Sentences with phrase «less than surprising»

Their backing comes from a less than surprising myriad of gang bosses.

These findings are less than surprising, and some of them are familiar.

The film does lose steam in the home stretch with Niccol serving up some dialogue that is too on - the - button (such as a line where Viktor lays bare all his reasons for creating Simone) and some mechanical plot twists that are less than surprising.

Since he actually was Prime Minister, this response was perhaps less than surprising.

I'm less than surprised.

I really wish I am wrong about the situation, but if we start the season bad and then try reconstructing the pyramid on September the second, honestly I'd be less than surprised.

I'd be less than surprised if Arsene fails to win tomorrow, he hasn't beaten Pulis away since 2010, just like another recent event that hasn't happened since 2010 this will not happen too.

We have a dire need for players to improve some positions, but I'd be less than surprised if we don't sign anybody there.

Hence, we were less than surprised when Vanillaware announced a PlayStation 4 reissue of their 2013 PlayStation 3 and Vita 2D swords - and - sorcery -»em - up, Dragon's Crown.

He sounded less than surprised when I mentioned the problem to him just now.

Second, it's got a veritable roster of large shareholders & activists on its board / share register, so I'd be less than surprised here to see an ultimate push for a wind - down, or other value - realization strategy.

Hence, we were less than surprised when Vanillaware announced a PlayStation 4 reissue of their 2013 PlayStation 3 and Vita 2D swords - and - sorcery -»em - up, Dragon's Crown.

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It's not surprising that CNRL's Horizon kept operating through the evacuation — it relies on local labour for less than a quarter of its workforce.

And so when news broke yesterday that Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway were creating a joint venture to reduce healthcare costs and improve employee satisfaction, Wolf said his first response was less surprise than «keen interest» and excitement.

It should be no surprise, therefore, that 57 percent of U.S. workers have less than $ 25,000 in savings.

It's surprising how effective thinking you have 15 minutes less than you do can be on procrastination.

I was surprised when I measured & calculated that it's less than 5 % of the space.

But don't be surprised if the gap is less than one million - or as much as four million.

TORONTO — In a surprise move, the head of one of Canada's biggest retailers, Canadian Tire, is leaving the top job after less than two years.

Paramount's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles reboot was one of August's surprise successes with $ 149.6 million in ticket sales, while The Walt Disney Company (DIS) scored the hit of the summer with Marvel's Guardians of the Galaxy, which broke the opening - weekend box - office record for August on its way to grossing $ 258 million in the U.S. and more than $ 500 million worldwide within less than a month of its release.

So it may come as no surprise that the top five highest - earning elected women serving in governments worldwide, as surveyed by British financial service firm IG Group, coincidentally happen to earn less than their elected male counterparts in an all - gender list of of elected, appointed and lifetime world leaders.

But two surprising consequences of Taggar's decision suggest that entrepreneurs who check email on the go all day might be creating less than ideal side effects for themselves and their businesses.

«Even though Del Ponte gave his team members the freedom to be slightly less productive than usual in terms of hitting up their to - do lists, he was surprised to find that they actually reported increases in their productivity.

«RRSP's are seen as the fundamental building block of a Canadian retirement, so it is surprising to see so many who don't contribute, or contribute less than their maximum,» said Forum Research President, Dr. Lorne Bozinoff.

While you could be forgiven for thinking it was expensive considering the use of organic ingredients, we were pleasantly surprised to learn that it typically sells for less than $ 10 for a 7 - ounce bottle.

Given the maturity of the expansion it should not be surprising if the average growth of the economy is now less than it was in the earlier stages.

(CNN) US President Donald Trump's decision to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un «was not a surprise in any way,» US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson said Friday, less than a day after the top US diplomat said conditions were not yet ripe for negotiations with North Korea.

That Facebook pursued such a strategy is even less of a surprise than Google's imperious adoption of Wikipedia as conspiracy theory debunker: Facebook's motto was «Making the world more open and connected», and the company has repeatedly demonstrated a willingness to do just that, whether users like it or not.

But, to cover my rump, I'm much less confident than I in thinking there'd be a cut in January, and I wouldn't be surprised to see one here.

That's not surprising considering that content marketing costs 62 % less than traditional outbound marketing and generates more than three times as many leads.

However, considering the standards that Cardano set for itself, there's no surprise that progress moves more slowly than the less scrutinized blockchains that make up the rest of the top ten.

It's not a surprise that Renren has surrendered most of its value since going public at $ 14 less than three years ago.

Our comments: we were surprised the bubble response was less than 40 % given widespread commentary in that direction and the age / experience of the respondents.

What is really surprising about IOTA is the fact that the company has achieved such a massive amount of success in less than a year!

Dan Caplinger: One surprising area that has been extremely lucrative for long - term investors is the auto - parts industry, and, among its major players, AutoZone (NYSE: AZO) has scored impressive returns over the past decade, seeing its stock price rise from less than $ 100 to almost $ 700 over that time span.

Today's surprise hike of the central bank's overnight lending rate to 1.0 per cent comes less than a week after the latest data for economic growth showed an impressive expansion of 4.5 per cent for Canada in the second quarter.

«I think one surprise to most people is actually since 1994, U.S. inflation has averaged less than 2 %.

Dennis Lombardi, executive vice president of food service strategies at WD Partners, said the low quality scores aren't surprising or worrying for Taco Bell, which pioneered fast - food value menus and still sells some food for less than $ 1.

People with disabilities demonstrate the same passion, independence and self - direction as all Americans, and given certain characteristics — including being on average older and less educated — it is not surprising that the rate of self - employment for people with disabilities in the labor force in 2011 was about 50 percent higher than the corresponding rate for people without disabilities -LSB-...]

She was elected to City Council less than a year after the Liberal Party's rout in the 2001 provincial election, of which she was a surprising casualty.

This week's inflation surprises in the PPI and CPI were less of an aberration than a continuation of a trend of inflation surprises that began in January on a variety of measures.

As a result, risks of a less dovish than expected surprise at the March FOMC had risen (and partly priced into the market), and both Vice Chair Fischer and Governor Brainard had dropped less dovish hints in their pre-blackout speeches.

Marijuana Penny Stock Scams With the proliferation of legal marijuana companies and the massive growth we've seen in the industry, it's no surprise that less - than - savory characters have tried to make a dollar off the boom through, shall we say, less honest means.

Stelmach's leadership win came as a surprise considering his campaign for the PC leadership was less prominent than that of party insider Jim Dinning and the socially conservative Ted Morton.

Having said that, I'm still super surprised at how how high quality it feels for less than $ 15; my wife swears i spent an arm and a leg on it!

This is not really a surprise because the oil and gas industry is one of the most capital intensive in the world, employing less than 1 % of Canadian workers.

It's surprising as UniCredit's valuations were less rosy than peers.

Although many outside the US are drawing conclusions about Americans based on our presidential candidates, they might be surprised to learn that only 14 per cent of eligible voters chose either Clinton or Trump during the primary elections, (where both parties vote to nominate a candidate to represent them in the general election) and less than 30 per cent of eligible Americans voted at all.

We think that's much less of a surprise than he does, but to his credit Mehdi Hasan rejects the cultural left's «my body, my life, my choice» line.

I think my husband was surprised by my visceral reaction — to him, this was just a simple youth group miscommunication that we sorted out in less than five minutes.