Sentences with phrase «eyebrows raised over»

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Although the lack of jurisdiction over Bitcoin and its links to money laundering and illicit marketplaces have raised more than a few eyebrows, the currency offers a simple way for legitimate businesses such as small retailers and professional service providers to accept payments for international sales without facing onerous credit card fees or exchange - rate surcharges.

So my Catholic friend has me over for dinner last Friday night and when I see the steak on the plate I raise an eyebrow and my friend says «Hey, it may have been born a cow, but it was baptised a fish...»

Eden Hazard discussed the developing title race in the wake of Chelsea's win over Tottenham at the weekend, but it was what he didn't say that has raised eyebrows.

The Argentine international has had to settle for a place on the bench for clashes with Barcelona and Manchester United this month, leading to some raising their eyebrows over whether or not he fits into what Pep Guardiola wants from his team.

There have been a few sides who raised eyebrows with their appearance in the top division over time...

Nevertheless, that is still not enough to avoid eyebrows being raised over this latest report, with La Gazzetta dello Sport suggesting that after seeing a $ 60m bid rejected, Chelsea are going to return with an improve offer between $ 65 - 70m.

One could forgive Manchester United fans for raising their eyebrows over the deadline day signing whose only game for the Trotters came in a 4 - 2 away defeat to Rotherham United where he was hauled off after 51 minutes with his side already 3 - 0 down.

The move for Luiz raised plenty of eyebrows, and question marks still hang over the Brazilian international's ability to be a reliable defensive presence for the Blues.

It's why, just four months later, there are plenty of raised eyebrows with the former Mainz manager being tipped as the favourite to take over the vacant Bayern Munich hot seat, according to German publication Bild.

24 - year - old Brazilian Peres raised eyebrows all over Serie A with his...

More over the reasons laid for the strained relationship also raise some eyebrows.

When even the BBC news at Ten presenter is raising his eyebrows over «questionable» decisions you know there's something dodgy going on.

The verbal attack last week on state Senate GOP Majority Leader John Flanagan by Cuomo's hand - picked state Democratic party executive director, reportedly sparked by the governor's anger over the conference's release of its priorities, raised eyebrows on both sides of the aisle.

Paladino raised Cuza's eyebrows by saying that Ground Zero isn't merely the footprint of the Twin Towers, but rather «the entire area that was affected by the dust cloud, which spread over an area of approximately a quarter of a mile in every direction.»

You might have missed it in last week's media frenzy over Trump's interesting habit of posing as his own spokesperson, but the presumptive Republican nominee also revealed a couple of strategic campaigning decisions that should raise eyebrows.

State Sen. Greg Ball's expenditures also raised eyebrows, according to Commission documents, including $ 23,000 spent at retail and clothing stores and «large amounts of money on hotels all over the United States (and in some cases, outside the United States).»

Mike Jones, the Conservative leader of Cheshire West and Cheshire Council and a senior figure in the Local Government Association, has reason to raise a sceptical eyebrow at how the details of the Government's compromise scheme over home extensions will work.

Their comments raised eyebrows from Lord Goldsmith, the former attorney - general, who sought clarity over whether all military deaths should be exempt from coroners» scrutiny.

No doubt an unintended corollary of the hubbub over state - senate campaign financing, 60 Minutes broadcast a report on congressional campaign fundraising on Sunday that raised eyebrows in different ways.

Environment secretary Owen Paterson raised eyebrows over the weekend after offering his own take on the political threat posed by Ukip.

The solo suspension of Diane Haslett - Rudiano from her $ 125,000 - a-year post over widespread polling problems is raising eyebrows that extend beyond party lines.

Cuomo raised eyebrows and embarrassed DiNapoli as he announced a series of multimillion - dollar settlements in the state pension - fund scandal and then disclosed that his office was looking into the comptroller's role in meeting with politically connected companies seeking control over the investment of pension - fund money.

But her selection to lead JCOPE is raising eyebrows all over Albany today, given how much her career has intertwined with Gov. Andrew Cuomo.

Interestingly, the line item in relation to Development Partners» Funds stood at zero and it was the same in 2017 raising eyebrows over whether sports is part of discussions when the government speaks to its development partners who are mostly foreign governments and agencies.

The governor's office took offense when I reported that «eyebrows were raised» over this year's card, signed «Gov. Andrew Cuomo and family.»

She raises eyebrows all over town but catches the eye of twice - divorced Tuppy (Wilkinson), who's richer than God and just as generous.

The Stanley Parable is the «Being John Malkovich» of video games, a complex and shapeless digital creature, that we will play over and over again, sometimes staying with raised eyebrows and a sea of questions, with the only certainty of having experienced something as much surreal as poetic.

