Sentences with phrase «surprised at the decision»

I was surprised at the decision, but I didn't think it was a robbery.

I must admit to being a little surprised at the decision by Arsene Wenger to allow Chuba Akpom to go and join Hull City on a season long loan for the coming season, especially after the young striker had impressed during pre-season and been praised highly by his manager.

I'm not surprised at your decision either, Amy, and find that you are a responsible, loving parent who wants the best for her family.

At the resumed hearing of the earlier charge of possession of illegal firearms filed against Dasuki yesterday, Justice Ademola Adeniyi of the Federal High Court Six, sitting in Abuja expressed surprise at the decision of prosecution counsel to bring additional charges against immediate past National Security Adviser (NSA) on a day set aside for definite hearing on the one count charge preferred against him.

According to him, the GES did not give him a fair hearing, expressing surprise at the decision to transfer him from...

He says: «I am disappointed but not surprised at the decision by the High Court.

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One sign of the studio's surprise at the overwhelmingly positive reaction to «Wonder Woman» was its decision to move up the review embargo.

So remember, before you make the decision to fire anyone, remember to ask that question — you might be surprised at the answer you get.

On April 18, PM May surprised onlookers by calling a snap election — a decision aimed at strengthening her mandate to see the country through a hard Brexit.

Which explains why the Bank of Canada's decision this week to hold interest rates at 1 % for the sixth time in a row came as little surprise.

It should be no surprise that many countries in the late stages of their own investment - growth «miracles» have tried this kind of transformation, but none has ever managed so radical a change within its financial sector quickly enough, at least in part because the capital allocation decision is at the heart of distributional politics.

Jones's decision to leave Uber likely won't surprise people who worked with him at Target.

 The Harper government's decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public equity share).

Another surprise event at this year's convention was the decision to reject the effort by some to change the auxiliary status of the Woman's Missionary Union, a missions - support group, and bring it under the direct control of the convention.

Man is corrupt in nature, so I wouldn't be surprised if some of the past Popes weren't actually Christians at all and instead had more personal or economic reasons for making the decisions they did.

When one reads the records and documents of sixteenth - century church administration, one can not but be surprised at the innumerable details which were submitted by the church officials to the prince for his personal decision.

When no one else was interested in Wellbeck, we bought him, our manager was away in Italy at that pivitol moment and wneger seemed as surprised as anyone else, what does that tell you about the decision making process at the club?

However, according to Sports Illustrated, Los Blancos snubbed the opportunity to sign Pogba in a somewhat surprise decision as they weren't keen on gambling on him at this time.

So I for one was surprised that Mister Dean did not bottle the decision to send off Juan Mata for a second bookable offence in the game between Manchester United and West Brom at the Hawthorns.

Everyone with even a vague interest in football looked at the six Arsenal defenders had at the start of the year, following the surprising decision to get rid of Thomas Vermaelen and Carl Jenkinson, and said «they haven't got enough defenders», and so it has proved.

Carl (Bobo) Olson, impassive middleweight titleholder from San Francisco seeking more fertile fields to conquer, was heaviest of career at 169 pounds, sported brand new crewcut, mustache and right - hand power, surprised flabby (even at announced 175 pounds), 33 - year - old Joey Maxim with lethal two - fisted attack, battered ex-light heavyweight champion to canvas with savage combinations in second and ninth rounds, kept up lightninglike barrage all way to win easy 10 - round decision at San Francisco, confidently set sights on Archie Moore's light heavyweight crown.

excuses aside, who did not know that arsenal were just participants rather than competitors in any of this competitions??? let us not pretend that we are surprised about all that has happened because it has been happening for the last decade including poor decisions of the ref -LCB- do not know whether it is bad luck] the last transfer window will haunt us dearly going forward... most pple here were taking a swipe at manure for buying martial and using it to justify our inactivity!!!

Former Chelsea star Frank Lampard could make the surprise decision to extend his loan spell at Manchester City after his fine start to life at the club, according to the Manchester Evening News.

Chelsea's decision to rest both Eden Hazard and Willian is perhaps all the more surprising considering they lost 3 - 2 at home to Burnley earlier in the season.

The Tigers came back at us after the break, putting some serious pressure on our side, and had they been more composed in front of goal, it would have been of little surprise to have conceded, but it wasn't to be, and the game was then killed in the dying minutes of the game by a penalty, although there should be no complaint about that decision.

