Sentences with phrase «something of a surprise»

That news came as something of a surprise when numbers were released earlier this year.

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The first film was something of a surprise hit in 2014, and earned more than enough at the box office to garner a second outing.

Readers recently shared with us some of the surprising things they'd heard from clients and customers.

Last season, both these teams amounted to something of a surprise package.

Furthermore — and this comes as something of a surprise to the researchers — no noticeable performance changes are detected between devices developed in the first and subsequent growth cycles.

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Still, this latest transfer rumour comes as something of a surprise given the massive improvement made by both Young and Luke Shaw this season.

It now looks as though he will quit West Ham at the end of this season before joining Lazio on a free transfer in something of a surprise move for the troubled attacker.

Challenges: The film's six nominations came as something of a surprise on nominations morning, which could be an indication that it has a steeper mountain to climb.

Stephen Merchant makes something of a surprise appearance as mutant Caliban, whilst Richard E. Grant stars as Dr. Zander Rice.

As CBS2 Political Reporter Marcia Kramer reported, it came as something of a surprise when Cuomo admitted he met with federal prosecutors to talk about the corruption case involving his longtime aide, Joseph Percoco.

Whitman is something of a surprise choice for the job because her name has been bandied about in recent years for high - profile positions in both the technology sector and politics.

Jose Ramirez was great in 2017, but his success was also something of a surprise, and a return to the 2016 version of him that's good but not getting MVP votes could hurt Cleveland.

What started out in 2001 as a kid's fantasy has matured into something of surprising import and lasting impact.

In something of a surprise release, Capcom released a port of their mega-hit PSP title Monster Hunter Portable 2nd G, or as it's known to English gamers, Monster Hunter Freedom Unite on the Japanese App Store today.

The series became something of a surprise hit outside of Japan thanks to the intensive effort put in by the localization team.

The moved represented the first major endorsement for Garcetti from a so - called «school reformer,» and was something of a surprise since most Valley - based politicians have been supporting Garcetti's opponent, Wendy Greuel.

This news comes as something of a surprise after T - Mobile informed its staff that the device launch was [read full article]

And in light of the later news of a Penguin - OverDrive - Amazon huddle - to - come, it appears that Sullivan's concept of business - model concepts creating something of a surprise among the parties may well be close to the mark.

The bank notified me of the surprising charges, and I was immediately able to begin the fraud report — but it took months of calls before the case was accepted and the charges reversed.

Last week, Sony held something of a surprise (at least, to you and me) indie event at their offices in California where they unveiled a slew of new indie titles arriving for PlayStation platforms in the near future.

In something of a surprise move, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie endorsed Donald Trump for president, who then blasted his chief rival for the nomination Marco Rubio.

The BlackBerry KeyOne might be something of a surprise entry, with the company struggling to find form with its recent handsets.

In addition to four new smartphones, TCL made something of a surprise announcement with the 1T series, an all - new Android tablet lineup with compact devices that don't break the bank.

It would be something of a surprise if Sony and Apple were running the same operating system on their respective phones, given Sony's all - in with the Android camp and Apple's gone a different way with its own iOS.

Chelsea have been repeatedly linked with Real Madrid's Alvaro Morata and Pierre - Emerick Aubamayeng in recent weeks, and a move for Higuain would come as something of a surprise given the player's age and his fee.

To be fair to Rose, he was something of a surprising on - base machine in his record - setting season.

So today it was something of a surprise when publisher Deep Silver unveiled a Director's Cut of the game via their Twitter account, set to appear on the Xbox One, PC and finally one of Sony's consoles, the PS4, later this year on June 21st.

The BlackBerry Priv is something of a surprise package, fusing some of the best features of Android with the best of BlackBerry.

Over time, Surface became something of a surprise, I think, even to Microsoft.

The BlackBerry KeyOne might be something of a surprise entry, with the company struggling to find form with its recent handsets.

However, in something of a surprise announcement, Panos Panay, corporate vice president of devices at Microsoft and head of the Surface team, unveiled the Surface Book i7, a new high - end version of the company's existing Surface Book two - in - one.

The move has come as something of a surprise for many overseas observers: Former American Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice once called the country «the last outpost of tyranny in Europe,» while Lukashenko at one point described the internet as a «pile of garbage.»

In something of a surprising move, Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has issued a written apology to the first wave of Nintendo 3DS buyers, following the recent hardware price cut.

In something of a surprise move (the phone has been leaked for a while now), the device appears to be built by Alcatel, given it» s virtually identical to that company's Idol 4S.

Yet, it still came as something of a surprise when the US Postal Service — not exactly known as a champion of subversive art — announced it would unveil five stamps featuring Martinez paintings.

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.

The gradual sell - off in bank stocks Tuesday came as something of a surprise.

The results were something of a surprise.

In something of a surprise, «Master of None» snagged a well - deserved Emmy win on Sunday night.

The reversal came as something of a surprise for the 900 - employee firm, which had been founded in 1994 by three friends — Ronnen Harary, Anton Rabie and Ben Varadi.

A reduction from $ 60 billion to $ 30 billion per month was scheduled for the start of 2018, but the dovish tone of ECB President Mario Draghi's accompanying comments — emphasizing that the QE program could be extended beyond September 2018, and giving no indication of an end date — came as something of a surprise to market participants, sparking a rally in eurozone bonds and a moderate selloff in the euro.

This was something of a surprise, given that most mortgage forecasts for 2017 suggested that we are on the way to higher mortgage costs.

Many years ago Harold J. Berman, who writes the Foreword to this volume, published a little book on the relationship between religion and law, which came as something of a surprise to a legal profession that, with few exceptions, assumed there was none.

Still, it is something of a surprise to find that when he decried the effects of «party faction,» Washington hardly had his own party in mind.