Sentences with phrase «kept as a surprise»

He wanted to keep it as a surprise but if it's something that's holding you back from grabbing the book, don't let it because it's not going to be an issue.
The dialog here is tedious and what's revealed would've been better served if kept as a surprise.
Artnet reports that a spokesperson for Kusama's gallery David Zwirner confirmed that the museum has been in development for some time, but that the artist «wanted to keep it as a surprise for her fans».

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Macquarie Group client investment manager David Kiely provided a financial community primer for what not do to in public view when he clicked on an e-mail containing racy GQ photos of Kerr as his colleague Martin Lakos appeared Tuesday on the country's Seven Network TV, to discuss the central bank's surprise decision to keep interest rates unchanged.
After the director left, I must have looked pretty surprised as the CFO explained, «We have tens of thousands of employees, and at the rate we're growing it's almost impossible to keep up with our space needs in the Bay Area.
O'Leary's disposition was all the more surprising given Deslandes» role as compliance officer, a position that involves keeping everyone in line.
If we can get all these occupiers who slept in parks for a few months all to start creating cognitive dissidence in their cities and pull off surprise occupations everywhere, then there will be a sort of low - level rumble of discontent that keeps on disrupting business - as - usual.
This shouldn't come as much of a surprise to website managers and designers who have been keeping up with mobile readiness / responsive design trends.
(If this is true, and you watch «Keeping Up With the Kardashians,» this won't come as a surprise; the show documented the ups and downs of the family's relationship with Chyna.)
As start - ups continue to sprout up, you may be surprised to know that most are using their own cash, instead of taking out business loans to keep their business afloat.
«As a long - time reader of both Jay Levinson's and Shel Horowitz's previous books, I have to keep wondering why I'm surprised to see such a remarkable collection of wisdom - busting innovative ideas, all in one place.
In a bit of a surprise, he said he is not as yet convinced the recent cooling in housing activity in Canada, and slowdown in credit accumulation, represents a fundamental shift, indicating he remains concerned about the downside risk of keeping rates low for a very long time.
It's not surprising that general partners and their respective limited partners want to keep this activity quiet — an LP interest transfer resulting from a very practical reason could unnecessarily be misconstrued as a vote of no confidence by the LP or a signal of an LP's poor financial health.
But as renovation begins, the surprises and expenses keep piling up.
Chair Yellen has said very little beyond the Framework, and, as the leader of the Fed, keeping to the official talking points is no surprise.
The deafening silence isn't surprising: as a MarketingWeek article points out, most marketers have no option but to keep quiet — because the practices that Cambridge Analytica has gotten in trouble for are common practices in the industry.
[This spirit of sisterhood can be summed up in one of the highlights of the conference: On Friday afternoon, Emily Scott told a story about how her high school band director, surprised that she had chosen as «unfeminine» an instrument as the trombone, tried to keep her from closing her eyes and swaying to the music by literally pulling her shoulders back and standing on her feet as she played.
This may surprise you, seeing as how I'm a blogger with an outspoken opinion on everything, but when I'm a part of a conservative Christian community, I tend to keep my more progressive views quiet, and when I'm a part of a more liberal Christian community, I tend to keep my more liberal views quiet.
Jung has seen that psychologically this means that an overemphasis on either side of a polarity such as conscious - unconscious, or sacred - profane, will lead not to a dialectical coincidentia oppositorum but to a reinforcement or enantiodromia of the (untransfigured) other pole, that is, to an inundation or regression.17 It will be helpful to keep these Jungian motifs in mind as we explore the somewhat surprising parallels between Jung's notion of «individuation» and Altizer's idea of an ongoing kenotic incarnation.
1Peter 4:12 - 17 Beloved, do not be surprised at the fiery ordeal among you, which comes upon you for your testing, as though some strange thing were happening to you; but to the degree that you share the sufferings of Christ, keep on rejoicing, so that also at the revelations of His glory you may rejoice with exultation.
Limited - time dishes such as truffle mashed potatoes can surprise and excite longtime customers and keep them coming back.
My boyfriend LOVES smoothies with avocado so I'm going to keep this in my back pocket as a fun weekend breakfast surprise
I want to make some of these decorations to a) keep them busy and b) give to their parent and grandma as a surprise.
Under the creamy filling is another surprise - a thin layer of chocolate that adds another layer of complexity and luxury - as well as keeping the crunchy crust, well, crunchy.
And while my partner kept her doubts to herself, she did let me know afterwards (as she was happily gobbling down a bowlful next to me) that she was surprised at how delicious it turned out to be.
Anyway, the morning I decided to tackle this I had managed to sneak to the store for ingredients and kept them away from her as a surprise yet to come.
Coutinho has scored four goals and provided three assists in nine appearances, and so it's no surprise that Liverpool are desperate to keep hold of him as he continues to produce reminders of his importance to them.
