Sentences with phrase «than surprised when»

Hence, we were less than surprised when Vanillaware announced a PlayStation 4 reissue of their 2013 PlayStation 3 and Vita 2D swords - and - sorcery -»em - up, Dragon's Crown.

Earlier this year, Clarkson was given a 2014 Corvette Stingray Convertible to test and while it's not surprising that Jeremy would enjoy the car, we were more than surprised when he proclaimed it «a masterpiece».

He sounded less than surprised when I mentioned the problem to him just now.

Hence, we were less than surprised when Vanillaware announced a PlayStation 4 reissue of their 2013 PlayStation 3 and Vita 2D swords - and - sorcery -»em - up, Dragon's Crown.

Seasoned photographer Martin Boyce was more than surprised when his wife woke in a panic to say their baby was coming.

I think I enjoy the hunt and the control much, much more than the surprise when the box comes in the mail!

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When something brings in more than 95 % of revenues, it should come as no surprise that a company will go to great lengths to obtain any information it can to boost those revenues.

When mom, Dara, learned she had given birth to a boy, her reaction was more than surprised.

I was surprised when I learned that Kevin Johnson, CEO of America's most popular coffee brand Starbucks, decided to close more than half of the company's U.S. stores on May 29 to conduct racial bias training for staff, following the uproar over two black men — Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson — being arrested at a Philadelphia location.

Recent studies have shown that more than half of America's 27 million small businesses still don't accept credit cards, which is very surprising when you consider how much they're worth to the economy.

And so when news broke yesterday that Amazon, JPMorgan Chase, and Berkshire Hathaway were creating a joint venture to reduce healthcare costs and improve employee satisfaction, Wolf said his first response was less surprise than «keen interest» and excitement.

When you deliver earlier than expected, the customer will be happy about the surprise.

But when we're surprised, our eyes open wider than when we're afraid, and our mouth isn't pulled sideways, like it is here; instead, our jaw drops and the mouth hangs open.

The only surprise risk factor when it comes to demographics is being anything other than heterosexual, though sadly this still makes sense given that most gay or bisexual people will be in the minority at work and may worry about discrimination.

I was surprised when I measured & calculated that it's less than 5 % of the space.

This should not surprise anyone, since economists have been pondering for more than a year now when the Fed might raise rates.

Today's workers are pretty entitled when it comes to Olympics - watching during the workday: More than three - quarters say it's «appropriate» for them to take work time to watch a competition or check scores — and a surprising 56 % think it's just fine for them or their colleagues to spend half an hour of the workday watching, listening to, or reading about the games, and almost 10 % think it's reasonable to spend an hour or more concentrating on the Games instead of their jobs.

«One thing that surprised me about my communication with Jarvis is that when I have the choice of either speaking or texting, I text much more than I would have expected,» he wrote.

Though the president surprised many when he suggested raising the age during a meeting following the Parkland, Fla. shooting that left 17 dead, this official plan from the administration lines up more closely with the views of the gun lobby, which spent more than $ 30 million on Trump's presidential campaign.

So it came as a surprise when Monday's announcement focused on corporate restructuring, rather than new ideas about food and service.

Perhaps that shouldn't be surprising, since Facebook says you pay for a «view» when a video is displayed in a user's news feed for 3 seconds or more, even if the person doesn't actually click on the video to watch with the sound turned on, while YouTube says you pay for a «view» when a viewer watches 30 seconds of your video — or the duration if it's shorter than 30 seconds — or engages with your video, whichever comes first.

«More than 10 million borrowers have had their servicer change in the past five years... When servicers change, payments may be lost, consumers may incur surprise late fees, and processing problems and missing account records can knock borrowers off track on repaying their loans.»

It's no surprise that when asked about their confidence in the political state of small business, women responded, on average, a full point lower than men (women averaged a 7 out of 10 confidence level, while men averaged an 8).

 The Harper government's decision last year to write off every penny of the auto aid and thus build it all into last year's deficit calculation (which I questioned at the time as curious and even misleading) has already been proven wrong. Since the money was already «written off» by Ottawa as a loss (on grounds that they had little confidence it would be repaid — contradicting their own assurances at the same time that it was an «investment,» not a bail - out), any repayment will come as a gain that can be recorded in the budget on the revenue side. Jim Flaherty has learned from past Finance Ministers (especially Paul Martin) that it's always politically better to make the budget situation look worse than it is (even when the bottom has fallen out of the balance), thus positioning yourself to triumphantly announce «surprising good news» (due, no doubt, to «careful fiscal management») down the road. The auto package could thus generate as much as $ 10 billion in «surprising good news» for Ottawa in the years to come (depending on the ultimate worth of the public equity share).

