Sentences with phrase «which come as no surprise»

In 2017, Whande was voted as Valedictorian by her Leadership WA Signature Program Cohort, which comes as no surprise upon hearing her story and knowing the principles that drive her as a Western Australian leader.

The report included a recommendation that Canada ratify several international patent and trademark treaties, which came as a surprise (particularly to opposition members of parliament) since no witness had raised the issue before the committee.

They've generated a lot of conversation, which comes as no surprise to me.

Apparently Bob is a Nazi, which comes as no surprise.

Only a few times was the election and new administration mentioned, which came as a surprise to Juliette Majot, executive director for the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy.

The two most popular options by far were Tinder and OkCupid, which comes as no surprise to anyone who reads the news.

Peter Cullen is back again and steals the show as Optimus Prime, which comes as no surprise.

Abramowitz noted that Best Worst Thing was listed by the Los Angeles Times as a top doc pick for the year, which came as a surprise to all involved.

But when Peter shows he can fly — which comes as a surprise to him — Hook sees his ticket out of the mines and Neverland altogether.

He also said that «The Wolverine» villain will be Silver Samurai, which came as no surprise to «X-Men» fans.

In fact, the UK's Channel 4 recently placed it at number 12 on their list of the 100 Greatest Tear - Jerkers of All Time, which comes as no surprise, as it seems to be widely regarded as such.

This election has surfaced a lot of angry, hateful rhetoric, which came as a surprise to many.

In January, California's plan to improve its schools received some of the toughest criticism in the nation from the Department of Education, which came as no surprise to parents and education advocates.

But the FX45 still seems heavy, which comes as no surprise given its 4,300 - pound curb weight.

Demonstrations of the feature were done with a watch (which comes as no surprise), but just about anything should work.

Mothers the world over will open their new e-readers for the first time over this Mother's Day weekend, which comes as no surprise since the Kindle has been the number one selling item and number wish - listed item for over two years, and that's just on Amazon.com.

For example, Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale was the most read fiction book of 2017 (a fairly sad commentary on our times, but no need to go there), followed by Stephen King's IT, which comes as no surprise due to the exposure the movie remake brought.

Nothing has still been mentioned by either company about the data network sharing, which comes as no surprise as T - Mobile has a data - share in place with Three.

Viz Media announced it has licensed the «Dragon Ball» spinoff «Dragon Ball Super,» which comes as no surprise as they are already running the first two chapters online for free at their Shonen Jump website.

Possibly the closest competitor to the iPad is the Samsung Galaxy Tab S3, which comes as no surprise as Samsung's Galaxy phones are the iPhone's biggest competitor.

Bernanke also commented on the Dollar which came as a surprise since the Dollar is the concern of the Treasury.

The views of the ocean were stunning, and the traffic noise was minimal which came as a surprise to us.

Father Junipero Serra, the leader of the Spanish padres when they headed north from Mexico in the late 1700s, chose this peaceful, garden - trimmed mission overlooking the Pacific as his final resting place, which comes as no surprise considering its elegant Moorish architecture and spectacular coastal setting.

Undead Labs follow - up to State of Decay, Class4 is still awaiting the greenlight from Microsoft which comes as a surprise given the game's large success since release.

There's an untidiness to Super Mario Odyssey, an unruly side, which comes as a surprise after the immaculate presentation of every other Mario game since Sunshine.

Star Wars Battlefront 2 was singled out by Lee as a «trap», which comes as no surprise as it seems the title will go down in history as the one who marked the beginning of the end for loot crates everywhere.

Star Wars: Galaxy was a new entry at # 13, which comes as no surprise considering the upcoming movie.

The thirty - four - year - old artist is having a breakout year, which comes as no surprise to his collectors, who in the past few years have seen his work in Miami at Frederic Snitzer and the Rubell Collection, in London at Victoria Miro, and at the Nordic Pavilion of the 2009 Venice Biennale.

Those that are bullish on Bitcoin Classic want to own the currency, which comes as no surprise.

Images are dull occasionally, and it struggles in low - lighting conditions which come as no surprise.

That said, if you take the boot up time of the phone out of the equation it actually topped the HTC 10, which came as a surprise.

Not exact matches

Thiel's substantial donation to Trump doesn't come as a surprise — he did have a prime - time speaking slot at this summer's Republican National Convention — but the billionaire has been largely silent about his chosen candidate's many controversial statements of the past few months, which had caused some to wonder if he had abandoned his support for the Republican nominee.

The policy may even provide a degree of stimulus, which would come as a surprise to those who assumed negative rates simply would cause a run on cash.

The phone also has better integration with Microsoft's Office than any other device I've seen, which shouldn't come as any surprise.

(It should come as no surprise that I have been using Apple's new iPhone 6 Plus in recent weeks, which I'm sure helped contribute to the feeling.)

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently denied that his company is a media company, which no doubt came as a surprise to many people who have gotten used to thinking of it that way.

Nothing I hear comes as a big surprise, which is a common reaction.

Which explains why the Bank of Canada's decision this week to hold interest rates at 1 % for the sixth time in a row came as little surprise.

The reversal came as something of a surprise for the 900 - employee firm, which had been founded in 1994 by three friends — Ronnen Harary, Anton Rabie and Ben Varadi.

While you might be able to get by with a light leather jacket during the summer months for an evening out, the Moya is going to be your best friend during the fall and winter, and won't be in rotation during the summer months, which shouldn't come as a surprise but should also be stated.

It should come as no surprise that random third - party banner ads are obnoxious and can cause accidental clicks, which navigates the user out of the app and causes frustration.

Because mining provides the means by which bitcoins are created, it comes as no surprise that the story that garnered the most interest in October was one that addressed the question, «Is bitcoin mining still profitable?»

The suggestion that this is a bad thing, however, would come as a surprise to the large union - run pension plans — not to mention the Canada Pension Plan, the retirement system on which all Canadians depend — that collectively own a big chunk of corporate Canada.

In bad times (which always came as a complete surprise) they promised no new taxes and fiscal responsibility.

The law's passage came as a surprise to many in Florida, where lawmakers had failed to enact legislation after the mass shooting at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando in 2016, which left 49 dead, and the shooting at the Fort Lauderdale airport that killed five people in 2017.

Yesterday's inflation reading comes on the heels of a weak retail sales report, which should come as no surprise, given that so many people in the US have left the labor force.

Apart from not liking the video's message and concept, which, given his credentials as head of an anti-union «right to work» lobby group, doesn't come as a surprise, Oakey is particularly bothered by the fact that the PSAC — a union — produced the video.

«We do not find it surprising that tensions have emerged as a management team like RBI, which is focused on efficiency and fewer, large - scale franchisees, would come at odds with the tenured, mostly single - store franchisees who are invested in the communal appeal of the Tim Hortons brand,» he wrote in a research note.

 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).

The Justice Department's official filing of a «notice to appeal» Thursday came as no surprise, after White House spokesman Matt Lehrich said following the ruling that President Obama intends to recognize this year's National Day of Prayer, which is May 6.