Sentences with phrase «only surprise for»

The only surprise for me on this list was the winner of First Novel — I attempted to read it, but found the heroine so unlikeable I couldn't finish it.

Only surprise for me is him switching formations before that dodgy zip.

The only surprise for me is the time it's taken for some to realize it.

As with other matters when it comes to the Big Two, the $ 2.2 billion union budget is only surprising for those who have not yet reviewed the basic math of American public education.

Not exact matches

Other cities on this list have only recently been washed in colors, thanks to social art projects and surprising film promotions (you have the Smurfs 3D movie to thank for the striking blue city of Júzcar, Spain).

«We thought the effects might only hold up for people with quite a bit of disposable income, but to our surprise, we found the same effects across the income spectrum,» Dunn shared.

For example, when political newcomer David Brat successfully challenged House Republican majority leader Eric Cantor to represent Virginia in the U.S. Congress, it came as a surprise only to those reporters who didn't bother to go to Virginia and talk to «actual humans,» as Rutenberg observes (echoing an earlier analysis by Washington Post media reporter Paul Farhi).

Super Bowl LII's thrilling finish wasn't the only surprise of Sunday night, as Netflix enticed millions of football fans by dropping a preview for a new movie that debuted on the streaming site immediately after the Philadelphia Eagles finished off their win over the New England Patriots.

«It is therefore surprising to find the ATO reported only 180 payments made under the Defective Tax Administration Scheme for the same period, with no evidence presented as to the total applications made,» Mr Harrison said.

Only this time, for an entirely different reason — and from a somewhat surprising source.

You might be surprised to see a 150 - year - old company on this list, but for Source Atlantic, evolution is the only path to growth.

A head of one of the largest U.S. private equity companies said a geopolitical surprise is the only thing for markets to worry about in the next two years.

After using the 5S for the past week, I'm not only pleasantly surprised by what I thought would be a meaningless feature, I'm now having trouble imagining how I might get by without it.

The demand for legal marijuana, which has outstripped many lofty expectations, isn't the only thing small - business owners in the pot gold rush are surprised about.

The only thing anyone knows for certain is that consumers and advertisers are about to witness another pie fight full of surprises.

For a moment, it looked like our article would need a rewrite, a fact that underscored not only the daily surprises that come with financial journalism but also the uncertainty surrounding the current market.

Because of the surprising bias we discovered, their finding of only a negligibly higher field goal percentage for shots following a streak of makes (three percentage points), was, if you do the calculation, actually 11 percentage points higher than one would expect from a coin flip!

What has surprised me most, though, is not only a recurring emphasis on gratitude, but an actual tactic most of my guests use for success.

For only the second time since 2008, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates last week, surprising no one.

After Eiffel won the bidding to design the tower, the government of France surprised him by offering only $ 300,000 for the job — a fraction of the $ 1.6 million budget he'd proposed.

In November, McDonald's U.S. comparable sales dropped 4.6 % — a steep decline that even surprised analysts had prepared for a dip of only 1.9 %.

Research has shown that sitting at a desk for long periods of time can lead to health problems, yet a surprising number of commercial workplaces still reserve their sit to stand desks for executives only, or offer them on a case basis to employees who request them.

If there is a surprise here for manufacturers, it is not so much that the measure was extended, but rather in the length of the extension, as the previous extension only covered two years.

«Barrier to Entry» When George Zidan, co-host of the show, asks Frank and Scott about their plans for the Steakager, George is surprised to learn that they only have one goal: Get into COSTCO.

To his surprise, they talk on the phone for over an hour, and Fralic not only walks away with a comprehensive download on the industry, but a thesis on networking he's adhered to ever since: The best way to be highly influential is to be human to everyone you meet.

The constant hope for a near - term rebound in tech, the economy, and capital spending does only one thing, which is to prolong the agony and endlessly repeated surprise as the facts emerge.

In October 2015, Walmart surprised investors by announcing that it expected flat sales growth for 2015 and growth of only 3 % to 4 % over the coming three...

After a long period of much lower than average volatility (in 2017, the S&P 500 hit 64 record highs, with only four single - day declines of more than 1 %), this has been surprising for many investors.

