Sentences with phrase «while eyebrow raising»

The amount of money being invested this early by the NRCC in the swing district, while eyebrow raising, is a sign Republicans hope the district will be a competitive one for them this November.

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While Yahoo's expectedly dismal financial performance may seem routine to shareholders, the company's decision last week to nix its usual earnings call raised eyebrows.

Not so long ago, a man who agreed to look after the kids while his wife brought home the bacon would elicit raised eyebrows and gentle disdain.

Pence raised eyebrows in May when he launched the Great America Committee PAC, a move some observers suspected could be aimed at promoting a future presidential bid while President Donald Trump is mired in controversy.

And this segues into a particularly eyebrow - raising (if not surprising) finding: 89 percent of millennials say they have a strong work ethic, while 74 percent of non-millennial respondents think younger workers lack the work ethic of previous generations.

While most of them have eyebrow raising titles, on closer inspection, they're all far less ridiculous than advertised.

While it's not strange for a large patent holder to sell off patents, IBM's method is raising some eyebrows.

(While raising the current round for my own company, I've definitely had a lot of eyebrow raise moments myself.)

While Trump has made eyebrow - raising hires in segments including the Environmental Protection Agency, Powell is considered a consensus - builder, and a continuation of the previous Fed chair.

The perception of Price jetting around while GOP lawmakers labored to repeal «Obamacare» — including a three - nation trip in May to Africa and Europe — raised eyebrows on Capitol Hill.

While some investors have raised their eyebrows about the sustainability of mushrooming live streaming apps that secured less than 10 million downloads in China last year, the wanghong business itself is getting bigger and is now targeting for content - hungry niche audiences.

Page went to Moscow in July 2016 while he was serving on the Trump campaign, a move that raised eyebrows among the FBI agents investigating the Trump team's ties to Russia.

The selection alone might be enough to raise eyebrows in some quarters: can we really learn anything from Friedrich Schleiermacher?McDermott answers with a cautious «yes,» patiently discerning the shape of their central ideas while pointing out minefields as they arise.

The New York - based Catholic League raised its eyebrows at a 1998 episode featuring this exchange in the Simpsons» car while driving home from a church service:

Sonoma Valley Vintners Alliance Prunes Away from Wine Country Weekend: While it is being billed as an amicable, beneficial parting of the ways, eyebrows raised in the wine industry yesterday when the Sonoma Valley Vintners and Growers Alliance announced at its annual members meeting that the trade organization will no longer co-own and co-operate the wildly successful Wine Country Weekend...

While chocolate and potato chips might sound like an unusual combination, there was a time when peanut butter and chocolate raised an eyebrow.

Elsewhere, while the Tesco accounting scandal raised eyebrows around the globe, it may present an opportunity for Australia's big two supermarkets in Asia.

While it was always unlikely that Valdes would ever be assigned the No. 1 role in Manchester, eyebrows were raised when the Spain international was left out of Manchester United's pre-season tour this summer.

While you can kind of see where he's coming from, Stan Collymore will raise some eyebrows with his statement on Jesse Lingard and Kevin De Bruyne.

While some eyebrows have been raised with the news that the Pensioners are considering a swoop for the 30 - year - old Gyan, the player's former mentor Sarpong has insisted that he's unsurprised to see the hitman back on the books of one of the Premier League's giants.

While the top ranking of the best young defenders and strikers in the world has raised a few eyebrows, it's hard to argue with those players named in the list of the best central midfielders.

Street spotted Scarratt's «superstar» potential while she was playing for England at youth level and gave her a chance in the senior squad, a decision he says raised a few eyebrows, that is until she made her debut against the United States - and scored.

While it's surprising as its so unexpected, it shouldn't really raise any eyebrows that Pep likes Christensen.

Many raised an eyebrow at the appointment after the Frenchman failed, according to those in the media, to impress while on the South Coast.

While nobody is likely to exceed the amount Manchester City splashed out on Bosnian striker Edin Dzeko, we feel there is no question as to which of the January transfers so far has raised more eyebrows than Darren Bent's shock move to Aston Villa from Sunderland, the England international swapping a club with European aspirations for a relegation scrap with the Villains.

