Sentences with phrase «of pleasant surprise to»

Microsoft teased Project Scorpio at last year's E3 event; adding a bit of pleasant surprise to the occasion.

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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.

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.

Wrapping Up 2007 While there certainly is a decent size list of draft - mode posts and ideas left on the table for 2008, there have also been more than enough pleasant surprises and opportunities you simply can't plan for to take their place.

A lot of workers are about to get a pleasant surprise in their February paychecks — more money!

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.»

What an incredibly pleasant surprise to find this very informing article about one of the 2012 Presidential Candidates among the news of CNN.

So it was a pleasant surprise to me at the end to discover that the compassionate, resourceful, and brave peasant woman we had followed throughout the show turned out to be the love of Robin's life.

Or perhaps the kind of immortality Goethe allowed to his friend Wieland, when he said in his conversation with Falk: «I would not be at all surprised if I met Wieland again some thousands of years hence as a star of the first magnitude..., and saw with my own eyes how he infused everything around him with a pleasant light.»

It's no secret that I've expressed concerns over Driscoll's teachings and antics in the past, particularly those that encourage the bullying of men who don't fit into Driscoll's macho - man mold, but I tried to approach this book with an open in mind, and indeed I found some pleasant surprises in Real Marriage.

As soon as she appeared on the doorstep, as a great gourmet, she immediately recognized the smell of meal ingredients and said with a huge smile: — Well, this is going to be a pleasant surprise for me, because it seems to me that you've finally started discovering real things in life!

This should come as no surprise to guests, considering one of the co-owners just happens to be a sommelier himself, but it's still an extremely pleasant one nonetheless.

The lift in returns was a pleasant surprise to most analysts, with Australia considered a mature market where growth is difficult to come by, and where the clout of the two big liquor retailers Woolworths and Coles makes negotiations with suppliers generally fraught.

If your only impression of lima beans is those boring little green things your parents forced you to eat as a kid, you're in for a pleasant surprise.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard received a pleasant surprise after returning from her trip to soldiers in Afghanistan and the Group of 20 leaders summit in France.

I am not a big fan of adding veggies to my cakes but zucchini was surprising pleasant.

Thought it would be terrible, and never thought I could take coffee w / o some kind of cream, but to say the least it was a pleasant surprise.

To our pleasant surprise, these Madeira wines ranged from dry to sweet and were delightful and, frankly, very appropriate for the weather and food typical of the December holiday seasoTo our pleasant surprise, these Madeira wines ranged from dry to sweet and were delightful and, frankly, very appropriate for the weather and food typical of the December holiday seasoto sweet and were delightful and, frankly, very appropriate for the weather and food typical of the December holiday season.

Considering the dreadfully wet conditions leading up to the 2011 vintage in most of eastern Australia, it's a pleasant surprise whenever a really good wine comes along.

To the pleasant surprise of many «psychological» sufferers, current research has uncovered a fourth category of symptoms, known as Behavioral.

Now that was a pleasant surprise, and a welcome one for me because I would have a chance to attempt to track down the renowned piri - piri pepper of Portugal.

It's not to say that they are a «pleasant surprise» because they have tons of Vets on the squad, and all of them are talented..

While the Badgers (16 - 5, 5 - 3) were expected to be one of the league's top teams, the Hoosiers (16 - 4, 4 - 4) have been one of the nation's most pleasant surprises with marquee victories over both Ohio State and Kentucky.

I don't think Melo will come back, and I think Stone is gone too, but I think that Cowan will be a pleasant surprise, and I think the team will be better than most of us expect them to be.

The veteran trio of Deco, Thiago Neves and Wagner have done a ton to set up Fred's goals, while Atletico Mineiro's 20 - year - old star Bernard has been a pleasant surprise.

Safe to say that 1 of these teams was expected to be here and the other is a pleasant surprise... I'll let you decide who fits in where..

While the acquisition of an experienced central defender would be a pleasant surprise to Arsenal fans I still believe it pales in comparison to the need to find a defensive midfielder.

Europe caught Stoke by surprise, a pleasant one at that, and that meant their fairly average - sized squad was always going to be susceptible to fatigue over the course of the season − though few would have predicted all those air miles would have such an adverse affect so quickly.

It must have been a pleasant surprise for Adam Lallana to find himself as one of the first names on the team sheet in Liverpool's first game against Arsenal this year.

Anyway, it's not like I was making a ton of $ $ off of Amazon, but it was always a pleasant surprise to see a deposit from there.

What a pleasant surprise to be done (recognizing of course that Nicco is still not independent and needs attention and help to get to the potty on time...) in 3 days!!!

As per your pregnancy related symptoms, you may not experience any symptoms during this week (but it is time to prepare yourself mentally for a long period of surprises - obviously some may be pleasant while other not as pleasant).

He may start to laugh at pleasant surprises, such as your face appearing from underneath a blanket or a toy popping out of a box, provided it isn't too loud or startling.

I forgot to mention that my non-existent sex drive returned within just a few weeks of starting the herbs, this was a pleasant surprise.

In the first moment of humour during a sombre Pumas, Mr Cameron reckoned he did not want to know about what was in store for him, but he was expecting «all sorts of pleasant surprises».

Ray Serrano President for the Resident Association of Stebbins Hewitt said: «It was definitely a pleasant surprise to our residents from Stebbins Hewitt Houses to receive new stoves and refrigerators this week.

«The outcome of this election has come as a pleasant surprise to APGA and non-APGA members, against the background of threats by IPOB (Indigenous People of Biafra) to disrupt the election and fears in some quarters that there might be executive interference as in the days of yore when membership of the ruling party conferred automatic victory.

And in a paper published online today in Nature, they report that when they added different amounts of lead to their antimony they got a pleasant surprise.

A pleasant surprise many people encounter when transitioning to eating a real food diet is that many of their beloved foods they've been avoiding are actually good for them.

Without going into the details and making this post another page long, I'll sum up the pleasant surprise outcome instead: A white yoga ally stepped up privately to connect with her to support her cultural education so that a Black woman like myself, who stopped taking on the exhausting burden of having to educate ignorant white people with heartful intentions (yet who still inflict violent abuse through racial micro-aggressions), and no other Black person would have to.

To my pleasant surprise, I awoke this morning to find one of my beauty articles published on mindbodygreeTo my pleasant surprise, I awoke this morning to find one of my beauty articles published on mindbodygreeto find one of my beauty articles published on mindbodygreen!

And then we moved to Houston which was the most pleasant surprise of all as it is a super fun and cool place to live.

Being a fashion blogger, I feel obligated to keep up with the latest styles, and the fact my fall clothes weren't out of date was a pleasant surprise.

One of the most pleasant surprises that has come out of all of this is that I have really developed a love for photography and can not wait to learn more.

First of all, a pleasant surprise: the photo on the front of the bag is bright turmeric yellow which leads one to believe that this could be a rather messy bathing experience.

The pleasant surprise I alluded to in the title of this post was not the weather when these photos were taken.

With just my hair done and a healthy coating of mascara (#MaryPoppinshandbag), I was able to get through the day without feeling like a fool with hag face, which was a pleasant surprise.

The last time in Kohl's, it was a pleasant surprise to see these kinds of styles coming from the k / lab section.

To be honest, I didn't think I'd get a ton of use out of it when I bought it, but it's been a pleasant surprise in that regard.

Written by Thomas Cowley, June 10th, 2016 at 9:00 a.m. Recently, I compared the original The Conjuring to a pleasant steak dinner due to its surprising quality despite it being nothing out of the ordinary.