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Road can be very Avenue Road, it is not surprising that Zhuge said, "the weak, for the wise, Tranquility Zhi Yuan. "

He said that it's a bit hot in the Philippines but it's surprising that he likes the fresh air.

Despite thinking the skin would be too thick, it's surprising how much light scatters inside.

The deals are all the more surprising because China's experience in Greece has not always been easy.

'It's surprising how much a hotel generally can do and can provide for you once you get there, ' he says.

I don't know what manufacturer they got that helmet from, but it was a little surprising to see that extending out and up.

One of the most surprising of these changes was the lack of support for ActiveSync mailbox policies.

It was the end of a surprising, exhilarating run for the Suns, who went from lottery team to Western Conference finalist in a year.

It is not surprising, appearance is not outstanding, some just a pair of industrious hand and a heart enflamed, won her heart.

Professor Eric Emerson, of the Centre for Disability Research at Lancaster University, said the findings on healthcare were not surprising.

With his distinct surprising endings and familiar characters, O Henry had an instantly recognizable style that had never been seen before.

Like the music itself, ICONS AMONG US is fresh and constantly surprising, with a spirit and energy that innovates even as it recycles.

Austen is often hailed as the greatest romance writer in the English language, so it is surprising she remained unmarried.

Perhaps the only surprising feature is that it has taken so long to establish itself on the British side of the Atlantic.

He got up and came at me with surprising speed , but suddenly the Hispaniola hit the sand and went over on one side .

Buckhannon stood up unsteadily and started walking toward the door. Then he paused and said something surprising.

He's quite capable of lying (ie It wouldn't be surprising if he lied) to get out of trouble.

That Mr Leung appeared on the scene so quickly is surprising; the original bids became public just a few weeks ago.

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As I tried to make sense of this, something surprising began happening: I started getting more patients like her.

On the face of it, the measures seem surprising given that foreigners account for only a small part of property investment.

The surprising result was that sugar had nothing to do with how the children behaved.

The result is often surprising, revealing that important moral questions are never black and white.

But women are also starting to dominate middle management, and a surprising number of professional careers as well.

The Chair stated that as cluster A was first to be dealt with, it was not surprising that the work on cluster A had proceeded so quickly.

It is not surprising that so much research has been done, and is still being done on this small tripeptide molecule.

One of the most surprising things about football in England is the great knowledge of the game which even the smallest boy seems to have.

"Some of the nation rankings are indeed surprising, at least if we assumed that money was the only type of wealth, " Diener said.

Sam made a fist-- hard, his conviction surprising me for the first time, but not the last-- and I was a goner .

First, in an environment of much slower Chinese economic growth, it would not be surprising if consumption growth rates also declined.

In an era in which the law had such an influence, it would be surprising if his reading did not include law books.

he leaped out of the car , with surprising agility , she thought , for a man that age , and came around and opened the door for her.

It's easy to see how they all got here, but surprising to see them not trying to change, especially if you bring the dollars into it.

Since he was one of the most famous pirates ever, such a large amount of treasure is not surprising.

The confidence with which players passed the ball and moved was quite surprising given our table position.

When a friend referred to two young professionals as "a couple of dinks" , it was a bit surprising.

It is not surprising, then, that he failed to convey to the Mole any clear idea of what he had been through that day.

It would be surprising if these sectors did not double in the coming five years simply through market forces.

One of the most surprising things about this revolution is how little overt celebration it has engendered.

Not surprising, then, that I can barely remember what I wrote yesterday, let alone a year ago.

U. S. vaccine study has proven to be just as effective as a vaccine trial in Australia. The news is surprising, and welcome.

This makes it all the more surprising that Mr Hurd, who seems to be a sensible chap, took on the chairmanship of HP.

It's surprising to see freshwater scenery at a place so close to the sea. It's beyond my expectations!

But it is hardly surprising that medical research had a fascination for a man of Dr. Nobel's nature and attitude to life.

Analysts at ICBC International said the sale was not surprising given Unicom no longer had any CDMA operations.

What was more surprising was his decision to speak very personally and publicly about his cancer diagnosis.

It was all the more surprising given the stellar performance two weeks ago of longer-dated bond auctions, which can be tougher to sell.

It is not surprising to me that mini-baccarat is one of the least popular table games in any casino.

It's not a surprising move, even for a company that doubled down on PCs less than a decade ago via its 2002 merger with Compaq Computer.

Yet, like those other thuggish rulers, Saddam won not just fawningly insincere adulation but a surprising degree of support from his people.

