Sentences with phrase «not surprising to those of»

This development was not surprising to any of the mathematicians with whom I had been working — most of them Democrats, like me.

The results were fascinating, although not surprising to those of us who only use positive methods.

My problem with Gleick's actions is not that it was wrong in itself to obtain the documents in the way he did and for them to be made public - I think there was a real public interest in publishing the documents and although the contents were not surprising to those of us who follow the subject closely, the wider public is now likely to be more aware of Heartland's agenda than previously.

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Having those multiple partners is key, because one of the big risks any small biotech faces is that the partner decides to walk away from its development program — not surprising, since most drug development programs fail.

So it's not surprising that being able to manipulate these chemical building blocks is one of the most exciting prospects in medicine.

That result might seem surprising given the recent headlines declaring the demise of Canadian law firms (not to mention the hordes of law grads struggling to find articling positions), but lawyers are big earners, and over the past five years their numbers have swollen by 10,000.

«I would not be surprised at all if they choose to focus on 10,000 to 15,000 folks per city and pick some centers of excellence,» McIllwain tells Inc..

Since I kept the rest of my routine the same, it's not too far - fetched to think that this little, pretty vitamin is a pleasant surprise for skeptics.

You should be surprised: The point of qualitative primary market research is to develop new hypotheses, so if you are not surprised, you are not learning anything.

Palmer reached out to a wide range of pediatricians to find out how they feel about these parents, and he was surprised to encounter mostly sadness rather than anger on the part of these doctors, who often feel like they've let their patients down by not convincing them to vaccinate.

While Facebook has made the spread of information faster and easier, CEOs should not be surprised they need to take steps to protect themselves from false information in the media.

Macquarie Group client investment manager David Kiely provided a financial community primer for what not do to in public view when he clicked on an e-mail containing racy GQ photos of Kerr as his colleague Martin Lakos appeared Tuesday on the country's Seven Network TV, to discuss the central bank's surprise decision to keep interest rates unchanged.

Thiel's substantial donation to Trump doesn't come as a surprise — he did have a prime - time speaking slot at this summer's Republican National Convention — but the billionaire has been largely silent about his chosen candidate's many controversial statements of the past few months, which had caused some to wonder if he had abandoned his support for the Republican nominee.

The latest release saw sales volume decline by 1.0 % between April and May, though there has been a great deal of volatility in this measure over the past few months, so it would not be surprising to see a reversal next month.

This is especially useful to avoid problems or surprises by letting your client know what is expected of not just them but also of you.

With coal trains already coursing through the Lower Mainland to the much larger Westshore and Neptune terminals, it's not surprising the environmental report behind the port authority's decision found no appreciable impacts on the health of area residents.

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.

Should the House succeed in creating pressure on the Senate to act on a version of the FORM Act, it would not be surprising to see the discussion move away from the Taylor rule to NGDP targeting - with advocates selling its broad appeal as its leading virtue.

This wasn't the kind of surprise bankruptcy of the type that Toys «R» Us had engineered, where affected bonds plunged 78 % in two weeks, from no - clouds - on - the - sky 97 cents on the dollar on September 4, 2017, to the end - is - nigh 21 cents on the dollar by September 18.

«For the last few months the Korean government has been making it very clear they want to bring this speculative activity under control,» said Thomas Glucksmann, Hong Kong - based head of APAC business development with cryptocurrency exchange Gatecoin Ltd. «This isn't really too much of a surprise.»

The growing profitability of specialty channels isn't surprising: the classification includes some of the buzziest names in Canadian television, from Orphan Black - host Space to Rogers» Sportsnet suite, which pulled off a huge small - screen coup by wresting NHL rights from the CBC (Rogers owns Canadian Business).

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.

It's not surprising to me that the SEC has started to look harder at them because using some of these new technologies to raise capital in a less regulated way with fewer consumer protections is not sustainable.