Vermaelen was something of a surprise signing at the time given his drastic dip in form in his last couple of years with Arsenal, and it now looks as though manager Luis Enrique has accepted that the decision to bring him in was a mistake.

As reported by the Daily Express, Lambert has expressed surprise at his successor's decision to reveal ahead of the Wembley clash the fact that Benteke has a release clause and could leave the Birmingham club this summer.

This decision isn't too surprising — the NCAA has been using a «pilot program» for selling beer and wine to patrons at certain NCAA championships.

Rotation was expected against the Hammers and the decision to play right - footed Ainsley Maitland - Niles at left - back was somewhat surprising, considering Wenger had a natural left - back in Nacho Monreal and more experienced centre - back options available.

A really surprising decision to stay and one that makes one really wish Exeter well, but they are punching above their weight at the moment and the raw materials at Swansea are quite enticing, not to mention, any probable wage packet.

Elsewhere I don't imagine Bilic will pull out any surprises and will again avoid any difficult midfield decisions by sticking with Cheikhou Kouyate at right back, making it the same starting eleven as at Watford with the exception of the enforced Carroll / Antonio switch.

At 30 years of age, the centre - back was expected to remain pivotal to the Bianconeri's future success, but he made a surprise decision to join the Milan giants following Juventus» decision to offload him.

I think if you look at this objectively it is a pretty easy decision and with the frequent injury problems, I would be surprised if Craig Davies is still at the club next season.

His decision making at the back is where he could maybe show some improvement, but I must admit that even I am surprised at the relative ease with which Sandro adapted to the tactical demands of the Italian league.

As someone who decided to give birth at home, I'm used to a variety of reactions to my decision (though the most common one is some degree of total surprise).

District 97 sent out a statement last week saying officials were surprised by the park district's decision to forgo the project — especially since the village's financial analysis still is coming at the end of this month — but respects it position.

Oak Brook — A surprise decision by Susan K. Johnson to resign as president of the Oak Brook Park District Board has led to speculation as to who will be her successor, a decision that could be made at the board's July 12 meeting.

The «surprise» label attributed to Putin's decision, the «disappointment» characterising public reaction at Khodorkovky's apparent disinterest in re-entering Russian politics, and the «Dissident versus Despot» dichotomy applied to the Putin - Khodorkovky's relationship, bear closer scrutiny.

The renowned diplomats» decision to contest the Deputy Chairperson position of the AU Commission did not come to us as a surprise at all because we knew his passion, competency and rich experience will be enough to win the seat and it has come to pass too as envisaged.

So, it's no surprise that Stewart was among those infuriated by the federal government's decision that cancer is being excluded from the illnesses covered by the act, with experts insisting there's no firm medical proof that first responders's apparent higher incidence of the disease can indeed be linked to the time they spent at Ground Zero.

In the days since Trump's surprise announcement, Cohn worked quietly to soften Trump's decision and convince him to backtrack — a campaign that was amplified by Republican leaders on Capitol Hill — but Trump learned of the efforts, became angry at Cohn's attempts and made that clear in the last 24 to 48 hours.

However, England falling out of the Mexico World Cup at the quarter - final stage in 1970 may have had some impact on voters» surprising decision to get rid of Wilson and put their faith in Edward Heath.

He has interviewed dozens of those at the centre and writes about the relationship between Cameron and Clegg, the Lib Dem fall from grace over tuition fees, the «surprise» of Lansley's NHS reform, the clash over AV and Lords reform, the decision to intervene in Libya, the debate over the EU, single - sex marriage, «Plebgate» and above all else the economy and austerity measures.

To the surprise of almost no one, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has turned a deaf ear to pleas that it at least reconsider its decision — effective May 1 — to create a new energy capacity zone linking the Mid-Hudson with New York City.

While Silver's decision comes as little surprise, the defense's decision not to bring any case — at least at this point — defied some observers» expectations.

The co-chair of Trump's campaign in New York, Onondaga County GOP Chair Tom Dadey, blasted Hanna's decision, calling it «shameful... but not at all surprising.»

His decision to leave the body after completion of a fifth term at the end of this year is no real surprise.

Donald Trump's decision to not appear at Thursday's GOP debate in Iowa isn't likely to hurt his surprising popularity.

«I was pleasantly surprised by the fact that there were unanimous decisions about most issues, and strong consensus on the others,» says Ron Fouchier, a flu virologist at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, whose study has been accepted by the journal Science.

Science Editor - in - Chief Bruce Alberts, who was not at the WHO meeting, said he was surprised that the group made what he called this «strong» decision.