Sentences with phrase «surprised at the direction»

She's always been quite direct with us though even I was surprised at the direction this discussion took.

Not exact matches

A friend sitting at his side looked in the direction pointed by Hitchcock and was surprised: he saw nothing unusual, just a priest who, while talking to a young boy, had placed his hand on the boy's arm.

Only one predisposed to either spiritualize or denigrate the reality of relational patterns within a congregation will be surprised at the continuing role of the clergy in direction of the Nehemiah Project and of EBC.

I followed your directions and was surprised at how easy this was!

This one in Business Week (registration required) surprised me, as it states the numbers at Safeway are swinging in the right direction after a multi-million dollar effort to remodel, rebrand, and re-advertise a healthier, cleaner image (known as the lifestyle concept).

It may make more sense to consider the direction in which Wenger may go, and I would not be surprised to see Conte's Chelsea formation adopted, so we could look at our strongest XI in that system.

Or if you know that your child has a hard time following directions at bedtime, try writing or drawing the tasks that need to be done (i.e. toothbrushing, pajamas, etc.) on ping - pong balls and put them in a small «bedtime jar» so your child can feel some control over their routine as they independently pick out the balls one by one for a «surprise» nighttime order of tasks or take them all out and decide what order to do them in themselves.

The surprise implication: We are plunging — literally — in the direction of Leo at a rate of 375 miles per second, drawn in by the gravitational pull of vast clusters and superclusters of galaxies.

More surprises came from preliminary measurements of Jupiter's gravitational field (that is, the strength and direction of the planet's gravity at different points in space).

If you already have written about this, which would not surprise me at all, please point me in the right direction!

I tried the Freebra with my Henkaa Sakura short convertible dress at home first, reading the directions carefully, so that there wouldn't be any surprises at the wedding.

Their meeting is not an accident, and it takes the storyline in a new, surprising direction, one involving another science - fiction trope that's only very lightly hinted at in advertisements for the film.

We'll have the Patrick DeWitt book to film adaptation of Jacques Audiard's The Sisters Brothers drop at Cannes in May, and then we wouldn't be surprised if Kelly Reichardt begins lensing on her eight feature film — and not unlike Claire Denis, moves into the direction of comedy — a first for the helmer.

From the all - star cast, to the historical premise, to Clooney's gilded track record behind the camera, I'd be surprised if it didn't pull off at least five nominations and mostly a lot more — Best Picture, Best Director, Adapted Screenplay, Art Direction, Cinematography, Score, you name it, this has a strong shot.

I was surprised at how simple Mostow's direction was.

Perhaps expectations might have played a role as to why surprise like Cherish has become a minor favorite of mine and an expected success like The Darwin Awards is a disappointment, In this outing, Taylor seems like he's trying too hard to be clever, and though his imagination is admirable, as a comedy, his film falls short regardless of whatever direction he manages to take it, primarily because it goes everywhere and nowhere at once.

The story it tells is a good one but I thought the direction was too conventional and I was never surprised once at any moment in the film.

This new direction certainly seems as if it's going to amp up the gore and scares, and come April 2013, I've a feeling we're going to be pleasantly surprised at this latest horror remake.

The ensemble does most of the film's heavy lifting, since the unevenness of the script impacts Babbit's direction as well (it's surprising to see how lackluster her direction can be at times, considering her excellent work on television over the years).

Yes, there are a few bits more than a bit cliché (here's looking at you, speeding bus), yet I found myself continuously surprised on the directions the film chose to go.

«We broadly support the direction of policy and that includes the concept of system leadership by schools, but I am surprised at the speed and timeline.

And we won't be too surprised to see Audi revisit the Q8 at least one more time this year at the Frankfurt motor show, at which point we may get more hints about the direction of the Q8 family.

We readers may give ourselves over to the power or charms of a narrative, relishing small surprises along the way, but upon reflection at book's end, we have to admit there was only one direction the story was ever meant to go.

I was also surprised at how many chances there were to nudge — or more than nudge — Isaiah Kalebu in a different direction.

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.»

At this point it wouldn't be surprising to see Amazon go in a different direction with a new product name, but the Kindle Paperwhite is the most popular Kindle ever so it's hard to imagine Amazon rushing to replace it.

In my opinion the design shouldn't look so exactly the same that it's an obvious copy of one other book; the sales description shouldn't be based on one other book (word for word at least); nor should the plot or story line — and ideally the story line will actually be very, very different or lead off in a strange, twisted new direction that surprises readers.

I think that many have surprised me in one direction or another, but one of the more memorable was Duff and Phelps Credit rating — which I purchased in the mid-1990's at a 7 Price to Earnings ratio.

A move in either direction shouldn't surprise investors, although if price - to - earnings multiples are at the high end of the range there's a better chance they'll drop rather than rise.

I feel lucky to be part of the team here at the BCI and will most likely be the person who greets you when you arrive, or steer you in a direction to sample our exceptional wine, food, art, spa magic and hospitality for a surprising and hopefully unforgettable stay.

«It would not surprise me to see delinquencies start to rise slightly back toward normal levels, but we still haven't seen any strong moves in that direction,» said James Chessen, chief economist at the American Bankers Association.

The levels were as interesting as any other Halo campaign but due to the better graphics and the ability to climb up a ledge rather than having to jump above it's height it made it great to explore for skulls and collectables, within the 9 hour co-op game both myself and Russ found ourselves venturing off and climbing up different parts of the maps to see how high we could get or what was hidden away, we came across a few Easter eggs on the way and found some rare or «special» weapons, Halo has always been a FPS which you have to explore to find Easter eggs etc. but Halo 5 just seemed better than the rest for this, the game flowed well between each level bouncing from blue team and team Osiris following the story to show where paths cross and what each team is doing in between, I feel like all of the trailers kind of pointed the story into a different direction to the way the campaign developed which was surprising and confusing at the same time but none the less it was a great campaign and one of the best Halo games I have played in many years, I was never a fan of Halo 4 I thought it lacked everything a Halo game should be but Halo 5 has surprised me and was well worth the wait.