These fluctuations were large relative to actual economic and policy surprises, as the only notable negative piece of news that day was the release of somewhat weaker than expected retail sales data for the United States one hour before the event.

If you know how to shop for credit cards, you will be surprised to find out that credit cards are not only for people with good or excellent credit scores.

Minister Liepert's promotion from Energy to Finance is surprising considering that only last week he was openly defying Premier Redford on the need for a health care inquiry.

This was slightly surprising to some, given that the Federal Reserve raised rates, by 0.25 percentage points in late December, for only the second time in a decade.

If people are being asked if they value same - day enough to pay a premium for it, I'm not surprised only a scant few said yes.

Thirdly, Coinbase's decision to allow for «post only» order types on GDAX (no market orders, just limits) was surprising in itself.

Judgement is not ours to give... only God decides who the sheep are and who the goats are... and I think we'll be in for some surprises.

It's not surprising that the people who create movies are as affected by the racism, sexual abuse and violence that has pockmarked the news for the past few years as the rest of us, but Hollywood is only offering a diagnosis here.

In fact Jesus promised the Holy Spirit to his followers, and the disciples believed as you did, that they were only for the Jews, but Peter was surprised to discover the meaning behind God's direct message to him, that God opened it up to the gentiles, fulfilling the prophecy God made long ago that through the descendants of Abraham all nations would be blessed.

In The Oak and the Calf he recalls: «Later, when I popped up from the underground and began lightening my works for the outside world, lightening them of all that my fellow countrymen could hardly be expected to accept at once, I discovered to my surprise that a piece only gained, that its effect was heightened, as the harsher tones were softened.»

Considering the subject of the film is more or less an interpretation of Scripture on the big screen, Paul earning $ 12 million is not only surprising, but perhaps another future signpost for Hollywood to sit up and take note.

I think for the most part it works, I am only guessing but I would be surprised if more than 5.0 % of our entire police force is involved in corruption.

It certainly needed such an attestation, for what comes next is so ludicrous, so absurd, so incongruous and contrary to natural beliefs about God that it is not surprising to learn that only some «believed in his «Name»» (a very anthropomorphic and non-Platonic idea!).

My marks were consistent with my course work so I could only put the tutor's surprise down to my accent and turn of phrase — the dominant celebrities from the north - east of England at that time were actor / singer Jimmy Nail and footballer Paul Gascoigne, neither of which were known for their intellectual acumen.

Rogers set out in 1963 to provide in his dissertation the historical basis for an attack on the United Presbyterians» proposed «Confession of 1967» only to discover, to his «shock and surprise,» that even the Westminster Confession conveyed a more subtly nuanced doctrine of Scripture than the Princeton theology and that the «Confession of 1967» restored important themes.

TERTULLIAN, THE FLESH AND ORTHODOXY Dear Father Editor While I can only share your Carthusian correspondent's enthusiasm for the Catechism of the Catholic Church as a sure guide to the Church's teachings, I read — with some surprise — in his comments on the letters I wrote to you in 2007 that I am supposed to hold suspect, or even possibly unorthodox, «any text» that cites Tertullian.

We will all stand before God for any judgement that he may have for us for our actions in this life, but he is the only judge and I believe that we may all be surprised when we meet him personally.

I am blessing you with this surprise baby because I only want the best for you.

A local senior rabbi could only say that the motto «sounded vaguely familiar» — not surprising, considering that a number of similar statements can be found in the Hebrew Bible (and the Quran too, for that matter).

Since the twentieth century worked out its initial attitude toward the «historical Jesus» in terms of the only available reconstruction, that of the nineteenth century with all its glaring limitations, it is not surprising to find as a second consequence a tendency to disassociate the expression «the historical Jesus» from «Jesus of Nazareth as he actually was», and to reserve the expression for: «What can be known of Jesus of Nazareth by means of the scientific methods of the historian».

In Cambridge, Dr A C Bouquet, an Anglican priest and pioneer student of «comparative religion», offered a course, but it was time - tabled for 5:00 p.m. in the summer term, just before the main examinations, and I was not surprised that only four other students had enrolled for the course.

I'm sure it was surprising for both you and the doctors, but that in no way validates it as a miracle, you are the only one here claiming it to be as such.