Sentences with phrase «much as a surprise»

Recently I spotted in OK Magazine Kendra and Demi wearing the same corset Alexander Wang Dress, but I have to admit as much as it surprised me to see Kendra, «ex-Playmate» wearing the same dress as Demi it's very shocking being that the two are «TOTALLY» opposite.

Often considered as loners, it should not come much as a surprise that they find it challenging when it comes to finding a soul - mate.

One shouldn't say too much as the surprise would be given away but your first time here will make you think you've ended up in the wrong place (in a good way).

Gili Trawangan, as much as it surprises my Mum, has a huge variety of really good food, so much that you would need to spend more then a couple of weeks here to experience everything!

With the ridiculous amount of sales any CoD or Guitar Hero game can cook up (both franchises were in the top 5 selling games of the first quater), this shouldn't really come as much as a surprise to anyone.

This really shouldn't come as too much as a surprise, but today it was confirmed that Hey!

Even more interesting is that apparently even Nintendo was caught off - guard by its sudden compatibility, with Reggie Fils - Aime himself admitting that it was «as much as a surprise» to the Big N as it was to consumers.

I really wanted Mario Galaxy to break out of its own formula and surprise me on the macro level as much as it surprised me on the micro level.

And few of the things that were revealed in the emails about alarmist scientific practices and resistance to replication came as much as a surprise to those of us who have been following climate issues for a while.

Sure, we all love a good surprise proposal story, but a total surprise engagement — where neither the man nor woman has shared his or her marriage expectations — should make you wince almost as much as this surprise proposal - turned - wedding.

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But to the apparent surprise of the Trudeau government, and, frankly, to some of us who pay attention to these things, the opposition and the business lobby have decided to take a stand over a business owner's right to squeeze as much as he or she can from the tax system.

Despite the outsize numbers, Saunders» decisions shouldn't come as much of a surprise.

Given the organic way Axiom Zen operates, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that ZenHub developed by accident.

I'm holding back a lot of information here as a means of not ruining the game — there are a ton of surprises that are simply much more fun to discover on your own.

Then something strange happened: Profits rose just as much as the previous year, fueled by a surprising productivity jump — of 30 to 40 percent.

It is hardly surprising that boards do not focus on value creation, strategic planning, or maximizing company performance as much as they do on compliance.

However, given that about half of the survey participants self - identified as Republican and only 20.67 percent identified as Democrat, these results aren't much of a surprise.

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

Near 7:50 p.m. ET, S&P 500 futures were down as much as 9 points to below 2,100 on Thursday evening after having moved higher earlier tonight following surprising results from Newcastle and Sunderland.

Given the company's crunchy Vermont roots, it should not come as much of a surprise that Ben & Jerry's would use Twitter to support a cause promoting sustainability and fair treatment of food producers.

The new Alzheimer's framework may not be much of a surprise given numerous, high - profile, late - stage clinical trial failures in the field by companies like Eli Lilly and Merck, and the decision by other companies (such as Pfizer) to back away from the risk - prone field.

Given the still - typical gender roles than men and women play, this doesn't come as much of a surprise.

This shouldn't come as much of a surprise; Uber had several years» head start on its rival and, until recently, operated in many more locations.

Because I myself have been the victim of an airline losing (or misplacing) my luggage far too often while traveling for Firebrand Group, this statistic doesn't surprise me as much as it might surprise others.

The closest observers of trade politics and policy were mostly unmoved by Trump's negotiating list, however normal people might be surprised to learn that Canada's bankers have as much reason to fret as loggers and dairy farmers.

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.

Oil prices showed no sign of fading though, having added as much as 3 % on Wednesday after a third surprise weekly drop in U.S. crude stockpiles boosted the demand outlook in the world's largest oil consumer.

He eventually tried chickpeas as his base, and he was pleasantly surprised by how much it tasted like pasta.

That said, it seems VandeHei may not have been so much urging Zuckerberg to run as he was commenting that the 2016 race is so outside the bounds of typical U.S. presidential elections that almost few twists in the narrative would be surprising at this point.

As someone who watches every teaser, trailer, and clip released for these sorts of movies (for work), the fact that the Hulk wasn't in much of «Infinity War» was a pleasant surprise for me.

And thus Gamergate's ability to swiftly shutdown discussion at SXSW doesn't really come as much of a surprise, particularly for the women who have long been on the receiving end of the group's harassment.

It found that as a whole, Black Friday / Cyber Monday shoppers (hereafter, BF / CM shoppers) didn't provide long - term value — which wasn't much of a surprise — but that was probably the retailers» fault.

This sounds like it might be painful or difficult, but the surprising thing is that again you will lose a lot of cravings as well as be very satisfied with how much you're eating — if you do this correctly by eliminating carbs and eating more fat, and start burning fat for energy.

An investor never wants to be surprised, but if you hit a wall, they would much rather hear the news from you and as quickly as possible.

If there is a surprise here for manufacturers, it is not so much that the measure was extended, but rather in the length of the extension, as the previous extension only covered two years.

Since we're based in Manhattan with an office in San Francisco, it came as no surprise that November 9th had about as much positive energy as a wake.

This hardly comes as a surprise, as much of his advice revolves around positive interactions with these people.

What it's like: Ron Owston, dean of the Faculty of Education at York University in Toronto, was initially surprised at how much time he spent on human resource issues, such as dealing with the concerns of faculty members and mapping out the academic year so professors can handle their course loads.

This shouldn't come as much of a surprise.

The organizers also expect that the fair will have more than 5,000 visitors, although they would not be surprised «if their number would be much higher, as Mexico City is such a big city».

(Much of this impression comes from his very first interest rate decision as Governor in March 2008: a surprise cut of 50 basis points in the overnight rate on the basis of the U.S. outlook.)

Hartford HealthCare's announcement last week that the hospital giant will form a joint venture with a health plan is not as much of a surprise as it may have seemed in an industry under pressure to control crippling costs.

Imagine my pleasant surprise when the presentation not only blew our team away, but it was so fresh and up to date with great new pearls of wisdom that I received as much value as the team did.»

Outmigration by the rich is no surprise as much wealth in China is the spoils of illegal activity.

If you let your credit score slip recently you shouldn't be surprised to see as much as twenty percent rate hikes.

This sounds like it might be painful or difficult, but the surprising thing is again you will lose a lot of cravings as well as be very satisfied with how much you're eating — if you do this correctly by eliminating carbs, eating more fat, and start burning fat for energy.

Seeing as most of the devices under Alphabet will perform better with long - lasting energy sources, it shouldn't come as much of a surprise that the company has set its eye on this one.

Walmart surprised Wall Street this month when it warned that it expected revenue in its current fiscal year to be flat, and said earnings in the 2017 fiscal year would be down as much as 12 percent.

«What surprised us about the Mediterranean is that it's growing so much faster than the European Union as a whole.

Brian Stutland of the Stutland Volatility Group similarly remarked that he was «surprised gold is hanging in there as much as it is.»