I keep getting surprised when people talk about our «striker crisis» and we need world class this and world class that — Alexis has scored more goals this season as wide second striker than Chelsea's main man Costa.
There's been a surprising number of elements added with this squad as the core group of players have been kept together these past few seasons.
It is hardly a surprise but Arsenal now have yet another striker leaving the club in this transfer window, as it has been revealed by Belgian media outlet Het Laatste Nieuws that Chuba Akpom has has arrived at Sint - Truidense for a routine medical, before signing a contract that will keep him at the club for the next three years.
Perhaps the full backs could be changed as well, more for the fresh legs than as a punishment, but I would not be surprised to see Gibbs keep his place.
It's a difficult set of circumstances for anyone to deal with as one could imagine, so it's certainly not a surprise that the coach wanted to keep these personal matters to himself.
... Gibbs, Wilshire, Chesney, Oxlaide, Iwobi, and Chambers.History keeps repeating itself which isn't really surprising considering the coaching staff that Wenger surrounds himself.Just think about all those past greats who'd love to be involved but as Keown proved... the Manager doesn't want them to stick their noses where they are not welcome.
Recently named the club's Player of the Season, it's no surprise that Mourinho wants to keep him, and it's added in the report that there has been no official approach from Barca either as they prepare their own busy summer spending strategy with Ernesto Valverde expected to be announced as their new coach next week.
Didn't watch the game or even look at the results but I'm not surprised or about the ref was to blame issue as that what most fans think, we are where we deserve to be stop this PL challenger thinking in fact forget top 4 just keep paying your money like good little fans should # board and Wenger out I won't bother until that happens
The boss clearly has the European match in mind as well and I would not be surprised to see him keep Sanchez fresh for that one.
I am very surprised that Arsenal (and especially Wenger) didn't try very hard to keep the fiery Wilshere as we all know he is an Arsenal man through and through.
A Jamie Vardy wonderstrike kept the Leicester City bandwagon rolling, as the surprise leaders beat Liverpool 2 - 0 to stay three points clear of Manchester City.
It's no surprise really as the Premier League title favourites made easy work of Everton in what was supposed to be a tough afternoon for them, and keeping a clean sheet at Goodison Park, with Cahill getting on the scoresheet too, there can't be too many arguments on that one.
Wilshere could surprise and get into City when Gundagon picks up his next injury, some teams might well afford him some game time as he keeps the ball well.
As a result, it's no surprise that they want to keep hold of him, and Lambert goes on to admit while he felt as though they should have allowed him to leave in the summer for his dream move to the Nou Camp, he doesn't see any reason whatsoever as to why they would now change that stance and sell in JanuarAs a result, it's no surprise that they want to keep hold of him, and Lambert goes on to admit while he felt as though they should have allowed him to leave in the summer for his dream move to the Nou Camp, he doesn't see any reason whatsoever as to why they would now change that stance and sell in Januaras though they should have allowed him to leave in the summer for his dream move to the Nou Camp, he doesn't see any reason whatsoever as to why they would now change that stance and sell in Januaras to why they would now change that stance and sell in January.
This last summer I was very surprised that Wenger kept Campbell here against his will, as I thought Joel would not have his heart set on fighting for the team, so I'm really glad that Le Prof stuck to his guns and made Campbell stick to his contract.
In turn, it would come as no surprise if they were desperate to keep hold of him, but it hasn't proven to be as simple as getting him to sign a renewal immediately to commit his long - term future to the Blues.
In turn, it's no real surprise that they will be keen to keep hold of him, but as noted by The Sun, his contract is set to expire at the end of the season and so that could complicate their plans.
Those games are all worth keeping an eye on, as both the public and oddsmakers alike have been slow to adjust their lines to reflect these pitchers surprising performances — although based on recent public betting data, many bettors are starting to buy the Orioles hot start.
I am not surprised about this old senile man called Arsene Wenger he has really lost it, because Giroud scored a hat trick against aa already dead Villa so he wants to keep him as his first choice striker.
A few issues yes just a few, this result was not a surprise to most fans before the game why did we start will Elneny and le coq santi is one of our best 3 players, why pay 34m and sit him on the bench why did walcott start, and why did he take the pen why at 2 - 1 down did he keep the 2 DMs on the pitch the camera panned onto the mangers Klop was shouting out orders, Wenger looks quiet and almost confused as what to do
But as we have so, so, so clearly seen this season with Coquelin, there is no harm in keeping talented players around, letting them work hard and develop and some will surprise.
I am a little surprised to see Per Mertesacker on the bench as his height could have been a big help at set pieces against the power and stature of Lukaku, but hopefully the new pairing of Gabriel and Koscielny can keep the big Belgian under wraps.
I would not be surprised if Wenger keeps Mert to serve as a backup and to sub in late to see out games as a big body in the box to clear out desperate service bombs.
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