But the running interest in Fannie Mae's stock might seem surprising, considering that this company was the Titanic of the mortgage market.

Given the above differences, it is therefore not surprising that East Asia and the West do not always hold identical views on human rights.

She said it was not that surprising that children studying music improved in musical listening skills more than children not studying music.

The very nature of strategic intelligence means that much of what researchers discover is new and surprising.

All that research showing little value to homework may not be so surprising after all.

Their reticence on this point is not surprising, as the root of the problem is China's authoritarian regime itself.

Farming uses a lot of water . But it may be surprising just how much.

What was surprising about all this was that it has only happened more than two years after Mr Morales took office.

It isn't all that surprising to hear that men take more risks: Just look at all the male executives who loaded up on subprime mortgages.

Lomanno said the surprising increases in demand continue to be an upside for hotels, while ADR continues to lag.

All this amounts to something that Europeans, at least, may find surprising.

"Since the start I do not completely understand this story and I would be a little bit surprising with my statements, " said Wenger.

Thus, it is not surprising to see that in July police officers were invited to be the vice-presidents of 27 hospitals in Shenyang.

One of the surprising findings was that surveillance wasundertaken more often by wives than husbands.

So he took out a knife and made a surprising decision: he decided to cut some of the cross.

Vijg noted that since the drug did not extend the maximum life span of fat mice, it would be surprising if it did so with lean mice.

One surprising result of the crisis has been a softening of opposition to the idea of adopting Europe's single currency, the euro.

It would not be at all surprising if some of those who have gone bankrupt had stockpiled during the prosperous times.

To begin with, one of the more surprising reveals that came out of yesterday's news is that the OS cannot be installed on your own computer.

This, however, produced a surprising behavior; those functions did not work as expected when the executable being run was the awk utility.

As the pace of the contraction over the last six months is unparalleled since the war, some stabilisation is not surprising.

But, she notes, he might have sympathised with her over one big problem: the surprising difficulty of changing medical routine.

But still, the concept of so much water floating in the sky was surprising even to a meteorologist like LeMone.

Nothing to be surprised about. For me it was even more surprising to see for how long he was pretending to be in opposition.

Both consumption and investment have been very depressed for the past few years, and a continued rebound would not be surprising.

That's perhaps not surprising, given how much more sex there is in entertainment, on the internet, and in public discussion.

He explained that it was surprising to be able to link Einstein's general theory of relativity to a totally different area of physics.

And the surprising thing was that the list was very similar -- with malnutrition and diseases at the top and climate change at the bottom.

Lakers fans who never stopped cheering while Bryant faced charges in Colorado booed him on opening night, surprising no one more than Kobe.

On that basis, then, it would not be at all surprising to see this new tussle continue quite a bit longer, if not until 2012.

With all the protection the EU has in place, it was surprising to see it was a hotspot for biodiversity loss.

He happened to be at home on Monday, and what was more surprising, disengaged.

What was more surprising was the relative lack of political, media and market attention to the manipulator report.

The organized nature of such rent-seeking, complete with a price schedule, is hardly surprising.

Therefore, it should not be surprising to see the index churn around current level for a couple of days before heading lower again.

It was a time when one's sense of fashion could not be underestimated, people played with their image and personality in surprising ways.

It is not surprising that it took a man who might have walked off the pages of a Greene novel to end Colorado misrule.

If I seem to be surprising this evidence upon the court, I offer as my justification for this.

So, it's hardly surprising that this softly spoken 'Lion Man' has become the subject of one of the most compelling wildlife series ever.

It may seem odd that signs of employee dissatisfaction should emerge at a time of high unemployment, but it's hardly surprising.

So, it's hardly surprising that this softly spoken 'Lion Man' has become the subject of one of the most compelling wildlife series ever.

It may seem odd that signs of employee dissatisfaction should emerge at a time of high unemployment, but it's hardly surprising.

'As a consequence, they are able to feel themselves into those other emotional lives to a surprising extent. '

And a surprising find in a used couch. A couple in Washington State found a cat living in their recently-purchased sofa.

It is not surprising that scientists have generally stayed clear of the question of ultimate authorship , of the final "uncaused cause . "

It is even more surprising, Klaette play to accompany it in and gave it a name "Sopho" .

One of the surprising findings was that surveillance was undertaken more often by wives than husbands.

Given such a steep build-up in reserves, it is not surprising that China's current account has also been recording large surpluses.

