come as a shock

It must have come as a shock when they finally saw that this was Jesus.

I'm sure Henry was none too pleased to hear the news, which must have come as a shock to him.

It has nonetheless come as a shock to many Americans to find themselves plunged so abruptly into a new war in an Arab country.

although I'm sure that this will come as a shock, it is my belief that what I'm about to tell you is all for the best .

Forbes just released its annual ranking of the world's richest people and, to a few readers, the list may come as a shock.

Pornography had been immune to previous recessions, so the current downturn has come as a shock.

Since market prices tell us that this is what investors expect, it should not come as a shock to them.

The first time you become conscious of this truth, it's bound to come as a shock.

Western Australian trade union representative Simone McGurk says the speed of the slowdown has come as a shock.

Dili businessman, Alchino da Silva, says the apparent assassination attempt o the president has come as a shock.

It probably doesn't come as a shock, but women are more likely than men to be super tired.

We've spent so many years accepting their ideas in only technical terms, some of this may come as a shock.

Bill: I understand this may come as a shock, but Head Office are confident that you will do fine in Alaska.

This will probably come as a shock to those who have been conditioned to thinking of Jinan as a "small" city.

the real world won't care as much about your self-esteem as your school does. this may come as a shock.

The cutbacks may come as a shock to many bankers who had spied opportunity in the last crisis.

The "kill team" images will come as a shock to many outside Afghanistan but not to us.

It may come as a shock, then, that mere mortals have now made artificial life.

Why does the idea of being most happy in old age come as a shock to young and old alike?

This probably does not come as a shock.

Why then did this new batch of red ink still come as a shock?

It may come as a shock to find that some foods we eat every day can be hiding some of the most deadly poisons on earth.

This will come as a shock to some people in our country who didn't think I could read a book, much less write one. --George W.