Sentences with phrase «surprising number given»

This was a surprising number given the number of the respondents in small offices.

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That result might seem surprising given the recent headlines declaring the demise of Canadian law firms (not to mention the hordes of law grads struggling to find articling positions), but lawyers are big earners, and over the past five years their numbers have swollen by 10,000.

Given those numbers, it's no surprise that StartApp has seen its revenue grow by more than 22,000 percent since 2011.

That's not entirely surprising, given the simple number of refugees moving through and to the regions highlighted.

Western Australia's unemployment rate has fallen by a surprising 0.9 per cent in the month of December, while job numbers were up for a record - equalling 15th consecutive month nationwide, with economists giving positive assessments of the labour market.

Of course, every person and every couple is different but this number is certainly surprising given what society believes about women and marriage.

«I was very surprised to see so many basic mistakes in both profiles given the number of digitally - savvy people who work for the campaign,» said Patrick Galvin of Galvin Communications in Portland, Ore..

Given the growth of online shopping, these numbers shouldn't surprise.

Some of the numbers weren't a big surprise, given the company's financial forecast in March, when the company said it expects to hit as many as 96 million subscribers this year.

The hesitation is not entirely surprising given how the FTC last year pushed back on a number of mega-deals, notably scuttling Staples» $ 5.5 billion plan this year to buy office supplies rival Office Depot.

The Toronto Stock Exchange has the distinction of having the greatest number of companies in the mining and oil & gas industries in any exchange across the globe, which isn't surprising given how big of a percentage of Canada's economy those industries form.

Given the large number of borrowers switching to P&I loans, it's not surprising that scheduled housing loan repayments have increased over the past year (Graph 3).

Dan Marcec, Equilar's director of content and communications, said the number was not surprising given that the majority of CEO pay is made up of stock grants and 2017 was a banner year for market performance: The S&P 500 index climbed nearly 20 percent.

Tove Ryding, a tax coordinator for Eurodad, told CNBC she wasn't surprised by Germany's ranking and money laundering risk, given the number of recent scandals involving German banks including Deutsche Bank, which was fined by South African anti-money laundering regulators in February, and saw investigations launched over alleged money laundering for Russian clients in June.

Given this prairie windstorm, it's no surprise the Highwood Wildrose Riding Association was one of the first the party set up and that it has shown some of the strongest membership numbers in the province.

Given the number of Muslims in the area this wasn't surprising but this girl had obviously been told by her parents to keep her head and limbs covered which she did using the tightest body hugging clothes I have ever seen!

Most eventually go back to believing, so I suppose it's not a surprise that none of them would have been available for the study, but in any given group of atheists there are always a good number who say they don't believe while secretly looking for a reason to go back.

Stetzer added that given the late date in the campaign, «there are a surprising number of undecideds.»

To quote from the Pew research,» The many people who have left the Catholic Church over the years have been replaced, to a great extent, by the large number of Catholic immigrants coming to the U.S.» This should be no surprise given the large number of Hispanic immigrants pouring into the US.

After the change, that number dropped, a surprise given the automatic forwarding to the new site from the old address.

In relating ourselves to the promise given to Abraham (who stands to Jews, Muslims and Christians alike as «our father in faith»), and by observing the partial fulfillment of this promise in surprising ways time without number, we sense that we have been given a new context, beyond the purely natural, within which to dwell.

It was tough keeping up with the number of sacks the Steelers were recording, given I had to use both hands, but I was more than pleasantly surprised to see the six they posted were enough to out - duel Jacksonville by one.

Those numbers are paltry by Green Bay's standards over recent years, but not surprising given the fact that the Packers lost four of their first five games after their Week 7 bye.

Let's get real here.It is very unlikely that ANY professional player will ever say anything derogatory about a teammate that has just left the club.If Jack had said about Coq - «Grew up playing with him in the Youth Team and have fond memories of a player they though he had very limited ability he always gave his all.Very surprised and disappointed the club never invested in a World Class defensive midfielder that we have quite obviously been lacking for a number of seasons and would no doubt have improved the defensive weakness we have shown over a number of seasons» we would have echoed his thoughts entirely.If he had said about Theo - «A player who should have been so much better than he ended up being.He had everything needed to be a prolific player for our club but I can understand the fans frustrations with his continued lack - lustre performances and total lack of a football brain.I think this is best explained by the managers preference to play a player of such limited ability as Alex Iwobi in front of Theo pretty much says it all» we again would have all nodded our agreement.Although Jack never mentioned Alexis Sanchez I would imagine something along the lines of «If the Manager had not persisted with players with such limited ability such as Francis and Theo and instead bought the world class players needed into the club then Sanchez would still most likely be here.The fans must wonder what the hell goes on at the club as they pay fortunes for the privalage of following our club but it seems the millions generated ends up purchasing a new Texas Ranch for the Owner or in a yearly renumeration of # 9million pounds to our manager».

