Sentences with phrase «surprised at this figure»

I think most people would be surprised at this figure.

You may be surprised at the figure.

Not exact matches

When the group reconvened at the end of a month, the managers and supervisors were surprised to learn that henceforth their findings would be accepted as the budget figures for the coming fiscal year.

Charges due at lease signing — such as a broker's fee, security deposit and advance payment of the first and last month's rent — vary, and they can easily become a four - figure surprise if you don't ask the right questions during your hunt.

The financials were decent, to be sure, but with the stock recently trading at an all - time high and the figures lacking the upside surprise that the company had delivered in the previous quarter, the issue's gains were modest.

Speaking on Premier New Hour, Johan Eldebo, Senior Humanitarian Policy Adviser at World Vision, said the figures were «no surprise» and that it is important to examine the root cause of why so many people are living in poverty.

So when Thom got off the bus in search of some oranges, assuming he had about the same amount of time at stop # 2 as he did at stop # 1, you can imagine my surprise when — after five minutes — the bus driver pulled away and I was sitting there trying to figure out if he was actually pulling away or just moving the bus (like he did at the first stop).

I want to do the lazy thing, where I look at the preseason predictions, look at the standings, and figure out which manager is leading the most surprising thing.

It's still arguably a slight surprise that it's these two individuals that he may be looking at signing as some would argue that he should be looking at more ambitious targets, especially considering the figures being touted.

The French tactician's reported strategy isn't surprising, in that he has tried to warn the pair that a move to Madrid could stunt Mbappe's progress given the competition for places, whereas at Arsenal, he would be a central figure under him next season and beyond.

MALZAHN: The one thing I'm sure that surprises people about Cam is they saw how much he ran here at Auburn last year and figured he's just an athlete playing quarterback.

Many fans are surprised at how well he's adapted to such a big step up and now expect him to improve on those figures next season as part of one of the exciting teams in Europe alongside the likes of Emre Mor, Julian Weigl and Christian Pulisic.

«I'm surprised that it took me so long to figure it out,» said Hall (above), who was the 2005 NCAA 5,000 - meters champion at Stanford.»

And the surprise figures underline how LVG has ditched the beautiful game at Old Trafford in favour of nullifying United's opponents.

I am seriousely surprised at the disparity in players salary as those according to my rating that are the best and frequently used make very small amount at Arsenal.I think this is unfair and more clarity should be given as to how these figure are arrived at.I can't immagine a player who haven started a single game been paid morethan someone that has proven himself.This is why, when these players are contacted to, it becomes very easy.

I'm surprised that they don't try to tempt punters to waste their money with figures of at least 10,000 / 1 or more, which would reflect the likely chances of the «bottom» 13 or 14 teams winning the league.

One of my most surprising ministerial lunch dates of the last government was with Yvette Cooper, who couldn't have been further from the humourless, hectoring figure she cut on TV and at the Despatch Box.

In a multi-party system, being a polarising figure is not always a terrible thing so I would not be surprised to see Ukip get at least a temporary bump from tonight's debate.

It would not be at all surprising to see some kind of coup attempt mounted down the road, although how the numbers might break down to successful oust him is something I can't figure out right now.

These figures are not surprising because other pollsters (eg YouGov last week and Opinium at the weekend) have had very similar results.

When Tobias Erlöv, who at the time was a doctoral student in biomedical engineering at the Lund Faculty of Engineering, discovered that there is a fairly simple mathematical calculation that can be used to interpret ultrasound signals and thereby figure out whether the plaque in the carotid artery is harmful or not, the researchers were somewhat surprised.

Now, a team at MIT has figured out a way to measure the fundamental charge transfer rate — finding some significant surprises.

«Figuring out how atoms rearrange themselves in this material is important, and to our great surprise, what we expected to be a slower process is really rapid,» said Gleason, who was a postdoctoral researcher at SLAC and Stanford University at the time of the 2012 experiment and is now a postdoctoral fellow at Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Even without figuring these surprising methane emissions, I think these fuels may possibly entail greater GHG emissions than they offset — in the manufacture of pesticides, fertilizers, farm equipment; irrigation water & energy to pump it; transporation of bauxite from S. America (harming rainforests) to make farm equipment, ag schools, secretaries, and all the paper work at each stage... the list goes on & on & on.

This CRF - curve was a surprise to me, and furthermore, it's at odds with CRF - evolution presented in figure 17 in the very same paper (showing no systematic change)-- how can these accounts be so different?

Hourglass shape: You may be surprised at how well this jean flatters your figure.

Italy's home favorite Carolina Kostner skated a perfectly executed and evocative program to take a surprise lead over Olympic champion Alina Zagitova of Russia in the short program Wednesday at the world figure skating championships.