The new list is enormous and includes those who have been oddly passed over for invites in the past, many familiar names, and some which may raise eyebrows.

Splashing out over $ 20,000 on a violin raises no eyebrows.

Finally, when the Ryan - mobile pulled up, Sally beckoned me over to the car as people looked on with raised eyebrows.

Kyle's Review: I poke fun at it above in the short Summary Capsule description, but it is undeniably true that Running Scared will garner quite a few raised eyebrows over the idea that Billy Crystal and Gregory Hines could ever believably play not only cops, but cops of a tough & wild sort.

The fact that Lost World «s main villains are called the Deadly Six initially raised some eyebrows, but the word «deadly» has become pretty tame by entertainment standards over time so suspicions of darker content were quickly quelled.

I must say that this was one of the worst movies I've ever watched, «Evil Dead» was better than this mound of shit... Gareth Edwards should be banned from directing hence forth, and now I hear he's directing the new Star Wars spin - off... I'm not one to talk down to others but let's be honest, you have to be retarded to like this movie... It made absolutely no sense, the script (the most important piece to any movie) was terrible, the plot was stupid, the acting was horrible and it seemed that the actors who were chosen were acting for a different movie all together... Where was the sense of urgency, I mean there were 300 foot tall behemoths walking through buildings and all you could show us was who was going ride with the little boy on the school bus... Maybe if all the main characters died and they just let Godzilla do his thing from there on out an eyebrow could've been raised but unfortunately, there isn't one good thing to say about this movie... I'm shocked the WB handed over one their biggest names to Legendary Pictures... Let's not forget what they've done with Superman Returns... This is shameful...

None of this offers much succor to those hoping for bipartisan efforts on NCLB / ESEA reauthorization, and it might just be raising eyebrows over at Democrats for Education Reform.

Eyebrows were raised recently over the cozy relationship between the state chief and the consulting project, prompting Ms. Honig to volunteer to go before the state school board to give details about her firm's multimillion - dollar business with California schools.

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.

Jaguar wants the car to look its very best, and the XF's fluid surfaces — what design chief Ian Callum calls its «three dimensionality» — will work better in a soft light than the harsh motor - show spots that perhaps led some to voice doubts about the «ugly» grille and headlights and raise an eyebrow over the profile similarities to the Lexus GS.

The Wall Street Journal article suggests some raised eyebrows among Japanese consumers over the name, which can also be taken as a reference to «Galapagos Syndrome,» or the Japanese self - perception of their nation as increasingly isolated from the outside world.

The outcry over this rather old book is only recent because it was highlighted by a popular blogger, but it certainly won't be the last time an outdated title raises some eyebrows.

The US book trade magazine said: «That Amazon would reach new e-book sales terms with Perseus, as the e-tailer continues a protracted and much - covered impasse over terms with Hachette, will certainly raise eyebrows and bring questions.

Over a year ago, traditional publishers like Harlequin made headlines and raised eyebrows by announcing the formation of imprints within their publishing houses that were dedicated to ebook - only works; the benefit to these imprints was twofold.

Above, Grandpa and Rosy, side by side, lean over the edge, both of them with identical expressions of surprise and fear, raised eyebrows and open mouths, both of them with wide, alertly darting eyes.

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Certainly I raised occasional eyebrow over constant extra add - on charges of various types, but figure that's the way it works.

When the stylus - friendly HTC Flyer launched, there were a lot of raised eyebrows over the fact that it hit the streets running a modified Android Gingerbread rather than Honeycomb — like nearly every other tablet on the market.

While Interactive Brokers continued to grow their account base — now at a whopping 360,000 (and up 1 % over the previous month), what those clients were doing (or not doing) is what led to more than a few eyebrows being raised.

If someone told me a year ago I'd fall head over paws in love with a dog that would literally devour the trim on my car, my aging fence, puppy chew toys ad naseum, our socks and shoes, buried coaxial TV cable, my remote control, every bed we bought for him, half a dozen pillows, Grannie's quilt, stuffed animals, a big orange Home Depot bucket, a BBQ grill cover, patio furniture, saplings, two big flower beds, scores of recyclables, garage stuff galore, plus half a cord of firewood, I would have raised one eyebrow and said, «Yeah sure, what have you been smoking?»

While the name Hank Leukart may not raise many eyebrows, the owner of Without Baggage has been involved with a number of noteworthy adventure TV productions over the years.

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Eyebrows were raised over the high estimate for Mr. Grotjahn's abstract, «Untitled (S III Released to France Face 43.14)»; nonetheless, bidders pushed the price up to $ 16.8 million.