Still, it would be surprising if a body studying such a vast and complex area did not get some things wrong.

I mean, it's pretty surprising to see that minus sign come out of nowhere the first time you see it.

I mean, it's pretty surprising to see that minus sign come out of nowhere the first time you see it.

It is therefore surprising to see that Android dominates the top ten smartphone lists.

None of this is all that surprising considering some of the positive economic news in recent weeks.

But a combination of factors has caused U. S. manufacturing to see a surprising recovery in the past year and a half.

So he made a surprising decision: he decided to cross cut piece.

But it would be surprising if one of those threats did not cause confidence to wobble at some stage in 2007.

During one speech, recalling the death of a marine, he nearly broke down in tears, surprising even longtime friends.

It's hardly surprising you're putting on weight, considering how much you're eating.

Keep telling yourself that you're beautiful, that there's nothing surprising in the fact that I'm in love with you.

It is not surprising that the sensual riches granted to a sensitive man of these regions should coincide with the most extreme destitution.

It is not surprising that the sensual riches granted to a sensitive man of these regions should coincide with the most extreme destitution.

It would not be surprising if it declared a cyclical peak near the end of 2006.

This was not surprising up to the fields, I felt perfectly all right again and each day I began to feel stronger and healthier.

It is really as surprising as if an Arab caravan were to ask: Are there sands in the Sahara desert?

Once you start to examine the question, it's surprising how much different fields' ideas of beauty have in common.

"They've always been used to skewer the ills of society, " he says. "It's not surprising they're making a comeback in these intense times. "

She managed our whole domestic life, and wonderfully too; but I did not mean that, though that made what I did mean, more surprising.

Even more surprising, he said, when game A and B are played randomly, with no order in the alternating sequence, winnings also go up and up.

Fate is like the weather, can be as hard to predict, but it is often surprising.

Most surprising to me was the great extent to which Mises had plunged into the world of applied economics and of politics.

Given all this, it's a bit surprising that online social networks haven't been more aggressively leveraged until now.

Buss said he found it surprising how dramatically and variably sexual experience seemed to influence women's feelings of self-esteem.

I will announce to you already that, as surprising as it may seem, that will lead me to talk to you today about Christianity.

Its slogan, "Chile, All Ways Surprising" , was intended as a play on words, but just looked as if it had been misspelt.

This wealth of postpartum data yielded a surprising conclusion: there was no difference among the groups.

For, a surprising amount can be done through contextual definition if one has techniques for finding his way through the mazes.

It's surprising how much value can be placed on an object as ephemeral as a piece of data.

In a country where there seems to be a plan for everything, the surprising thing about Pudong is the lack of joined-up planning.

Fortunately, once you have used Eclipse for a while, you know a surprising amount about what is available, perhaps without realizing it.

It was not surprising that the most astute of Antony's generals should several years later vouch for her military genius.

Such a downgrade would be surprising because, with the new legislation, the relative debt outlook for the US has improved.

It would not be surprising to see emerging market equities trade at a parity with developed market equities within the next year.

None of these would be surprising, as they are certainly all associated with the cloud computing paradigm.

However strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings with you in the past.

(Para. 2) His voice had a surprising tone of respect, almost as if he were addressing the Supreme Court instead of a group of youngsters.

It was, in its way, as surprising as if a live Tyrannosaurus had been found hiding in an obscure part of Montana.

Though such a statement is not exactly surprising given her job, Moulton actually appears to be make-up free when you first see her.

Contemplating all this, it is not surprising that some ask if it was right to let even these countries in.

'So it's not surprising that the summer holiday is often being sacrificed.

It was a very strange and surprising thing to say and I'm sure some people would have been offended. ''

Both beliefs are surprising enough to be interesting, while nicely confirming the prejudices of those who hold them.

The circus has been popular for so long that it is not surprising that words and expressions connected with it are part of everyday speech.

What was surprising was that the rules were exploited in unexpected ways.

He felt his slender height, encased in his black English suit, unfold like an elegant and surprising weapon.

For a product category that didn't exist (except in niche form) a year ago, it's surprising how well the tablet is doing.

Its not a lot to ask for and, it turns out, a surprising number of people dreaming up their dream job done ask for much.

In such an atmosphere Ms Nalder's findings about misinformation should not be all that surprising.

Few come as news (see table), but the most surprising is the degree to which even being a bit overweight is a risk.

I started doodling randomly on scrap sheets of papers, trying to draw something surprising or something that made me laugh.

