Sentences with phrase «eyebrow raising because»

Gillibrand's comments made the news all the more eyebrow raising because she holds the seat Hillary Clinton vacated in 2009 to become secretary of state.

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The prices of those platforms have raised eyebrows because of criticism about the dependability of the video gaming experience they're selling.

The change will certainly raise some eyebrows in the e-commerce industry because of the hype surrounding Jet and how early it has overhauled its business model.

But the government's choice to lead the probe --- the Public Service Agency --- raised eyebrows because some agency staffers, including its head, were also involved in the firings.

has surely raised some eyebrows and not just because of the aggressive title.

Two of those five advisers Clovis brought in — George Papadopoulos and Carter Page — raised eyebrows because they were total unknowns in American political and foreign policy circles.

It's family blood that thickens and holds and pumps in every life and it's friendship that needs no words, only a raised eyebrow, for an entire conversation to happen because really what is family but this and all of us in this together?

If you asked St. Augustine why he believed in an immortal soul, I suspect he'd look at you quizzically, raise an eyebrow, and utter a dismissive, «Because St. Paul did!»

Eyebrows were raised because Nunes had served as an advisor to President Trump's campaign, but the investigation falls under the House Intelligence Committee, so officials were content to let it slide.

The reason the casting decision raises my eyebrows is because I thought Satan was supposed to be an approachable, attractive, beguiling human specimen.

The Brooklyn billboard is likely to raise eyebrows among Jews, in part because Orthodox Jews don't write out the name of God, as the billboard does.

I can see it now, you're raising an eyebrow and giving me the stink eye because your «b.s.» detector is going off.

This year, it barely raised an eyebrow, and not just because the Ducks lost their starting QB to injury last month.

Apart from Santi Cazorla, I don't believe any other names will raise eyebrows because these names are either underutilized or underperformers (including Wenger).

To be honest I always raise an eyebrow when I hear one of the Arsenal players or Arsene Wenger talking about team spirit or fight or the togetherness in the dressing room, because it strikes me as though they are trying to convince themselves about the truth of their statements as much as they are the fans.

We're going to put Calvin Ridley here, only because he didn't raise any eyebrows with his performance.

Burfict's targeting of Barkley especially raised eyebrows because both players were committed to USC.

I have to admit, the basketball victory they got might have been expected because they could ball last year, but the floor hockey win really raises my eyebrows.

I'm going to argue against it on this Sunday because Tiger Woods is back and he's playing some fascinating, exciting, eyebrow - raising golf.

The messy house, the kids that go to sleep at odd hours, not having much of a social life outside of work and family for a while (unless you find people who parent like you and recognize the need to be social with children), or the toddler latched to your breast or still taking a bottle will have everyone raising eyebrows and placing the blame for any of life's woes at your feet because after all, you allowed it to happen.

Just a suggestion from one mom to another, because her wording would raise a few eyebrows in preschool, or a friend's house for sure.

It's a very popular name and doctors and nurses no longer raise an eyebrow when they hear it because, well, they've heard it so many times before.

I didn't like putting myself in awkward situations; I didn't like pretending not to notice someone's raised eyebrows or hear their judgmental whispers; I didn't like feeling uncomfortable because someone else couldn't see my breasts as anything other than sexual.

Bertha Lewis, a black activist with deep ties to de Blasio, is giving a civic award to NYC Comptroller Scott Stringer, raising eyebrows in political circles because Stringer is being mentioned as a possible challenger to the mayor's 2017 re-election.

Eyebrows were raised because Perrior does not have a background in journalism, as has been the case with previous occupants of the post such as Craig Oliver, Andy Coulson and Alastair Campbell.

But his release raised my eyebrows a tad because it sort of seemed like he was trying to steal Cuomo's thunder a bit — especially since the take away from yesterday's summit was the administration's proposal to ease the environmental regulation regarding manure disposal to encourage farmers to expand the size of their herd, which is in part the focus of Schumer's plan.

Gillibrand's push for the WFP is eyebrow - raising in part because of Cuomo's efforts to establish the Women's Equality Party as a permanent party through the next election cycle and Gillibrand's own backing of electing more women to public office.

Paladino's plan initially raised eyebrows when it was first reported by the AP because he suggested turning prisons into dormitories where New Yorkers on welfare could work in state - sponsored jobs, get employment training and take lessons in «personal hygiene.»

A Queens lawmaker has been organizing out - of - state gambling trips for hundreds of seniors citizens, which has raised eyebrows among good government groups because the trips are funded by corporate donations.

Mr. Crespo's opposition to the Women's Equality Act, a ten - point package of bills, raised eyebrows because it has been championed by Assembly Democrats and Mr. Cuomo, who even created the Women's Equality Party as he ran for re-election last year.

Cuomo's endorsement raised eyebrows, in part, because he has been accused in the past by liberals of not helping Senate Democrats and has sought to publicly steer clear of entanglements with the Senate.

The large no - bid contract to Siegelvision has raised eyebrows because there is no shortage of ad firm competition in New York City, long considered the global capital for advertising and marketing firms, sources said.

Trump raised eyebrows when he revealed that Clinton attended his wedding, claiming it was because he had donated significantly to the Clinton Foundation.

The criticism is eyebrow raising, if only because it's rare for a fellow Democrat to criticize Cuomo.

We did not raise the eyebrow on this today because we know that the court lacks the jurisdiction to hear the court.

His comments raised eyebrows, because they are at odds with official Labour policy and the position of Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer, which is it leave customs union membership on the table.

Their actions raised some eyebrows because most of the Democratic establishment is expected to line up behind the incumbent governor seeking a third term.

This news has caused a few raised eyebrows because the company continues to face «accusations that [it] has enlisted prominent health researchers to help downplay the role of sugary drinks in the obesity crisis.

These «virgin births» raised eyebrows because this asexual method of reproduction, called parthenogenesis, is rare among vertebrates: only about 70 backboned species can do it (that's about 0.1 percent of all vertebrates).

The project raised eyebrows, both because of its scale and the apparent pointlessness of storing so much ephemera.

I don't even know what to say about this because it makes the scientist in me raise such a skeptic's eyebrow, but listen.

The side glances and eyebrow raises were worth it because these photos are beautiful!

It's because of the age difference and the fact that the man takes care of the woman that raises an eyebrow but apart from that it's just the same as any other relationship.

Numerous names raise eyebrows in record - breaking AMPAS Class of 2016 — often because we assumed they were already voting on the Oscars

I have to admit this film did cause some soul searching and raised eyebrows because she loses her virginity to her mother's boyfriend (Alexander Skarsgård), a man twice her age.

It quickly raised some eyebrows because it was a horror film coming from an unlikely source in Barry Levinson.

It raised a few eyebrows when Edwards took the helm behind one of cinema's most iconic monsters because quite frankly, no one had ever heard of -LSB-...]

However, just as athletes use video analysis to study the strategies of a star athlete on the opposing team or the effectiveness of a winning play on the field, I regularly refined my practice by watching teachers, in real time, execute instructional strategies that resulted in their students» eyebrows raising and their mouths dropping open because a light bulb had just been turned on in their minds.

This likely occurred because she did not «grow» her students as much the second year as compared to her comparison group of peers, although any system that can be used to rate the same teacher «effective» one year and «ineffective» the next should raise eyebrows, naturally.

First, the question of schools doing «better than average» raised eyebrows as determining average performance means adding all schools» together and then dividing the by the number of schools — in the case of K - 12 public education, that's well over 98,000 schools, a substantial portion of which would have to be «below average» because that's how math works.