Sentences with phrase «than surprising given»

Not exact matches

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

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.

What is surprising is that AWS is that much bigger than the rest given the efforts Microsoft (msft), Google (goog), and others have made to win share.

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 surprising given that it was the coldest first week of January since 1988 and the third - coldest in more than 55 years.

Given the still - typical gender roles than men and women play, this doesn't come as much of a surprise.

Given the evidence that customers prefer to engage with websites that are in their native languages, it's surprising that almost half of Fortune 500 companies haven't translated web content into more than one language.

The move is hardly a surprise given the recent mania that has seen companies use ICOs (also known as token sales) raise tens or even hundreds of millions of dollars even though, in many cases, their business consists of little more than grand ambitions and a white paper.

Actually, a wealth of foreign - born founders in a publication devoted to entrepreneurs shouldn't be all that surprising, given the well - known tendency for immigrants to start companies at a much higher rate than native - born Americans.

The world's largest retailer on Thursday gave Wall Street a pleasant surprise by reporting that comparable sales in the U.S. rose 1.6 %, which was more than the 1 % expected by industry tracker Consensus Metrix.

«Even though Del Ponte gave his team members the freedom to be slightly less productive than usual in terms of hitting up their to - do lists, he was surprised to find that they actually reported increases in their productivity.

I was surprised given CIBC's high dividend yield that their payout ratio is not noticeably higher than their peers:

Recently, reported U.S. earnings have been mixed, with some large companies surprising on the downside due to a combination of rising costs and weaker than expected sales, giving rise to concerns that the trend of total profits may be heading lower.

Given the maturity of the expansion it should not be surprising if the average growth of the economy is now less than it was in the earlier stages.

The intensity of the explosions and fires at Lac - Mégantic, he said, came as a «big surprise» to him and other researchers, given that the tank cars had been carrying crude oil, rather than a more volatile form like gasoline.

It's better to promise delivery at a later date, and give them a pleasant surprise if you're able to deliver your product to them earlier than they expect.

«That wouldn't surprise me, since we have been down far more than we probably should have given the fundamentals at this point,» Gartman said.

Our comments: we were surprised the bubble response was less than 40 % given widespread commentary in that direction and the age / experience of the respondents.

Given the fact that the B.C. Liberals went over budget by more than $ 3 billion on their last five major projects, it would be no surprise if B.C. taxpayers start losing sleep thinking about a bunch of «nervous» B.C. Liberals mismanaging Site C without BCUC oversight.

People with disabilities demonstrate the same passion, independence and self - direction as all Americans, and given certain characteristics — including being on average older and less educated — it is not surprising that the rate of self - employment for people with disabilities in the labor force in 2011 was about 50 percent higher than the corresponding rate for people without disabilities -LSB-...]

The drop was somewhat surprising given that Teck more than quadrupled its adjusted earnings during the quarter, riding strong operating results for its steelmaking coal segment as well as record zinc production at its Antamina mine in Peru.

This is not surprising, given that the manufacturing sector usually shows much greater cyclical movements than the economy as a whole.

The Citi Major Economies (G - 10) Economic Surprise Index has given up more than half the fall's gains and is on the cusp of turning negative, i.e. more negative than positive surprises, for the first time since early last fall (see the accompanying chart).

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.

That this fear of being subsumed by Christianity lingers among Jews today is not surprising given that until recently «dialogue» with Christians, the wielders of cultural and political power, usually involved more polemic and proselytizing than understanding and cooperation.

Given the conversational nature of British theology and its tendency not to have «stars» and «schools of thought,» it is not surprising that it is better described through mapping the conversations than through looking for one leading center.

It is not surprising that Christian theologians should have given a more dualistic cast to the I - Thou philosophy than Buber has.

This is not surprising given that Obama has missed more than 55 % of the intel briefing.

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.

Given Ivan's horrifying vision of this grim and Christless future, it is not surprising that Alyosha regards Ivan's «poem» as praising Jesus rather than reviling him.

Obviously this method requires a little more supervision than the cover - and - steam method, but in my opinion it more than makes up for that by giving you complete control over the process — you'll never again take the lid off your pot of rice and find yourself surprised that it's under - or overcooked.

Coming from none other than Daniel Patterson, it's no surprise that Food & Wine Culinary Director Justin Chapple says it will give you the «best ever scrambled eggs.»

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.

It surprised me that Smith's what significantly higher than Teller's but the fact is that these guys are significantly more athletic from a speed / agility / strength standpoint than people are giving them credit for.

A move wouldn't actually be surprising as there is an existing relationship between the two clubs, Real paid Newcastle more than 10 million pounds for no reason a couple of years ago, and then Newcastle gave the money back just for fun last season.

Given that, I was more surprised about Cook than VH3, especially since Prescott was already gone.

They have also had more than an extra day since their last match, so it is no surprise to see in the preview on the Arsenal website that Wenger is going to rotate in order to freshen things up and give Arsenal the best chance of taking all three points back to London.

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».

They haven't ruled out playing more than one top side: «There will be many surprises but I don't want to give any clues away at the moment» said Jose Romano, a board member.

This draw was no surprise given our inability to play decent and fight for more than 1 or 2 games.

And the fact that we spanked Liverpool 4 - 1 which really is a result that flatters them, considering how at 3:0 we decided to rest rather than give them payback for last season is no real surprise.

It wouldn't be surprising to see Bell have an even larger workload than normal given his main competition for targets, Antonio Brown (calf, out), and rushes, James Conner (knee, IR), are both sidelined.

Given Arsenal's susceptible defense and the incredible run his players are currently on — four straight away wins of more than three goals — it wouldn't be surprising to see Klopp roll out all of his attacking weapons and try to emulate the result from Anfield in August, when the Reds won by a comfortable 4 - 0 scoreline.

Nobody realistically expects us to get anything this time, possibly giving us even less chance than last season's surprise.

The second penalty was indisputable shoulder into Laca's back was surprised how long he took to give it ad the lino waved flag and then pointed right rather than flag across chest to indicate penalty, have they changed the flagging system?

Big Sam drops Rooney to the bench, which is a bit of a surprise given Shrek has scored more goals against us than anyone else.

I've been surprised at how many don't, and let's just say that a bucket and pail at a hotel gift shop has given me more sticker shock than any car or electronic toy.

A slow nighttime routine is always better than a speedy one, and toddlers tend to respond better when they have some semblance of control over their lives, so slow down in the evenings and give your toddler some control over their bedtime by cutting out colorful pictures of each element of the routine and pasting them on magnets or ping - pong balls, then let your toddler arrange the magnets in the order they want to do bedtime or pick the ping - pong balls out of a jar for a fun element of surprise.

Older mums do tend to have heavier babies so it is no surprise that your second may weigh more than your first as you will naturally be older when you give birth.

That is why we were so delighted (but not at all surprised) to learn that in the fiscal year 2013, Walmart Foundation gave more than $ 1 billion in cash and in - kind donations — that's one billion dollars donated in just one year.