So it didn't really surprise my fam when I announced I was teaching my newborn to poop in the potty - I mean, while they raised an eyebrow, and asked a few pointed questions, this «new granola Emily thing» pretty much fit into the regular pattern of «Emily's doing something weird again.»

While baby Star might raise a few eyebrows, the wiseness of naming your little one Raticate is certainly questionable.

They're sharp enough to bring to the office without raising eyebrows while also being functional.

The messy house, the kids that go to sleep at odd hours, not having much of a social life outside of work and family for a while (unless you find people who parent like you and recognize the need to be social with children), or the toddler latched to your breast or still taking a bottle will have everyone raising eyebrows and placing the blame for any of life's woes at your feet because after all, you allowed it to happen.

They have spent decades ordering poor countries and failed states to sort out their problems with dodgy money, even while taking much of that dodgy money and ploughing it through their banks, their ritzy stores, their estate agents, and their offshore tax havens — with barely any questions asked or eyebrows raised.

While not quite on the same level of historical significance, the thoughts of our victorious MPs should nevertheless be viewed with the same raised eyebrows.

While it's not unusual for mayors in other New York Cities to employ full time security, it's who Warren chose to protect her that's raising eyebrows.

Cuomo also raised eyebrows when he said he had no regrets on hiring former Buffalo Assemblyman Sam Hoyt, who had been sanctioned while in the Legislature for an inappropriate relationship with an intern.

While none of this came as a surprise, Rees - Mogg, who has publicly backed the idea of a pre-election pact with UKIP, did raise a few eyebrows when he said Nigel Farage could be deputy prime minister.

While May was expected to win and Fox was expected to come last, the performance of Michael Gove raised some eyebrows in Westminster.

That his Lib Dem colleague Paul Burstow was then made care services minister in the coalition administration, while Lamb became parliamentary private secretary to deputy prime minister Nick Clegg, prompted raised eyebrows.

While it's not uncommon for governors to reward donors and cronies with plum appointments, Cuomo's nominations raised eyebrows, given his repeated vows to bring a «different tone and a different attitude» to Albany.

While the endorsement is eyebrow - raising to some extent, Ball has always been one to march to the beat of his own drum, often challenging the leadership of Republicans in Putnam County and in Albany.

In an eyebrow - raising conference call with reporters Monday, Clinton's chief strategist Joel Benenson said he expects the Vermont senator to «campaign like a Brooklynite» in the upcoming New York Democratic presidential primary, while Clinton will compete like a «senator.»

While Giuliani's refusal to endorse the Republican candidate will raise eyebrows in GOP circles, sources note Giuliani loyalists are already backing Cuomo.

While Ms. Nehlsen said she had come to respect Dean Skelos's record of public service, his son's words illustrated his character in eyebrow - raising detail.

While city officials are not supposed to have control of the regular establishment of a compensation commission, they are able to vote in retroactive salary increases, an ability that has raised eyebrows.

American signers raise their eyebrows and keep their heads tilted back throughout the topic, while Israeli signers typically squint their eyes and move their heads forward and downward as they sign the topic.

While the title of the diet causes some raised eyebrows, the paleo diet food list consists of fish, grass - fed meets, fresh fruits and vegetables, roots... Read More»

-- that probably caused the cashiers behind the registers to raise their eyebrows... But then again, if everyone felt as discombobulated as I did while designing their salads, maybe not!

Along with getting creative about covering my growing belly in photos, ordering two entrees with a side of fries while my lunch dates ordered kale salads did start to raise eyebrows (I blamed my insatiable hunger on interval training).

The price did make me raise an eyebrow; while it's certainly low compared to retail, it is very high for thrift where most blazers are $ 10 or under.

If you've been dating a while, with less than great results, consider the possibility that your pics, rather than your witty profile are raising causing a yawn-fest, or perhaps are raising a few eyebrows in disbelief.

OkCupid went a few steps further, but not so far as to really raise eyebrows if you've been around online communities for a while.

While some people may still raise their eyebrows at couples who have a large age difference, in the end, who cares?