Sentences with phrase «surprising number of first»

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First, U.S. economic numbers continue to be mixed ---- an index of economic surprises is still hovering just above a six - year low ---- although the trend is toward improvement.

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.

I've been working here for two years now — first as a junior fellow and now as the assistant editor — and I can attest that we're firing on a surprising number of cylinders:

After the surprise success of the first entry, Jon Favreau and co. stumbled with this painfully paint - by - numbers sequel.

It's been pointed out that a surprising number of hymns speak in the first person as God.

While it seems unlikely at first glance (which is not at all surprising because not that many natural sweeteners are fiber rich), Yacon syrup is full of dietary fiber, which provides a number of advantages.

At this stage, the action is dominated by qualifying heats (a pun, in this particular case) but even that has been quite explosive, with a number of surprises on the first day.

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.

Imo he is one of the best «number 10's» in the world, his position is right behind the striker, a CAM as you say — Yet since he has come he has played LW for the first season, CAM for the second (Surprise surprise he almost broke the PL record for assists, and that was with very average finishers in front of him) and now he seems to be playing as a RW?

At first I'm surprised by how high the number is, but then I look at my friends my age (I was born in 1978) and yeah, about half of us don't have children.

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.

Considering how much money the presidential candidates have raised in the first quarter of this year alone, numbers this large shouldn't be surprising — though I can't help but be a little shocked (that's a lot of money).

For the Liberal Democrats and others, including a surprising number of Labour ministers, the key is an end to the first - past - the - post electoral system.

That is one of the surprising results of the first study to systematically measure the number of neurons in the brains of more than two dozen species of birds ranging in size from the tiny zebra finch to the six - foot - tall emu, which found that they consistently have more neurons packed into their small brains than are stuffed into mammalian or even primate brains of the same mass.

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.

At first Wallace was surprised at the number of social scientists involved.

I was first of all surprised at the number of contacts I made from the start, but more to the point, that one of the resulting relationships has become so special to us that you should include my membership number on your next inactive list.»

The plot is, especially at the beginning, paint by numbers, without any major surprises for the first half of the flick.

Data summarized on this website provides additional factual information about online dating that may surprise you even more: First, of the large number of singles in the U.S. (more than 54 million), about 80 % have tried online dating sites at least once.

A recent survey finds that a surprising number of singles who use Internet dating sites, arrange for a first meeting with an online date at their home.

I'm still caught by surprise, by the number of Sugar Babies on the blog who are having sex on the first date and then wondering why he didn't follow through with an arrangement.

After scrolling through limitless losers on Tinder, it's no surprise that a number of men and women turn to their best friends — not for solace, but as... First dates are the absolute worst.

A surprising number of women tell me the senior men they're dating are thoughtful, attentive, even generous, but they won't commit to the relationship Senior Planet is the first tech - themed resource for people 60 - plus who are living and aging with attitude.

While the announcement was met with surprise and excitement by many fans, a great number of fans were concerned that Flashpoint wouldn't be the right story for Flash's first solo movie out of the gate.

So, it's not surprising that an impressive number of powerful women were also honored for their work both on the small screen, with Big Little Lies and The Handmaid's Tale, and on the big screen, with first - time writer - director Greta Gerwig winning Best Motion Picture, Comedy for her directorial debut, Lady Bird, along with leading lady, Saoirse Ronan winning Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Comedy.

Release Date: Since her excellent 2010 debut I Will Follow, DuVernay has become an impressive force to be reckoned with, challenging herself across a dizzying number of projects and platforms (including the short film The Door, which went to Venice 2013, television projects such as a compelling portrait of Venus Williams with Venus Vs. for ESPN's «Nine for IX» series, and «Scandal,» plus she unveiled a surprise documentary project this year with The 13th, an excellent portrait of the troubling history of racial injustice within the criminal justice system — and also the first documentary to open the New York Film Festival).