More surprising, I was allowed access to the Internet, and I stayed up until 6 a. m. trying to figure out what was going on in the world.

The shah's surprising comment was at least partially in response to the 1974 Indian test of a nuclear weapon.

Wasn't it a surprising result that the South Korean team beat the Italian team?

So it might have seemed surprising last week when a panel of leading medical experts offered exactly the opposite advice.

What was surprising was the exact form of the question.

What would be really surprising, though, is if Samsung is able to sustain the optimism as the year continues.

Suddenly she sat up and looked him with surprising tenderness. Alan's black mood eased slightly.

Suddenly she sat up and looked him with surprising tenderness. Blan's black mood eased slightly.

Perhaps most surprising, however, was the response on China Central Television, one of the Communist Party's official mouthpieces.

And this was the surprising part, for I suddenly felt an overwhelming sense of abandonment, hurt, and fear.

Just a few weeks ago, that would have seemed a surprising conclusion.

That shouldn't be surprising given that this was the basic strategy at Palm with the Pre.

It is not surprising then that the day they like most is Saturday. Saturday is the end of the workweek; it is the beginning of the weekend.

Elvis was ecstatic. "In a surprising, spontaneous gesture, " Krogh wrote, Elvis "put his left arm around the President and hugged him. "

For a surprising number of countries , running out of money has been the prelude to national renewal .

The creators of the new study said the level of poverty in South Asia compared to Africa was a surprising discovery.

Studies show that the ice on the world's highest mountains is disappearing at a surprising speed, threatening to leave these peaks bare.

You know how Holmes always takes the known facts and then shows you how they all fit together in a surprising way?

So it isn't surprising that he would be in negotiations with the Chinese to produce a cheap 200-seat airplane.

Not surprising desirable, but can not always stay "dead" in the shadow unable to leave.

There was surprising unanimity. The young workers I spoke to agreed that the past few years had been a cushy time for them.

In a surprising finding, researchers have discovered that the same pill used to prevent pregnancy can actually help a woman conceive.

Policemen surprising perhaps, one will be looked to me that you sit down and train.

What's surprising, the researchers say, is that biker safety doesn't seem to correspond to a city's efforts to cut down on accidents.

And every time we were surprised, as if the event were surprising for its very regularity.

The loss for China wasn't surprising, trade experts said, since the mechanism was part of its agreement as it joined the WTO.

FOR a nation of pet lovers, Britain conducts a surprising number of experiments on animals: some 3m a year.

So it was all the more surprising that after a lengthy review, the company Sal.

Sometimes it is surprising to learn how much oil the seeds contain.

It is not surprising that it has taken researchers so long to tease out the link between alcohol exposure and birth defects.

I found it surprising how nakedly honest they were with you. How did you peel the skin back of this media world and find your way in?

Researchers have made a number of surprising claims about chocolate over the last couple of years.

Even more surprising are the number of readers who turn out to be closet agony aunts themselves.

"Economic activity data are surprising strongly across all regions, even against our relatively optimistic views, " he said.

It would be surprising if China's fund did not makeinvestment decisions for similar reasons.

While "surprising, " Shai suggested that the lack of effect on HDL might be due to the relatively short duration of the trial.

He got it on the cheap. It is not surprising that it broke down only a week later.

And the detailed features of the elliptical asymmetry suggest that this surprising liquid flows with almost no viscosity.

It was one of the most surprising and tiring games I've ever had.

What was most surprising, however, was the amazing level of detail that the subjects had for all of these memories.

Given all the complications, it may be surprising that investigators ever figure out the cause of an outbreak.

But what might be surprising is the methods used to identify sites to break into.

Just to make sure you're up to speed, we culled some very surprising information that you can use to your advantage.

Given the speed of China's ascent, it's perhaps not surprising that Chinaitself is trying to calm some of the fears.

Another scenario might be someone close to you does something bizarre and surprising.

What was also surprising to the president of the Museum of Natural History is the diameter of the head, which is of 97 cm.

Also surprising was the cornucopia of other elements and molecules that Lcross scooped out of the Cabeus crater, near the Moon's south pole.

Without question the Truffaut entry was the surprising highlight, even to one who has admired the French director's films over the years.

Natives carried much of the hunting out, a surprising thing since they considered the tiger a reincarnation of their dead relatives.

It would be very surprising to find an adult in the work force who has not heard about goal setting.

New York, USA has a surprising number of abandoned airfields - directly in and around the city.

