Sentences with phrase «surprised by the strength»

I've been surprised by the strength in the oil stocks.

While insiders and observers were surprised by the strength of Assini's campaign, he did not seem at all taken aback by it, saying: «I knew, but I don't think the other side knew it until the end.

The researchers were surprised by the strength of these emergent effects, which were as large as or even larger than the direct effects that triggered them: «It really makes you wonder how often we underestimate the full impact of social interventions,» says Powers.

We should not be surprised by the strength of the anti-immunisation lobby (15 January, p 46).

I was surprised by the strength in my back and hamstrings as I held this position, which literally made me feel like I was flying.

Like «Django Unchained,» which entered the race late last year and surprised some by the strength it showed at the Oscars, «Wolf» still has time to make its mark.

Classical musician Zavier is surprised by strength of his attraction to Ray, since he identifies as aromantic.

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The Bank of Canada was surprised by the economy's strength this year.

The Greenback bounced back after Friday's CPI surprise, but it remains near its long - term lows, as the «weak - US - growth» trade is still on, underlined by the strength in US Treasuries.

These differences were generally insignificant among mainline denominations, but researchers were surprised by the relative strength revealed by the Southern Baptist statistics.

Gladwell argues that while our culture is fascinated by clashes between giants and underdogs, we are only continually surprised by their outcomes because we have misunderstood the nature of strength and weakness.

In the few weeks that followed, I saw changes in me that I could not attribute to my own strength or self - determination; they took me by surprise.

If we get him firing and being fed by the likes of Alexi and Ozil, with his strength and pace and a point to prove some of you may just be very surprised.

Stubborn is a word that Arsenal fans have often used to describe our long serving manager so it was no great surprise to hear Arsene Wenger talking about his belief that there is enough strength in depth in the Arsenal squad to be able to cope with the injury picked up by Francis Coquelin at the weekend.

The Tories were down by just two councils but up by 34 councillors by 19:30 BST on Friday, having surprised pundits by the strength of their vote.

Cuomo said that the polarization laid bare by the 2016 elections — the surprise victory of Donald Trump, the insurgent strength of Bernie Sanders — had echoes in Albany that made reaching a middle ground difficult.

It's not really a surprise that this is the way a lot of people approach strength training, as you could quickly be led to believe from reading muscle magazines and fitness blogs that «more is better» and that you should do a wide range of exercises every workout, «confuse the muscle» by regularly changing your workout routine, and completely exhaust each major muscle group with 20 + sets once a week.

Much of what is wrong with the film is made up for by the surprising strength and development of Hector and Clara.

The strength of those emotions took me quite by surprise by the close of The Iron Giant, when I realized just how much I grew to care about these characters and their fates.

Doing research on classroom environments some years ago, I was surprised by how accurately upper elementary school students evaluated their teachers» strengths and limitations.

While thinking about their evolving role as library leaders, participants also have the chance to assess the strengths and weaknesses of their own leadership, and many come away from the institute surprised by how much they learn about themselves.

No surprise, these robust new Super Duty trucks will follow the same groundbreaking path as the light - duty lineup: The redesigned Super Duty now makes extensive use of high - strength, military - grade alloy to reduce the truck's weight — by up to 350 lb.

SWTOR has a remarkably quiet expansion launch in mid-2018 and seems dead throughout the year, but makes a surprise comeback the next year by rebranding and playing to it's strengths of late 2017 hires of former EU authors such as Timothy Zhan.

It's really the most fitting game to send off the Wii from its parent company; it looks at the strengths of the system, the weaknesses of the hardware, and addresses it all in ways that continue to surprise the player until the credits roll - and yes, by the end of it, you'll have changed your views on motion controls (unless you liked them - in which case, you'll like them more).

The strength of his attack took most observers by surprise.

World Bank vice president Rachel Kyte had told RTCC critics would be «surprised» by the strength of support for carbon pricing.

Inspired by LEGOs and utilizing some of the lessons you learned in high school geometry, Bloxes earn points for their smart, flat - packing design, modular construction and movability and surprising strength — you can sit or even stand on the finished product.

Given the strength of these opinions, then, it is no surprise that the denial of trials by jury was one of the foremost acts of despotism listed by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence.

By being well prepared, our Kansas and Missouri personal injury attorneys at law firm Ketchmark and McCreight, P.C. give further strength to your case and lessen the possibility that there will be surprises in the courtroom.

You might be surprised by the brand attributes and core strengths others share that you were unaware of.

I was surprised by the omission of strengths, particularly character strengths.

After originally not agreeing to a mediated consent determination, mediation was given further impetus by an early evidence hearing at the conclusion of which Justice North expressed surprise at the lack of progress in negotiation given the strength of the evidence.

Buyers may be surprised by how the purchasing power of major currencies has shifted in the past year, driven by the strength of the U.S. dollar.