expect this to go the distance, but given the magnitude of the event, it would come as no surprise if there was a shocking end to proceedings.

Engaging in an open game with end - to - end chances at Stamford Bridge could be a recipe for disaster for United, and so despite Redknapp's wishes, it would come as no surprise if Mourinho adopts a similar approach for this encounter.

Atletico Madrid could be set to join their rivals Barcelona and Real Madrid in making some «Galctico» signings of their own before the end of the summer, with Fichajes.com reporting that four big names are on their list of potential attackers to come in, as well as a surprise move for a former Barcelona star.

In turn, it would come as no surprise if Real Madrid were desperate to keep the Portuguese superstar, but according to The Daily Record, Ronaldo is keen to bring an end to his spell at the Bernabeu.

Wilshere's inclusion may come as a surprise to many given his injury problems in the last couple of seasons, but he will be hoping steer clear of the treatment table this year and build on a strong end to the 2014 - 15 campaign in which he scored a stunner for the Gunners against West Brom and then followed it up with a sensational brace for the Three Lions against Slovenia a few weeks later.

It is all very well for Arsene Wenger to keep on planning and building for the future of Arsenal Football Club, and pretty commendable and selfless if he is coming to the end of his time in charge of the Gunners as appears to be the case, so I was not surprised to see the recent Arsenal transfer rumours linking us with Rob Holding.

Although the Ivorian missed 13 league games for Jose Mourinho's side last season, Bailly put in some seriously impressive performances towards the back end of last season as United won the Europa League, and should the former Villarreal man manage to keep up the form he showed at the end of last year, it shouldn't be surprising to see the 23 - year - old claim a Team of the Season place come May.

After the latest meeting between Arsenal and Chelsea, which saw Arsene Wenger finally end his long wait for a win over his rival Jose Mourinho, it came as no surprise to anyone that the feud between the two managers came to the surface once more.

That means Kramer is back on the market ahead of the summer transfer window, and fresh interest from Bolton would come as little surprise, with strikers Zach Clough and Tyler Roberts due to return to Nottingham Forest at the end of their loan spells, and Madine's physical presence yet to be properly replaced.

Arsenal have been chasing the signature of Leicester City superstar Riyad Mahrez for quite some time and it will not come as any surprise if the Algerian attacker ends up moving to the Emirates this summer.

We do not look the fittest or most motivated of teams at the best of times and it would come as a surprise to me now if we ended the season in the top half.

The results from the Claret and Hugh's poll for Hammer of the year are in and it will come as no surprise that Marko Arnautovic is the red - hot odds - on favourite to pick up the award which is voted for by West Ham supporters towards the end of each season.

So, it should come as no surprise that they can overcome the loss of a tight end, even one of the best to play the game.

Smith has been in investigators» crosshairs for some time, and speculation has run rampant for years now that he would likely end up indicted — although it must be said that the circumstances under which he was finally charged comes as something of a surprise (at least to me).

After ending the 2011 — 2012 school year with a $ 1.78 million deficit and no reserves, the $ 6 million figure comes as a surprise to some.

In an extract from his memoirs — Politics: Between the Extremes, which is serialised in the Guardian — the former deputy prime minister says he told David Cameron he would end all personal dealings with Gove, and that the news «didn't seem to come as much of a surprise» because the then prime minister also had difficulties with the Gove team.

So it came as a surprise when NBCC announced this week a rather unscientific - sounding goal: to end breast cancer by 2020.

In the end, the study was made by a popular supplement company, which is a huge BCAAs supplements manufacturer and it should come as no surprise that they would want the study's results to show how incredibly potent BCAAs are.

I have always been a fan of mixing high end with low end (price wise) when it comes to fashion, so it comes as no surprise that I would do the same when it comes to beauty.

We always preferred Sandy's style at the end of Grease as opposed to her goody - two - shoes look, so it should come as no surprise that we're loving high - waisted skinnies, black crop top, over-the-shoulder denim jacket, red Emilio Pucci bag and bad - girl lace - up heels.

Who we end up being attracted to can sometimes come as a surprise.

The only reason my rating is so high is the fact that I never expected it to be as good as it was, It come as quite a surprise how funny it was, Ice Cube basically plays the same character that made his role in the Jump Street films so good, It's nothing new but it's full of cheap laughs from start to finish and the fight at the end was pretty entertaining, Yes it's predictable but it's allot of fun.

The new episodes don't represent another radical leap forward in style or quality the way season two was, but whatever's lost from the shock of the new (nothing here is quite as weird or surprising as the cavewoman prologue or «International Assassin,» though a joke in the second episode and a party sequence in the fifth come close) is gained in how much more we know all the characters at this point, and how aware they are of their proximity to their story's end.

A twist near the end will either come as a welcoming surprise or a cheap trick, but either way it's not quite enough to compensate for the excessive and disturbing violence.

This should come as no surprise to anyone who played the game (either on the Wii U or the Switch), even if towards the end of the year...

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A scene in which Milo's vaguely hilarious food allergy comes into play is curiously never resolved, two of Milo's hacker pals from the old days are so similar in appearance and voice to one another that I was abstractedly surprised to see them on the screen together at the end of the film, the reveal of a secret molestation is abused in an insulting and clumsy way, and a stock blue - collar cop character is introduced as the worst kind of deus ex machina: the late - in - the - game triumph of a heretofore marginalized comic foil (see: Barnard Hughes in The Lost Boys).

It comes as no surprise that by the end Landa manages to weasel his way out of certain death, but it shouldn't come as a surprise given everything we've seen beforehand.

«The tag scene with Bucky [played by Sebastian Stan] at the end of the movie came as a wonderful surprise to me,» explains Letitia Wright, who plays Shuri in Black Panther.

Though essentially entertaining, Untraceable ultimately comes off as a generic, garden - variety thriller that's almost entirely lacking in genuine thrills or surprises - with the end result an effort that bears more than a few similarities to such like - minded small - screen endeavors as Law and Order and CSI.

With a witty, child - friendly script by comedy guru Nicholas Stoller (Get Him to the Greek, The Muppets) and confidently self - assured direction courtesy of DreamWorks veteran David Soren (Turbo), the movie is far more engaging than it potentially has any right to be, and as implausibly ridiculous as it all is, save a few minor hiccups this ends up being a delightful summer surprise I can't say I saw coming.

Where the Master Sergeant ends up isn't so much a surprise as it is a heartbreaking denouement to a life that can no longer find purpose in continuing to follow the orders he's so diligently followed for his entire life, Cochrane's pain coming from a place so personal it's destructive potential is without measure.

We know that all ends well for our heroine, as the movie begins in the present day, with her looking back (we've also seen her in Batman v Superman, also set in our time), but the movie does hold some welcome surprises when it comes to who lives and who dies, and how the plot unfolds.

This won't come as a surprise to anyone who has worked in one of these agencies or tracked their struggles to improve failing schools under NCLB, turn around the troubled districts that they've taken over, ensure that new educator evaluation systems end the «widget effect,» complete Race to the Top deliverables on time, or successfully administer federal School Improvement Grants.