The departure of the 27 - year old will leave the Arsenal squad numbers at 30, which already gives the boss some room for manoeuvre and I would not be surprised to see any or all of Debuchy, Lucas Perez and Joel Campbell leave as well.

Given the number of players Burnsed has coached over the years, it's not surprising to see things come full circle.

In turn, it's no surprise that Arsenal want to sign him, but ultimately few will likely believe the link given the numbers involved in the report from The Sun.

And I am surprised that their fans are so keen to bang on about keepers after their new number one Thibaut Courtois committed a foul on Swansea striker Gomis, that earned him a red card and gave the visiting team the penalty that brought the scores level.

At the moment, Vardy's defensive stat is 44, which isn't surprising given that he is a forward, but it would be fair to say that he is one striker who deserves a higher number in that area.

What a surprise, the numbers shows that referees are a lot more reluctant to give penalties to Arsenal, compared to others teams...

In the closing stages he actually gave a number of free - kicks to us, which I found really surprising.

Given their amazing form so far this season in the Premier League it is no surprise that Manchester City will go into the game as favourites with bookmakers offering Arsenal at odds of 23/10 to win the Cup outright and currently best odds of 9/2 to win in normal time with a number of bookies including Betbright and Unibet.

For a player that was termed a Manchester United flop given that he really failed to establish himself in the colours of the Red Devils despite the number of years he played there, it is quite surprising that Northern Ireland international, Jonny Evans is attracting the likes of Manchester City and Arsenal.

Discussing the number of surprise promotion contenders, Bruce said: «Because we're Aston Villa, it doesn't give us a divine right to walk through this league.

He was celebrating soon after when Rudiger gave Chelsea the lead and the only surprise was that the Blues were unable to add to it with Morata spurning a number of chances.

«We were surprised by the large number of concerns mothers had, and we were very concerned by how particular concerns were strongly related to giving up with breastfeeding» - such as worries about babies not getting enough nutrition, said Laurie A. Nommsen - Rivers, the study's senior author, from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center.

Given how often the stereotype of the feral jobless teenager, fathering a tribe of offspring with different women, figures in the media, it is perhaps surprising that no statistics are kept on the number of «young fathers» — classified as anyone becoming a dad under the age of 24, and often much younger.

The Metro Doulas Group, a listserv for city - based doulas, has 275 working members in its database — a surprising number, given that Birth Day Presence, which offers childbirth education and doula services at its locations in SoHo and Park Slope, trains 100 doulas annually.

It is not clear yet whether the Joint Committee will recommend some form of requirement to express a certain number of preferences, though given their advocacy for open preferential voting it would not be surprising if they did.

Political analysts said Curran may also have been helped by Democratic voters coming out in larger numbers to send a message to President Donald Trump; union turnout against the state constitutional convention ballot question; or by the surprising underperformance of Republican Hempstead Supervisor Anthony Santino, who lost to underdog Laura Gillen to give town control to Democrats for the first time in 100 years.

According to Minister Opoku, he had no hope when the renowned Prophet of God called him to find out about the number of years he has been singing, only to give him such a surprise.

Re: Cuomo... either this state is incredibly stupid and ignorant (which wouldn't surprise me, given the «brain drain» that's affected upstate for decades now) or something isn't right with these numbers.

«These numbers come as no surprise, given the fact that the mayor has previously said that his ideal would be to double class size,» said teachers union president Michael Mulgrew.

June 1, 2012, Santa Fe, NM — Saying the May jobless numbers released Friday are «no surprise, given Washington's refusal to cut spending and get out of the way of growth,» Libertarian presidential nominee and former New Mexico Governor Gary Johnson today called on Congress and President Obama to «take a break from the campaigning and deal with the fact that the federal government's bankruptcy is killing American jobs.»

Given the challenges most city - run shelters face — growing numbers, mental health issues among clients and domestic violence — it's not surprising that these incidents occur.

Given the limited number of trainees, and relative youth of medical scientist training programs — the National Institutes of Health (NIH) formally began funding their first programs in 1964 — this dearth of information is hardly surprising.

Indeed, one of the big surprises to invasion biologists is the large number of alien species that any given ecosystem can harbor.

According to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD's) 2003 report,» Education at a Glance», among OECD countries, Sweden produces the most new Ph.D. s, which isn't surprising finding given the Swedish government's pro-higher-education stance; in 2001, Sweden proposed to double the number of new Ph.D. graduates in the coming ten - year - period.

Given their utmost necessity for proper cellular function, it is not surprising that defects in lipid metabolism underlie a number of human diseases, including obesity, diabetes, and atherosclerosis.

The question arises nearly every day and it is not surprising given the abundance of articles and advertisements promoting the use of «stem cell treatments» for a staggering number of diseases and injuries.