Sentences with phrase «of slight surprise»

The brief moment of slight surprise.

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We are not surprised that this growth proceeded so swiftly that by the end of the second century whole Gospels are devoted to stories of Jesus» birth and boyhood, all of them palpably without the slightest foundation.

For anyone paying the slightest bit of attention to the factors shaping today's foodservice industry, none of these consumer attributes should come as a surprise.

I was so surprised that the large chunks of butter didn't hurt in the slightest — the texture of the scone was perfect.

The other slight surprise is the preference of Debuchy to Bellerin at right back, with the youngster not even making the bench.

Yet If Arsenal want the best out of him then Wenger must show serious trust in his abilities even after Xhaka's return because part of Elneny's slight turbulence in form this season has been due to the addition of Xhaka who's presence seriously affected Elneny's moral and those who deep into things would've noticed the difference between last years Elneny (prior to Xhaka's acquisition) and this year's Elneny with majority of games Elneny coming off the bench yet the very last few games he started before the AFCON have boosted his confidence back and that very much reflected on his last performances before leaving to an extent that surprised quite a few!!

There is one slight surprise for Arsenal fans in the starting line up of Arsene Wenger today, although the use of our England international left back Kieran Gibbs in a more advanced role on front of the Spaniard Nacho Monreal has been tried before and with a fair amount of success, although it is normally a move made by the manager to shore things up at the end of a game.

If people in England really think so, its absolutely not surprising how ridiculous English football is, when you compare it with the rest of Europe It appears as if many many so - called supporters of the game, don't have the slightest clue of football ^ ^

I'm not surprised in the slightest that he's never made it past the second round of the playoffs.

Arsene Wenger has kept to his policy of playing his second (or third) string Arsenal side in the League Cup, and so I am not in the slightest bit surprised that he has named this XI tonight.

Another slight surprise to me is that Gabriel keeps his place ahaed of the BFG, but that could well be due to the way their pacy attack with Long and Mane gave us problems in the awagame on Boxing Day.

He revealed that at times he was worried that he would never play football again and it would not surprise me in the slightest if he had to deal with various symptoms of depression over the past year as a result, juggling trips to Prague, Germany and London in a bid to keep his spirits up.

We probably shouldn't be the slightest bit surprised to see Everton producing another barn - storming finish to the campaign, with the Toffees, as they normally do at this time of the year, in resurgent form heading into the final few games of the season.

To the governing party, and slight polls being biased towards labour, unless the Toeies get their core vote too actually turn out, they're panicking about a overall majority, I'm surprised they gave t dug up loony left stories Len Mklusky and Tom Watson trying to buy safe seats, Karen buck, the Toeirs don't want the poor to breed, Andy Newman, Stalin and Chairman Mao, did a great job, there's hundreds of comments out there if the Toeies got desperate,

«I was the most surprised of anyone,» Castro says, adding, with only slight exaggeration, «he chose me out of a hat.»

To his surprise, however, the equations of general relativity presented an unstable cosmos: A slight variation in the delicate balance between radiation (or light) and matter could set the universe either expanding outward or shrinking inward.

«I was really surprised by how slight differences between Lactobacillus species make a very substantial difference in the barrier properties of mucus,» says Lai.

Even more surprising was what happened to rejected papers once they were accepted elsewhere: The previously rejected papers had a slight bump in the number of times they were cited by other papers.

I wasn't surprised with this slight elevation because of the increased carb intake on Carb Back - Loading.

I'm focusing on three black - based pieces suitable for any of you who are devoted to minimalism with a slight surprise in details, all by my beloved brand Paige.

In any case, the sole sentence spoken throughout the one minute running - time of the trailer suggests that this might be a revenge story — not surprising in the slightest, since we're talking about a Red Dead game here, after all.

Alex Garland's script for this return to Mega City One is lazy and derivative: the characters are slight and the twists unconvincing, while a presumably accidental but highly conspicuous similarity to the plot of this year's «The Raid» robs it of any sense of surprise.

It nevertheless goes without saying that Waitress carves out a place for itself as a likeable endeavor that stands as a fitting farewell for Shelly, with the actress - turned - director's surprising decision to eschew certain conventions of the romantic - comedy genre elevating the movie a slight degree above its similarly - themed brethren.

While not a surprising film, in that the story unfolds in expected ways, Mr. Holmes, based on the book A Slight Trick of the Mind by Mitch Cullin, is still an engaging film, sure to please even the most discerning Holmes fan.

Judi Dench's wonderful turn in the pleasantly surprising drama Philomena may very well put her back in the Best Actress race, and Hugh Jackman's strong performance in the taut thriller Prisoners has a slight possibility of landing him a second Best Actor nomination.