That said, I wouldn't be at all surprised if Focus Features or The Weinstein Company didn't figure out some way to make them eligible.

Now that I look at the figures, «Drive» actually opened on a lot more screens than I thought, but I'm nevertheless a bit surprised it bested «Straw Dogs» (which itself was even held in check by the still - chugging «The Help»).

I'm actually not completely surprised by Resident Evil, as I figured it'd be watchable (as Anderson tends to be), but I'm at least seventy - percent surprised, since the whole thing hinges on Jovovich and she pulled it off.

Mireles is a charismatic figure who convinces residents of towns to join his movement or at least resist the cartels and their terrors, but, as the movie shows in one of its surprising twists, he has his own flaws, as does his group and their retaliatory tactics.

[1] Daniel Dennehy, chief operations officer at UK Essays, said that mature students sometimes found university an overwhelming experience: «While these figures are alarming, it is not surprising to see that so many mature students are paying for extra support.

And that really didn't surprise me, because I was fairly aware of, having worked in a number of supply and demand reports, that in Australia we simply don't do national figures very well — partly because obviously we have eight states and territories, the states and territories are responsible for education so most of the data comes at a state level, not at a national level.

We're not sure if the car sold, but RM's catalogue claims it carried a high pre-sale estimate topping out at $ 2,000,000, so we wouldn't be surprised to see it crack into the seven - figure mark at the Scottsdale sale.

No surprises with the 1.6 litre turbocharged car's output figures, with 184 hp at 5,500 rpm and 240 Nm at 1,600 to 5,000 rpm, with overboost taking this to 260 Nm at 1,730 to 4,500 rpm.

Kerb weight remains unchanged from the F12 at 1630 kg, so it's no surprise the 812 leaps to 100km / h in 2.9 sec (despite putting its power to the ground via solely the rear wheels), yet it's the 0 - 200 km / h figure of 7.9 sec — almost a full second quicker than a Lamborghini Aventador S — that's the real eye - opener.

Even though his chosen occupation frequently puts him at the helm of seven - figure exotics, it's this modest Veedub that continually sets the benchmark for him: «The biggest surprise that people get is that I'll leave a Bugatti Veyron Supersport or Porsche 918 Hybrid, and all I want to do is go home and drive my Scirocco,» he says.

The Turbo and Turbo S models are created for those who really don't have to even look at the price tag, so it's no surprise that their efficiency figures aren't as rosy.

Looking at the specs, you'd figure a sub-200-hp three - row SUV would be a total pig, but the Acadia manages to surprise with decent performance thanks in part to a curb weight under two tons and front - wheel drive.

Testing The Indie Spirit As we're reporting this morning (April 6) at The Bookseller» sThe FutureBook, Jasinda and Jack Wilder have come up with an Easter surprise for their many fans: Their agent, Kristin Nelson, has negotiated a seven - figure deal for three books with Penguin Random House's Berkley Books.

People are going to be VERY surprised when Kindle Fire HD and Surface Tablet and Google Nexus 7 sales figures are revealed at the end of 2012.

If you blindly signed, you may be surprised when somebody envisions deep pockets of a publisher, and you find out the six - figure lawsuit is aimed at you alone, in the end, because you agreed to shouldering all liability.

admin, I think mendomermaid was using a figure of speech, like in informercials — «just try it — you will be surprised at how easy it is!»

I'd never heard Rock, Paper, Scissors called this either, and was quite surprised to see this slide at a presentation by Hugh, wherein I figured he spelled «Rochambeau» oddly.

«We're tending to find people are still surprised at the level of debt they're graduating with, which suggests we still have a long way to go in terms of having conversations about planning for college, saving for college and figuring out the best place to go [to college],» said Keith Bernhardt, vice president of college planning at Fidelity Investments.

Estimate what your eventual tax liability will be before choosing the withdrawal amount: personally, if I figure on being in the 20 % bracket, I'd want to be taxed up front at 20 % to avoid a nasty surprise come tax - filing time.

January 2016 inflation in Mexico surprised analysts at 0.38 %, versus the expectation of 0.28 % (Banamex survey), with base effects driving the year - over-year figure to 2.61 % from 2.13 % in December 2016.

Locations are not grouped by neighborhood (though a map at the back can help you figure out what's where), but juxtaposed so that «Each turn of the page will reveal a new surprise.»

Super Mario, a very surprising showing of Aliens and Predator figures, and a shocker with a tease at an Injustice lineup kicking off with the Dark...

So when I look at the latest sales figures it does not surprise me to see that the tie ratio of games sold to systems is down from the previous console launches.