Sea of Thieves came in as the No. 2 game for the month, which is arguably a surprise — it was the first big game to launch day and date through Xbox Game Pass, which is not accounted for in NPD's numbers.

Today's surprise Direct presentation revealed a number of new titles in store for Nintendo Switch in the first half of 2018.

For this year's cohort, the number of female participants came as a welcome surprise at the seminar, which for the past 25 years has helped new presidents tackle critical issues facing their first years on the job.

I would be surprised if it is able to live up to the hype that it is receiving but considering the impact To Kill a Mockingbird had on me when I first read it in high school, and in the number of times I have read or listened to it since, I can not wait until its release.

Muir says one teacher was particularly surprised to see that a number of second - grade students had performed below her expectations on their first Star 360 assessment.

This weekend's Barrett - Jackson auction resulted in a number of surprises — including the first production 2017 Acura NSX fetching US$ 1.2 million.

The number of Tiguans buzzing San Francisco had us surprised at the national Tiguan sales charts; according to Automotive News, the Tiguan sold fewer than 18,000 units in the first eight months of 2014, and that rate is off about 15 percent from the year before.

I never really realized how important a cover was for marketing, but I get a surprising number of comments along the lines of «Your cover was what first caught my eye, and I checked out your book.»

That database should be the first people who hear about your new book, you'll be surprised at the number of people who have bought from you in the past would buy everything you publish.

I'm still surprised at the number of people, as in my first Giveaway, that signed up for a copy but didn't respond to me when I emailed asking what format they'd like.

You're not the first author I've heard about who found errors in royalty statements and the agent Kristin Nelson has spoken often in the past about how she reviews all the statements that come into her office and finds a surprising number of errors (and suggests there are likely many authors out there who are losing money because they're not taking a close enough look at their statements).

At first, I was surprised by the number of comments that rolled in — I knew I wasn't the only indie hanging around these parts, but I had no idea there were so many kindred spirits out there.

At first, I was surprised by the number of comments that rolled in — I knew I wasn't the only indie hanging around these parts, but I had no idea -LSB-...]

Many first - time buyers are surprised by the number and size of the checks to be written, even with an estimate from the lender beforehand.

The airline has opened up a surprising number of Business Class Miles SAAver award seats for travel between the US and Europe (both directions) in the first 5 months of 2017.

I'm not sure what I was expecting from this venture, but I was nevertheless surprised by the number of respondents who wanted to first emphatically stress their total lack of interest in video games.

It would be an understatement to say I had followed the game's Japanese release rather closely, and yet I was still surprised, not to mention floored, by the sheer number of tiny yet noticeable changes the game brought to the series as the first entry I could enjoy on my already treasured DS.

I was pleasantly surprised that it first of all was indoors (it said Retro Game Market in the Park, so I was afraid it would be outside in the cold of Swedish November XD) but also what a big number of sellers that were there!

Yet when the project was first revealed, there were many who were confused by the notion of calling Atlanta a Noplace and surprised at the choices of and number of artists included in the work.

But I think the problem is probably that overfitting or misfitting (resulting in a suboptimal PLS component) occurs right from the construction of the first PLS component — not really surprising given the huge number of predictors to choose weights for.

First off, an eye popping value of ~ 31 - 42 cents / kWh in benefits for distributed solar power is one of the highest numbers pv magazine has seen, and it having such a significant distance from utility scale is surprising.

So it was with no small degree of initial surprise when fish biologists in Montana first announced that they were relocating a number of bull trout to new areas since their traditional waters were heating up thanks to climate change.

Having seen first - hand the volume of cases and the number of hands touching each file at different points in its lethargic progress through our labyrinthine system, I'm now surprised AWOL disclosure SNAFUs don't happen more often.

First, whether a couple utilizes the services of an attorney or decides to prepare uncontested divorce papers themselves, many are surprised by the number of items the divorce packet includes and how much information is required to complete them.