Working from a slight script that rarely surprises, the superb cast of IT»S COMPLICATED make an otherwise mediocre cinematic exercise into something that, if not profound, at least entertaining, at times, even moving.

So it came as a surprise (and maybe a slight disappointment) when Syro, his first official album after 13 years of relative reclusiveness, proved to be anything but a surprise.

Which is why no one should've been surprised in the slightest to see Albert Brooks given the cold shoulder: His Drive heavy had no feelings to bloviate (though the compassion he showed one of Drive's supporting characters even while taking his life away should've been more properly noted).

DeVos's oversight — or slight — came as no surprise given her admitted lack of awareness of the federal special education law at her confirmation hearing.

-- November 2015 - January 2016 Sales: down 5.0 % to 421 — It's not surprising to see a slight dip in sales of Land Rover's least practical, most style - centric model now that the more affordable, more spacious Discovery Sport is widely available.

This isn't so much a problem as it is more of a slight disappointment, but in reality we can't say we're all that surprised given the Rio's aggressive price point (base models start at $ 13,600).

Many expected a concession by Amazon in the form of an EPUB - compatible upgrade, and this comes as a slight surprise — but it's a natural evolution of the format, really, and of course everyone is already familiar with the toolset.

Some of the surprising numbers included the number of publishers who have no plans to produce ebooks at any time in the future, the very slight differences in total sales among the various top - name ebook distribution channels, and the startlingly high number of publishers who plan to release the majority of their titles in both print and digital editions.

Her use of metaphor is fresh and surprising, whether she is describing the Shivalik Hills that would, «stand like they always stood against the morning sky, whipped and creamy like clotted ghee,» the desert beside the road to Mirpur Khas that, «seemed to unfold endlessly, and devouringly, like a bolt of cloth unfurling in all directions that the slightest wind raised and flapped like the sides of a tent,» or New York City where, «the yellow - lit restaurant, our tiny table at its center, the over-stuffed warmth of our wool sweaters, and even the bitterness of our coffees formed a supreme and cardinal quiet, like the very center of a storm.»

Then the couples» paths cross, and a series of surprises ensues - a disappearance and an assault, most dramatically, but also a teapot tempest of passions, slights, misunderstandings, and small awakenings that punctuate a week in which each pair struggles to come to terms with what's been keeping them apart.

There's a slight granularity to the image that makes individual pixels more visible than they should be, which is surprising when the resolution of this tablet is at the top end of what's currently available for under a # 1000.

To my slight surprise, these figures don't look completely mad, though I suspect the income of the top 2 % is materially overstated.

The third month of 2018 was without any surprises and quiet straight forward, I just saw a slight decrease compared to last years dividend income.

That slight moment of fear and surprise multiplies for dogs that don't understand why they're being handled.

The changes Alex Cruz is describing are not in the slightest bit surprising but how they're perceived will depend on what group of flyer someone falls into and how the implementation actually works.

Shadow of Mordor didn't appeal to me in the slightest but i'm surprised Watch Dogs didn't do better as it was a really good game — much better than the Metal Gear paid demo imo.

Such a reaction is hardly surprising and by no means a slight on Xander Davis himself: though many of us claim a deep passion for gaming, how many of us actually do bother to read the credits for games?

Not that it should surprise anyone at all even in the slightest bit, but a recent website domain acquisition suggests that Activision is prepping Call of Duty: Black Ops 2.

Even the slightest possibility of a surprise announcement of Team Ico's elusive The Last Guardian getting a release doesn't absolve Sony from needing to prove to gamers why they should be playing titles on a PlayStation 4 and not an Xbox One.

There have been slight murmurings that the upcoming Uncharted 3 may focus on some kind of familial relationship (or possible surprise twist) between Nathan and older partner - in - crime Sully, but my theory is Russell saw a screenshot or video or walked by his kid playing the game, noticed a young Nathan standing next to an older Sully, then immediately assumed the game was about father and son rogue artifact thieves.

:D I'm really looking forward to either playing (or making) something like a whole Boss Rush fight... Maybe even a game allowing slight customization of your boss before fighting your friends, to give em some little surprise:)

The attention to detail is quite surprising for an expansion like this and many subtle feelings of bike racing are present in the game right down to the slight bounce of the front wheel on a stoppie.

Talk of a 3DS redesign should be no surprise in the slightest by now, but at least one source seems to be assuming it'll be the equivalent of the DSi XL rather than the 3DS version of a DS Lite.

For example, in terms of fly behaviour with a corpse, the ebb and flow of their presence with the slightest change in the air temperature was really surprising to witness.

The grace, wit, and inventiveness of his pattern - making, the lively and surprising elegance of his line, and his sensitivity to the character, the idiosyncratic humors, of light make Penn's pictures, even the slighter ones, a pleasure for our eyes.