Thus, it is no surprise when empirical research shows that Justin Bieber Blog people who are believers give more of their time and resources to the needy than do unbelievers, and people who cherish limited government (conservatives) give more than welfare - state liberals.

Be careful while hunting — there are many of us who will fight back and help you meet your loving god sooner than you would expect (and imagine your surprise when you see your loving god surrounded by flames and pitchforks).

In two respects, however, the Thomas version may be more original than the Matthaean, for, as Jeremias points out, the fact that the merchant is a general merchant and not a dealer in pearls, preserves the element of surprise, and that the merchant sold his merchandise is more likely to be original than that he sold all that he had (Ibid., p. 199) Both changes are easy to account for in the tradition; the first under the influence of the fact that the merchant found a pearl, and the second under the influence of v. 44 when the two parables were brought together by Matthew.

No one was more surprised than Justin Welby himself when DNA tests revealed that his father was not Gavin Welby, the man who brought him up.

A friend of mine went shopping with me one day and was surprised when I struggled with an armload of groceries rather than take a paper bag from the store.

There may be many people surprised when they arrive at the pearly gates to find more than just caucasians!

We tend to project our own sensitivity here, said this friend, who went on to tell me (to my surprise) that when a crab tears away the claw of another crab, as I had reported to him, the probability is that what the latter feels is more like a twinge than like the anguish that the tearing away of a limb would cause in us.

When one considers the magnitude and radical nature of the questions posed for the theologian by the new world, it is not surprising to find that theologians are beginning to speak about a new reformation more radical than that of the sixteenth century.

We make a terrible mistake when we lose patience and panic early, as if it's a surprise that one of the world's hardest questions about God takes more than a few sentences to answer.

It is thus all the more surprising when we find more than a dozen sayings of Jesus given twice, as well as four sections of narrative.

He must have been more surprised than anyone when he was summarily executed.

I was surprised that it turned out better than I expected - on its own, the satay doesn't really stands out much (perhaps I'm comparing too much to the satay I'm used to in Singapore) but when combined with the peanut sauce - it's very good, heightening all the aroma of the dish.

I suppose some pastas could be clumpier than others, but still, I'm surprised it wouldn't break up when you saute it with the tomatoes for the last couple minutes.

Special days are when you have a chance to make more than one dessert plus this the best way to surprise all your guests I really wanted to make something easy and tasty.

I'm not one to complain about desserts being too rich or too dense, but it was certainly a nice surprise when this flourless chocolate cake baked up much lighter than the typical flourless cake... the whipped egg whites helped create a cake with an almost mousse - like texture.

When I returned home, I was surprised to see I had a few croissants left over and rather than toss them, I decided to use them in a delicious breakfast bread pudding.

(There's some silly chatter about the «$ 4 toast» — which is actually $ 3.50 — which is kind of surprising when people are filling up their cars with gas that costs more than $ 4 per gallon, and a glass of wine goes for $ 12, plus tax and tip.

I like when I'm surprised something actually works better than advertised.

The researchers were surprised with the findings: «This was a major surprise for us — that soybean oil is causing more obesity and diabetes than fructose — especially when you see headlines everyday about the potential role of sugar consumption in the current obesity epidemic.

So on that very special day when, we girls, surprised our mom on Mother's Day, we had more than a visit planned.

No one was more surprised than me when I felt satisfied for hours after spreading some on my morning toast, or enjoying a tablespoon in my oatmeal.

Made it for the first time when friends came to dinner and it was a hit, though for some reason, I was surprised it was more soup than stew.

«I was surprised when I heard people talking so much about Swiss chard because I think that cauliflower probably has a bigger chance of being a rival for kale than other veggies.»

I had tried a banana pancake and was surprised when I was presented with a huge pancake with the banana slices incorporated in it rather than served on top.

«We've been surprised at the growth, when you start a business you sort of wish and hope but certainly we've gone better than we hoped,» Pirate Life CEO Mick Cameron said.

I keep getting surprised when people talk about our «striker crisis» and we need world class this and world class that — Alexis has scored more goals this season as wide second striker than Chelsea's main man Costa.