Sentences with phrase «eyebrows raised among»

There may have ben a few eyebrows raised among the Arsenal fans and the watching football media when they saw the Arsenal team selected by Arsene Wenger for today's Premier League home clash with Southampton.

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The timing of the RNC's decision to start paying these campaign costs for Trump raised a number of eyebrows among experts and political operatives.

It also may raise eyebrows among more seasoned investors.

Ramasamy's assertion raised eyebrows around the lecture hall, particularly among the several Guatemalan participants, whose experience of dictatorship, as one woman pointed out to Ramasamy, was far from positive.

The Munich - based startup canceled its user conference in San Francisco this week, raising eyebrows among the tech in - crowd.

Perhaps the most notable recent iteration of this phenomenon has come from Thinx, whose 2015 ads for «period - proof underwear» (featuring pictures of runny eggs, among other evocative images) raised many eyebrows.

The omission raised eyebrows among some Democrats.

The hefty price tag likely raised some eyebrows among Congress members, but Trump is right in aiming high to fix the country's «crumbling infrastructure,» as he calls it.

Those comments raised eyebrows among some in Trump's inner circle, who noted that one of the president's most ferocious attack dogs seemed unusually taciturn.

The NRA, bolstered by Trump, has been a vocal proponent of allowing more guns in public places, including schools, but the exception for the convention has raised eyebrows and prompted skepticism among students and at least one parent who lost his child in the Feb. 14 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., in which 17 people were killed and others injured.

So the White House statement might raise a few eyebrows among those who recall Fahrenthold's reporting.

The proliferation of the virtual currency and the accompanying trading frenzy have raised eyebrows among regulators globally, though many central banks have refrained from supervising cryptocurrencies themselves.

Page went to Moscow in July 2016 while he was serving on the Trump campaign, a move that raised eyebrows among the FBI agents investigating the Trump team's ties to Russia.

Wendell Berry's comments on gay marriage last month raised some eyebrows among conservatives.

Yet when we learn of the prevalence of addiction among our spiritual leaders, we shouldn't raise our eyebrows — we should respond with compassion and support.

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.

But if Sky Sports are right about our big centre forward Olivier Giroud being preferred to the Man United forward Anthony Martial then there will be a few more raised eyebrows, especially after Giroud suffered his longest ever barren spell for us last season and only got back among the goals very recently.

That didn't stop Johnny Miller from stating, «This one will raise a few more eyebrows among the players, that's all I'm gonna say.»

Indeed, it's not every day that a Championship player is ranked among one of the most skilful players on a video game, and eyebrows might have been raised when one of the Wanderers» finest received such a claim from the FIFA creators.

For even the most adventurous eaters among us, there may be one item on the menu that raises an eyebrow — the human placenta.

The plan will also raise eyebrows among Tory MPs who are keeping an eye on the race to succeed Cameron, as it puts Theresa May at the heart of the government programme.

But Heller's position has raised some eyebrows among her former Democratic colleagues in New York political circles.

But it was this comment, picked up by someone in the audience on their phone and obtained by NY1, that raised some eyebrows among supporters of Nixon's opponent, Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

He conspicuously withheld his support for her on the day she officially announced, in April of 2015, drawing ire from Clinton loyalists, and raising eyebrows among New York Democrats, most of whom quickly fell in line behind the state's former senator.

The move towards more private sector reforms could raise some eyebrows among grassroots Liberal Democrats, many of whom oppose privatisation or private sector provision of any kind.

The rosy language is raising some eyebrows among good - government advocates and those opposed to gambling.

Disgraced former Staten Island congressman Vito Fossella has been popping up recently at events that politicians typically attend, like a 9/11 remembrance and a parade for the borough's Little League team, raising eyebrows among political watchers.

His relationship with the mayor is raising eyebrows and questions among some advocates about the largely unregulated interactions between consultants and government.

That raised eyebrows among Republican party leaders, since Cuomo was up for re-election, and Christie was the head of the National Republican Governors association.

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.

A referendum on the November ballot to consider approving seven casinos in New York is raising some eyebrows among good - government advocates for wording that promises to lower taxes, provide more money for schools and create more jobs.

Hunt recently raised eyebrows among colleagues when he said publicly that his current role was «likely to be my last big job in politics».

But he's also spent more money than he's raised on multiple consulting and PR firms, raising eyebrows among Republican consultants and party officials.

Mr. Trump has already raised eyebrows among party donors by spending freely to hold campaign events at properties he owns, and for the cost of flights on his private jet.

Basile, who's ruffled some feathers during his tenure as ED (and before), is known for his deep loyalty to Cox - which is why his potential departure from his job raised eyebrows among several Republican insiders about what it means for the future of the state committee.

Not all bills will make it through the annual legislative session, but this year, the impending failure of several high - profile measures is raising eyebrows both among lawmakers themselves, and others.

His comments have raised eyebrows among fellow ministers and added to the heat on Mr Clegg, who is already considering radical measures to address his worsening ratings.

Ms. Clarke was willing to buck Orthodox Jews in her district when she criticized Israel's blockade of the Gaza Strip and supported other resolutions that raised eyebrows among Israel supporters.

Gov. Cuomo raised eyebrows last week among even some close to him when he appeared at an event on Long Island with lame - duck Nassau County Executive Edward Mangano, a Republican who is under indictment on federal corruption charges.

The vote count raised eyebrows among some lawyers and other observers, but that doesn't mean a legal challenge is imminent.

However, the staffing shuffle did raise some eyebrows among staffers in the Albany circuit particularly with the loss of Dennin and Solomon, who both transferred from the Senate Democratic Conference's payroll in January of 2011 to join Carlucci.

One of Mayor Bloomberg's top staffers owns stock in a company whose subsidiary is getting city funding and tax breaks to build a Brooklyn arena for the NBA's Nets — a revelation that's raising eyebrows among opponents of the controversial project.

Sampson's soiree at the Stadium also raised eyebrows among his colleagues, who noted the Yankees are lobbying for changes in the state's ticket - selling laws.

Now, claims of the remarkable healing powers of dietary supplements generally raise an eyebrow or two among evidence - based, textbook - toting physicians who are all about the science of medicine.

But the proposal is raising eyebrows among U.S. experts, who say it probably wouldn't save many lives.

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).

These bizarre characteristics have raised eyebrows among professional practitioners of SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence, who use large radio telescopes to listen for interstellar radio transmissions from other cosmic civilizations.

Yesterday, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) raised eyebrows, and concern among current and prospective parents, with a report documenting that the rate of autism spectrum disorder (ASD) diagnosis in the United States jumped 30 % between 2008 and 2010, from one in 88 to one in 68 children.

The subsidies raise eyebrows among other physicists, however.

I'm going to wear the outfit on Weds to an external meeting, so I expect to see a few raised eyebrows myself as I work mostly among engineers: --RRB-