Should the Justice Department move to block the deal, it would come as something of a surprise, especially considering that the Justice Department's top antitrust regulator, Makan Delrahim, even said earlier this year that he did not think the deal presented a «major antitrust problem» due to the fact that neither of the two companies directly competes in the same spaces.

«It will not surprise those who know her that Barbara Bush has been a rock in the face of her failing health, worrying not for herself — thanks to her abiding faith — but for others,» McGrath said in a statement.

«Therefore, it is perhaps not too surprising that demographic trends — along with greater enforcement — have caused the inflows of undocumented migration at the U.S. - Mexico border to slow in recent years.

Apparently, the Middle East is very bereft of cloud computing and data centers, and so they're in talks with Amazon to bring a data center to the Red Sea Coast, and I wouldn't be surprised if some sort of deal is announced very soon.

Given the lack of preparation, it's not surprising that only one - quarter of family businesses succeed in transferring ownership and control to the second generation, and only 11 % make it to the third, says Michelle Osry, Canadian leader of Deloitte's family enterprise consulting group.

So it's not surprising that they want to get involved and it's kind of I guess maybe more interesting that they really haven't up until now.

We shouldn't be surprised by high company turnover, especially when you consider that 60 percent of companies fail to set milestones or goals for new hires.

«Perhaps the bigger surprise,» he said in a commentary, «is that one of the company's able lieutenants was not immediately promoted to the position.»

A series of high - profile missteps piled up, leading to Pandit's in - retrospect - not - so - surprising ouster as Citigroup CEO in October.

The trend isn't surprising, «given how much everyone complains about the burden of being a public company and how much money is swirling around the private equity landscape,» according to Bulger Partners managing director Doug Melsheimer.

It's not surprising, then, that a Goldman Sachs survey found only 2 % of corporate CIOs are looking to adopt cloud computing.

It's a surprise to most of his would - be investors, Strisower says, but retirement funds don't have to remain safely snuggled in mutual fund and bond investments.

Clinton is the last one standing of that group, so perhaps the choice to endorse her isn't all that surprising after all.

The element of surprise was so shocking, so unexpected, so outside the industry norm that to this day, Sharon Stone can not walk this earth without being reminded of it.

«We just want to identify situations where individual stocks in varied oversold states (RSI below 50) could see a catalyst in the form of upside earnings surprises,» Strugger said, noting fundamentals or tax reform benefits didn't play a direct role in selecting the stocks.

Given the lack of faith most small business owners have that they'll be able to stop working, it's perhaps not surprising that only one third of them have a succession plan in place.

Judging by the way Facebook has grown and conquered the world, we shouldn't be surprised to find that Mark Zuckerberg is a master of Risk — and the king of risk - taking.

Lancaster says many entrepreneurs are surprised to find that bigger versions of their businesses don't necessarily yield bigger returns.

So it shouldn't be a surprise that when NBA legend Magic Johnson came on board as one of the new owners of the Dodgers, Kemp challenged him to a game of H - O - R - S - E, and believes he can win.

«I wouldn't be surprised if Meg ended up the first female President,» says Bob Kagle, a cofounder of venture capital firm Benchmark, who helped recruit Whitman to eBay.

The re-emergence of race - based violence continues to surprise many people, but it shouldn't, she says.

This one is probably no surprise to you and yet two - thirds of us apparently don't get enough sleep.

«This is not altogether surprising, as executives who are aware of their weaknesses are often better able to hire subordinates who perform well in categories in which the leader lacks acumen,» the study notes.

Campbell certainly fits the bill, and so it wouldn't be surprising if any ad using the word «diva,» regardless of what it is advertising, referred to her.

But general manager of Microsoft Advertising Rick Song, who was visible particularly during the company's annual digital showcase events, is the first bigwig to leave following the surprising IE10 «do not track» default announcement.

It started with Beyoncé's surprise release of the single «Formation» in February; at her Superbowl halftime show the next day, millions of viewers sang along to a song they'd not heard 24 hours prior.

At this stage, you won't hear a huge amount that surprises you, but you'll definitely pick up a handful of new keywords or modifiers to add to your list.