Sentences with phrase «little by surprise»

On this day it took me a little by surprise.

Demand for the Galaxy S6 Edge initially caught Samsung a little by surprise a couple of years ago, leaving the company scrambling to produce enough units and resulting in unsold stock of the regular flat - screen Galaxy S6.

This game caught me a little by surprise, because I hadn't played any of the games in the series (this is the third one).

I guess it took me a little by surprise that not everybody would want the nomadic life of freedom.

The car was detailed amazingly and we were taken a little by surprise with the level of service from this dealer.

I think we took her a little by surprise.

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Given their home - market bias, many Canadians have likely been surprised by just how little their portfolios have moved over the past couple of years.

Is it surprising that a four - star admiral known as the world's deadliest man begins by telling you the same thing that your mom probably got after you to do as a little kid?

And while no one likes getting bitten by mosquitoes, you might be surprised (and even a little fascinated) at the complex adaptions mosquitoes have developed to locate their favorite food sources.

You may be surprised by how little preparation and knowledge can go a long way.

He's always surprised by how little his prospective clients know about investing, so he welcomes anything that can help demystify the process.

As hard as companies work to solicit and serve customers, I'm always surprised by how little most businesses do to stay in touch with those they once served so well.

What looked like a surprising and abrupt departure by a rising star executive had little to do with the company, Fortune has learned.

This task may seem too easy or even a little silly, but you'll be surprised by how calm you feel afterward and how much easier it is to let go of distracting thoughts that otherwise seem to have lodged permanently inside your brain.

But I was a little surprised by what she had to say about being able to abstain from instant gratification.

I have long expected more organizations and startups to build health and safety tools using technology, and I have been surprised by how little of what must be built has even been attempted.

Jane's Medium post, in which she said she ate little more than rice at her apartment 30 miles from work, didn't make surprising new claims about wage distribution by tech companies.

As a startup advisor and investor, living in an area with several local universities, I'm continually surprised by how little many entrepreneurs know about the resources available from these institutions.

Lewis admitted to being «a little surprised by how uncomfortable the financial media has been with the subject».

First, there's little room for surprise when the Federal Reserve is telling you what it's going to do, when it's going to do it and by how much.

As long as they face the prospect of a surprise attack by unaccountable «owners,» today's business leaders have little choice but to focus on the here and now.

U.S. financial markets were little moved by Thursday's data, with attention focused on details of a ceasefire agreement between Russia and Ukraine and a surprise interest rate cut and bond purchasing program announced by Sweden's central bank.

Still, you'll probably be surprised by how little product it actually takes, so don't go overboard, as this can make the cream too stiff.

«I am a little perplexed when people are surprised by large market moves.

It, therefore, comes as little surprise that many niche spaces were established by those in the trade looking for a more flexible place to grow their businesses.

When Thorp began to study the stock market, he was surprised and encouraged to discover «how little was known by so many.»

Those surprised by the lack of volatility in 2016 could prove to have just been a little early if the positive outcomes currently expected fail to materialize and some of these more troubling events do.

 The Harper government's decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public equity share).

Yet some of the most substantive theology being written by Baptist scholars today comes from a little - known circle of mostly younger moderates who have shown a surprising interest in quite traditional themes such as the deeper meaning of baptism and the Lord's Supper, the covenantal disciplines of congregational life, and the positive role of creeds and confessions in the life of the church.

It is more than a little surprising to see it endorsed, even implicitly, by bishops of the Catholic Church.

The priest, visibly surprised by the little girl's intelligence, thinks about it and says, «Hmmm, I have no idea.»

Many of the writers on spirituality were directing their thoughts to monks and nuns, but we notice a surprising moderation in their remarks («reasonable distress», «little by little»).

We former evangelicals LOVE to talk about our faith and are sometimes surprised by how little opportunity there is to do so in a Mainline Protestant church environment.

I was a little surprised, in fact, by how often I winced at that sort of language.

If Mukasey is opposed to waterboarding because it is «ineffective,» he has little to lose by saying so (and it's surprising that he hasn't).

Unprotected Texts: The Bible's Surprising Contradictions About Sex and Desire by Jennifer Wright Knust HarperOne 3 shamrocks I love the title and premise of this book, but was a little disappointed by the content.

C. F. Evans comments, «It is a surprising fact, to which perhaps insufficient attention has been given, that Matthew has so little to add to the framework supplied to him by Mark when he comes to the Passion and Resurrection.

In answer to Joseph's question, I am a little surprised by how far the President's approval numbers have fallen and how much pushback he is getting on his agenda.

Sabio: You wrote «But you still keep yourself acceptable by declaring...»... I'm a little surprised you have that opinion of me, that I'm an opportunist playing it safe.

So I mentioned this on Facebook (because that's how I roll), and was a little surprised by how quickly many of my friends rushed to defend Luther's reputation.

Seeing them therefore so Amiable, I wondered not a little, that nothing was Spoken of them in former Ages: but as I read the Bible I was here & there Surprised with such Thoughts, & found by Degrees that these Things had been written of before, not only in the Scriptures but in many of the Fathers & that this was the Way of Communion with God in all Saints, as I saw clearly in the Person of David.

She's only 4 1/2 months old, but little Juliette Erickson of Seattle, Washington has already taken the world by surprise.

Obviously this method requires a little more supervision than the cover - and - steam method, but in my opinion it more than makes up for that by giving you complete control over the process — you'll never again take the lid off your pot of rice and find yourself surprised that it's under - or overcooked.

I was afraid Nick would be weirded out by the tofu (truthfully even I was a little weirded out when slicing up the jiggly stuff), but to my surprise he loved it!

I have to admit, I was a little skeptical that this could taste like anything greater than the sum of its parts, but oh my goodness, was I ever surprised by the flavor.

And I am so surprised that this is skinny because by the looks of the picture, this seems like such a decadent and a little bit diet - busting.

Upon my first bite, I was first surprised by the little bit of crunch that the squash still had despite being fully cooked — but I liked it!

What I was surprised by, was that one little bag of popcorn was about $ 10.

Little did we know about the American tradition of Thanksgiving back then, so we were caught by surprise that most shops were closed that day, and even restaurants.

hope you are having a great weekend, and by the way, if you have a moment, stop by my blog, I've got a little surprise waiting for you!