Sentences with phrase «news comes as a surprise to»

Quite frankly, the news comes as no surprise to me considering that the player made it crystal clear quite recently by stating that he would not have signed a new contract at Arsenal if he wanted to leave.

The news comes as a surprise to many who were expecting the Belgian midfielder to be on course to depart the red half of Manchester for a very different destination.

The news came as a surprise to patrons who have shopped there and attended breastfeeding support groups, as well as toddler music and crafting sessions, since it opened in Nov. 2010.

This news came as a surprise to many Lib Dems, both in government and out, not least because Carmichael was popular in his party as their whip, and, according to a former spad, was capable of a «good bollocking», Mike Moore (who he's replacing) is generally regarded to have done a good job in negotiations on the Scottish Independence referendum, and the 66 - year - old Don Foster not being the most obvious option for chief whip.

The news came as no surprise to anyone in Westminster, given that Grayling has been making Eurosceptic noises for some time.

The news comes as no surprise to Winston Salem - Forsyth Schools» longtime budget director, Kerry Crutchfield.

Amazon's news came as a surprise to Deborah Ervin, head of reference at the Framingham Public Library, a midsize library located in a Boston suburb.

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The impulse to hide bad news shouldn't come as a surprise.

Of course, this should come as no surprise to anyone who follows real estate headlines (or HBI's news blog).

 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).

That would come as surprising news to the one million strong believers who came to celebrate their faith with Benedict in Milan recently, in the immediate aftermath of the scandals, in a dynamic expression of solidarity.

The news should come as no surprise to any Christian, but economists often live in a world of their own, one in which men have but one motivation: themselves.

The news came as quite a surprise, as the deal was completed very quickly, but it's great to see Alonso giving another series a go.

Even though it hasn't been that long since Wilshere completed his season long loan move to the south coast, it actually comes as a surprise to many people that there has been no bad news surrounding the midfielders fitness, despite partaking in a friendly match for the Cherries as well as their training ground exercises.

Interestingly, Bournemouth's Wilson generally played the role of backup striker, news that won't come as too much of a surprise to the average Football Manager player given how well he usually progresses.

The news won't come as a surprise, as the defensive superstar was being linked with a move to the club for quite some time now.

«Koeman's appointment as the new trainer does not come as a surprise,» the ANP said, with news reports adding the blond - haired Koeman was already earmarked back in 2014 to replace Louis van Gaal, who left the Dutch squad after taking them to third place in the World Cup in Brazil, and joined Manchester United.

Although the striker's form at the club shouldn't make the news of his departure come as a surprise, Calleri couldn't disguise his outrage as he took to Instagram to post a selfie of himself depicting an offensive gesture by flashing his middle finger with a concealed message addressed to his critics.

When news broke on Tuesday that Manchester City had either lodged a bid for Riyad Mahrez, or fully intended to do so, it came as a surprise.

Nothing in those opening two paragraphs is news, nor will it come as a surprise to anyone with even a passing interest in European football.

This may come as surprising and bad news to some of you.

Chris Keates: «The news that teachers do the most unpaid overtime of any sector and have the highest proportion of its workforce undertaking regular unpaid overtime comes as no surprise to the NASUWT».

The news will not come as a surprise to many as the prime minister has long had a somewhat adversarial relationship with the eurosceptic party, once famously referring to its members as «fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists» in an interview with LBC radio back in 2006.

News that the police have dropped their inquiry into the Falkirk selection because of a lack of evidence does not come as a surprise to me.

It therefore came as a major surprise when news broke of Ghana's Electoral Commission's (EC) objective to hike the fees for candidates intending to file for the positions of President and Parliamentary positions.

What did come as a surprise — and unwelcome news to many — was that the future occupant of the space is reportedly the national drugstore chain Walgreen's.

He said the news of Keshi's death came to him as a big surprise as the former coach was neither sick nor had any health issues before his demise.

WATERTOWN, N.Y. — The news that counties will have to foot the bill for pay increases for district attorneys across New York State came as a surprise to Jefferson County leaders, and they're not happy about the timing.

«It came as a surprise to me to hear on the news that such a device has been found in the room I used to occupy.

News of his departure from DFID came as a surprise to many (although today's pamphlet suggests that he has unfinished business with this area of policy).

In an extract from his memoirs — Politics: Between the Extremes, which is serialised in the Guardian — the former deputy prime minister says he told David Cameron he would end all personal dealings with Gove, and that the news «didn't seem to come as much of a surprise» because the then prime minister also had difficulties with the Gove team.

It may come as a surprise, then, to learn that the Duke University professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator recently made news for co-leading the Avian Phylogenomics Project and co-authoring a 12 December Science paper presenting the most well resolved bird family tree ever assembled.

The news has come as a surprise to ecologists, who have long debated the conditions that make a habitat vulnerable to invasion.

If the news that happiness is other people comes as no surprise to you but you still experience feelings of loneliness, know that you're not the only one.

Because of this, it should come as no surprise to anyone that fear of loss of brain function is becoming a national obsession, generating seemingly endless conversation among baby - boomers, a seemingly endless procession of reports from researchers on the nightly news telling us more research is needed, and a seemingly endless amount of commercials advertising both natural substances and pharmaceuticals that supposedly deal with the problem in a highly efficacious, cost effective manner.

The two most popular options by far were Tinder and OkCupid, which comes as no surprise to anyone who reads the news.

It may not come as surprising news to many of you that the United Nations doesn't approve of our Second Amendment.

The news came as a surprise for fans, who had expected one of the rumored directors on the prior shortlist to land the highly coveted gig — however, after numerous meetings with the twosome, Marvel Studios chief Kevin Feige was sure that he found the right directors for the project.

The news comes as no surprise as the standalone film is set to be directed by Fruitvale Station and Creed director Ryan Cooglar.

Although Watts hadn't been locked in for a sequel prior to film's release (most directors don't have options for sequels, only actors do), the news doesn't come as a surprise as Watts and studio execs had discussed the plots of upcoming installments.

Nearly a year after the game launched for PlayStation 4 and PlayStation Vita, the news comes as a surprise announcement to anyone following the quirky role - playing title.

Paquin's announcement came as a surprise following news that she became engaged to fellow «True Blood» star Stephen Moyer.