Sentences with phrase «much surprised when»

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There is so much that can go wrong by surprise when you're growing a business that you have to avoid what is certain not to work.

Recent studies have shown that more than half of America's 27 million small businesses still don't accept credit cards, which is very surprising when you consider how much they're worth to the economy.

Much to my surprise when I asked if the seat was taken, she said no.

If you've never put much stock in the power of intuition, you'll be in for a pleasant surprise when you start to pay attention.

«One thing that surprised me about my communication with Jarvis is that when I have the choice of either speaking or texting, I text much more than I would have expected,» he wrote.

Imagine my surprise when I looked in detail at the goals and targets and saw how much they appear just the thing for the United States of America.

Given the success that Dyson's enterprise was able to achieve in the market at large (and not to mention its innovation - focused personal ethos), it wasn't too much of a surprise when his father announced in 2015 that he'd be acquiring the company, and folding it into the larger Dyson business.

But it wasn't much of a surprise when the league chose to sign a similar deal with Amazon on Tuesday, instead of renewing its arrangement with Twitter.

It's like blaming the media for incessantly covering Donald Trump and then watching the ratings when Donald Trump is at a debate and being surprised that the media gives him so much coverage.

It's going to be expensive, but you'll be surprised how much more efficient your employees are when they have a phone that works.

«When you're dealing with something like the bankruptcy issue, where all lenders stand pretty much in the same shoes, it shouldn't be a surprise when the smaller and larger banks find common cause,» said Steve Verdier, a lobbyist for the Independent Community Bankers AssociatWhen you're dealing with something like the bankruptcy issue, where all lenders stand pretty much in the same shoes, it shouldn't be a surprise when the smaller and larger banks find common cause,» said Steve Verdier, a lobbyist for the Independent Community Bankers Associatwhen the smaller and larger banks find common cause,» said Steve Verdier, a lobbyist for the Independent Community Bankers Association.

But some were surprised this week, when developer Dylan McKay downloaded his Facebook data to find out exactly how much was being collected only to discover that Facebook had logged all of his text messages and phone call history.

But when developers and tech journalists are getting surprised by how much of their data is on Facebook's servers, we know that Facebook's everlasting privacy problem isn't getting any better.

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.

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.»

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.

When newly appointed Online Marketing Manager, Ben, asks old - timer Ned how much selling has changed, he's surprised by Ned's answer, «Not much.»

«Compare that to what [Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL)'s] Google did a few years ago when it came out with Glass, and it kind of surprised the market and didn't have as much utility.

 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).

If speaking about how much I love my family is considered bad at any time in my life, then I guess I will have a big surprise waiting for me when I die.

In a culture like our own, which exalts sex and disparages celibacy, it is little surprise that many fail when they attempt celibacy without much support from the church, without clear models, and without practical advice in facing the challenges they face.

for me there is nothing wrong with doing that, but how much should we really be surprised when people don't believe him?

I loved filling out the little progress sheets the librarian handed out each May and taped to the walls each August, and I loved how she always raised her eyebrows with feigned surprise when I showed her how much I read every week.

But much to hell's surprise, when they opened their doors to drag his body in so that they might parade it through their bloody streets, Jesus rode through the wide - open gates as a victor over a defeated city.

They were surprised, and perhaps a bit hurt, when the Master rebuked them, ordered them to give the little children admittance to his presence, and said that the children belonged to the kingdom of heaven just as much as did the adults.

It was a surprise for me that, when I left a liberal - progressive mainline denomination and became Orthodox, my scope of ministry in the church became much larger.

When reading Roe and Doe, it is surprising to see how little they have to say about protecting women and how much they have to do with protecting doctors.

When one takes all this into consideration, it must seem surprising that we still know as much as we do about the chronology of the life of Jesus, and especially that we can fix inside relatively narrow limits the time within which all that the Evangelists tell of Jesus» ministry took place.

The rapper recently returned to Twitter to announce that he was releasing some new music, but surprised fans when he appeared wearing a MAGA hat and talked about how much he like Pres. Donald Trump.

It should come as no surprise that a theological movement based upon a tacit acceptance of naturalistic metaphysics was blown away like so much dust when the passionate political movements of the 1960s emerged.

Why then should Christians be surprised when the very words mission and conversion provoke so much anxiety, suspicion, and fear?

Again, I don't know much about her so I don't want to sound judgy — but I just don't understand why the bruhaha — should you be surprised when you break tradition that the tradition rejects you?

When he tells these people how much the quality of their attention and response assists him, they are often surprised that he has been aware of or assisted by them.

And I would not be surprised if Ralph Reed's conscience will be much clearer when he doesn't have to pretend that anymore.

Imagine my surprise, then, upon my gleeful return, when I found the public library much changed.

When I first made this dish, I was surprised how simple it is to make and remembered how much I used pay for this in Singapore.

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I was surprised that it turned out better than I expected - on its own, the satay doesn't really stands out much (perhaps I'm comparing too much to the satay I'm used to in Singapore) but when combined with the peanut sauce - it's very good, heightening all the aroma of the dish.

I recommend that you start eliminating un paleo foods and start experimenting and tying paleo foods, you might be surprised at how much you like them, especially when you start feeling the benefits of eating paleo.

When I was a kid and my mom gave me a persimmon to try for the very first time, I was surprised it didn't taste like a tomato, as persimmons very much resemble tomatoes.

I'm not one to complain about desserts being too rich or too dense, but it was certainly a nice surprise when this flourless chocolate cake baked up much lighter than the typical flourless cake... the whipped egg whites helped create a cake with an almost mousse - like texture.

But I was pleasantly surprised when I bit into one and the m & m gave the truffle so much flavor!

When I recently made them for my family, I was surprised at how much they loved them.

I relate to fennel, it doesn't look like much — bulbous, awkward to work with, stringy — but when you cut into it, it's sweet, surprising and versatile.

So when I did mine, I was expecting a sticky disaster, however much to my surprise, it turned out to be a breeze to make.

Fast forward to the meal delivery; the cauliflower mashed potato hybrid was — as expected — phenomenal, but imagine my surprise when I bit into the bahn mi sandwich, and was, for lack of a better word, dumbfounded by how much I loved this sandwich.

I guess it's not all that surprising when you consider the ingredients — pretty much anything tastes great when you put it on a fresh bun with a bed of tangy coleslaw.

So when I saw the Maca box I assumed it was a supplement and much to my surprise it was chocolate!

The weather felt great, but I'm always surprised by how much harder my outside runs are and I even use an incline when I run on the treadmill.

When I decided to study Makeup Artistry I was also tossing up studying a Naturopathy course, so it's not much of a surprise to me that I'm now teaching the importance of using natural beauty!»