- the team has been adding weapons one by one because they want the same amount of attention for each weapon - the team learned that when they added two new weapons at once, one would end up getting overshadowed by the other - there were more new stages than returning stages because bringing back old stages would have little surprise - since they want to satisfy both new and returning players, they changed the order of stage additions - there weren't any major direction changes in balancing from Splatoon 1 - there have been more pattern combinations between weapons and stages, so there was more involved to balance them all - matchmaking is handled by getting 8 players with similar rank points, and then they're split by weapons - the rank point gap between S + players is bigger than ordinary players - only about one in 1,000 active players are in the S +40 to S +50 region in Ranked Battles - there's even less than one in 10 players that reach S +, while 80 % of the overall player base are in A or less - about 90 % of S + ranked players are within a + / -150 hidden ranked power range - rock was the popular genre in Splatoon, so they tried changing it for the sequel - they prioritized making good background music first before forming the band to play that music - the design team would make the CD jacket - like artwork afterwards - due to this, the band members would often change; some getting added while some others removed - Off the Hook is an exception, as they first decided they would be a DJ and rapper along with their visuals first - Off the Hook's song came afterwards - In Splatoon street fashion was the trend, but in Splatoon 2 they tried adding more uniqueness - the aim was to add Flow with ethnic clothing and Jelfonzo with high fashion - all Jellyfish in this world are born by splitting, which means Jelfonzo was born by splitting from Jelonzo - Jellyfish are like a hive mind - when they hold a wedding ceremony, they're just simply holding the ceremony - Jelonzo and Jelfonzo start gaining their own consciences so they can speak - Flow used her working holiday to go on a trip before reaching Inkopolis Square - during the trip, she met the owner of Headspace - the owner liked her, so she got hired to work there - Bisk has a unique way of speaking: anastrophe - the team tried to express him as an adult man - they made him into a giant spider crab because they wanted someone with high posture - he came from a cold country and broke up with his girlfriend to join a band - just like Flow, he became attracted to squids - Crusty Sean finally has his own shop, but he opened it because he's someone who follows the current trends - one of the trends happens to be people opening their own shops - drink tickets aren't stacked, but the probability is higher than a single brand - the music in Inkopolis Square changes depending on the player's location - sounds contribute to creating atmosphere in the location - the song at front of Grizzco Industries had an atmosphere that feels like some smell can radiate from the game screen - as for Salmon Run, they imagined it as a Japanese restaurant outside Japan that is not run by a Japanese person - each time the player moves between the shops, the game uses an arrange shift that shows the personality of each inhabitant - the arrangement in Shella Fresh is related to Bisk's guitar and mystery files that describe his past - with the Squid Sisters moved to Hero Mode, Off the Hook was put in charge in guiding battles and festivals - Bomb Rush Blush has an orchestra «because it would sound like the final boss» - the team wanted to express the feel of the story's real culprit with this music - the probability of each event occurring in Salmon Run is different - there are no specific requirements, meaning they're picked randomly - this means it's possible for fog to appear three times in a row - the Salmon have different appearances based on the environment they're raised in - if the environment is harsher, they would become large salmon - Steelheads and Maws have big bodies, while Scrappers and Steel Eels have high intelligence - Salmons basically wield kitchenware, but everybody else has a virtue in fighting to actually cook the Salmons - Grill is the ultimate form of this - when Salmons are fighting to the death, they can feel the same sense of unity - they would be one with the world if they were eaten by other creatures, and they also fight for the pride of their race - MakoMart is based on a large supermarket in America - the update also took place on Black Friday in America, which was why Squids are buying a lot of things in the trailer - Arowana Mall looks like it has more passages because there are changes in tenants and also renovation work - Walleye Warehouse has no changes at all, because the team wanted to have at least one map that stayed intact - the only thing different in this map is the graffiti, which is based on the winner of Famitsu's Squid Fashion Contest - all members in the band Ink Theory graduated from music university - they are well - educated girls who also do aggressive things - the band members wearing neckties are respecting the Hightide Era from the prequel - the team will continue adding weapons and stages for a year, and Splatfests for two years - the team will also continue to make more updates including balancing

There are some surprising — and welcome — changes from last year including the addition of Chris Ofili, whose presentation at Venice turned a few heads for his striking change of direction, at number seven.

I wouldn't be surprised that over longer terms than we have decent data, it doesn't slosh through the arctic ocean both directions at different times, as well as circular ocean currents in both northern and southern oceans while waters flow through the arctic in the north, and around Antarctica in the Southern ocean.

That corrections to climate data should be called for, is not at all surprising, but that such corrections should always be in the «needed» direction is exceedingly unlikely.

At the end of the show, Oprah asked staff who participated in the «radical experiment» what they thought, and a surprising number said they felt better and healthier and would either continue to be vegan, or «lean» in that direction.

It's not surprising that wearables at CES are headed in this direction.

There's still a ways to go because we shouldn't even be surprised anymore at the inclusion of women in games - it should just be a thing that happens without a fuss - but we're happy that the industry is moving in such a positive direction.

Accurate or not, all of the speculation is currently pointing in one direction, and I'd be surprised if we didn't see a device that looks like this come the anticipated launch at MWC.