After so much gloom, it is hardly surprising that the world's animal spirits are beginning to leap again.

All is known, touched, and experienced, that for an ideal artist, he gets experiences by surprising that satisfied from his creativity.

Modeling is quite a simple idea, and the resistance to it among programmers is somewhat surprising.

Given that the gathering is organised by an investment bank, it is not surprising that large deals have been struck there.

"It would be very surprising if most [police officers] would be unaffected, " says Prof Reiner.

This month brims with surprising events, some you could have never imagined happening, not in a million years.

Harris said the gender of the viewer influenced reactions, a somewhat surprising result.

When you think about it, that isn't so surprising--I will always be a part of you, because you created me.

Why this occurred is not known but it is not surprising that this group of players experienced more chronic pain.

It's a bit surprising that this is the first study of facial expressions of pain in non humans.

"While a setback in the near future would not be surprising, we would not expect it to be large or last long. "

This would be surprising were it not for the fact, so visible from above, that the world is still a sparsely populated place.

While big boys long, strong, but not the same as with him, not bother at all surprising.

Jeffrey T. Parsons, professor of psychology at Hunter College in New York City, said the finding isn't surprising.

As a famously canny value investor, it is hardly surprising that Mr Buffett has an excellent understanding of his own value.

o, it's not surprising to hear you say that, Americans are a little bit plim.

In fact, he seemed to be a runt, but sometimes the men who seemed like runts ended up having surprising connections to other terrorists.

But the results are still strange: B ought to be the same as A, and the fact that it is slower than C is surprising.

Is what we often see on television do, have been surprising. Such a muddy society is up to us to clarify.

We get a little exuberant as we pass Jesu -- it's not surprising to sort of mimic the architecture in this way.

Tina: That's a bit surprising. All the opinion polls are predicting that your party is going to lose.

Synopsis: Discovering the fun of art and creativity, this program follows the creation of a drawing from start to its surprising finish.

It is not surprising that Egyptians should feel rather like driftwood on the Nile, accelerating towards one of the great river's cataracts.

In light of this, it should not seem surprising that Jesus' disciples were reluctant to believe that He had risen from the dead.

Think like him : Stephen Hawking is perhaps one of the least surprising members of this genius list.

If the market indeed is in for a period of ups and downs, that would be a disappointment but hardly surprising.

The owner of a manufacturing firm decided to make a surprising tour of the factory.

ME: What makes us surprising is that the governer who had always praised by his honesty is turned out to be a corrupt official.

This eclipse will emphasize your eighth house of money and health, so some sort of surprising news may come up involving one or the other.

so this movement is very surprising when i decided to get out the never used gun from closet of the hall.

So far, the applications of computers in the field of industry have caused a surprising change in terms of the productivity.

Stock market is always a form of gambling. It's not surprising there are lots of gamblers going to do this.

little joy can equal that of a surprising ending when you read stories .

It would be surprising, then, if the latest example, despite the show of subcontinental solidarity, has not pushed peace further away.

And when the cost of pretending becomes intolerably high for a few citizens, sudden and surprising mass protests can erupt.

The surprising finding was that local plantations of areca palms retained 90% of the birds associated with native forest.

It is surprising and somewhat ironic that Kohl and Mitterrand achieved one of the greatest feats in the history of money.

Now scientists say, all of that rumbling might cause something surprising: a hidden island to appear off the coast of Sicily .

Three critical factors limit the West's ability to make sense of this often surprising -- and intentionally alarming -- state.

World Cups often feature surprising outcomes in the early stages, but world powers tend to be the last standing.

There is nothing more satisfying than surprising yourself by accomplishing something you never thought you could do.

And the only ones that look interesting to me are the ones that look slightly mistaken, of course, or very, very surprising.

It was hardly surprising, I thought, that the bo was scarce. It is rotten luck to be a delicious animal in a land where people are hungry.

These women all talk very candidly and openly about themselves and a surprising amount of each woman's personality is captured on the page.

With all this in mind, it is perhaps not surprising that economic indicators continue to generate heat as well as light.

Many seemed to be career criminals. Most were teenagers or in their twenties, but a surprising number were older.

It's hardly surprising that this bold, or perhaps crotchety , proposal was instantly controversial.

Indeed, it is not surprising to hear from bankers that some of their clients are scrambling to catch up.

Though expected, his Australian accent is still surprising, "All right, ask me a question. "

If you live without goals, you'll explore new territory. You'll learn some unexpected things. You'll end up in surprising places.