Sentence examples for a big and unexpected from inspiring English sources

The movie has been a big and unexpected success both stateside and in Britain.

Forecasters had feared a bigger fall, after the University of Michigan's consumer- confidence index suffered a big and unexpected fall in the previous week.

As Mr McBride notes, there is always the risk, though small, of a big and unexpected disaster: geopolitical, seismic, climatic, or otherwise.

The day also delivered a big and unexpected victory for Mr. Edwards, who seemed delighted if a bit surprised by the outcome Monday.

In Nevada and Utah, Republican state legislators will force the issue onto the November ballot.If they succeed, and if the Democrats don't actually pass EFCA, it'll be a big and unexpected defeat for the labour movement.

"To then have him so quickly achieve a big (and unexpected) success with the mobile phone unlocking petition really highlights the difference between the old way of thinking about these issues, and the new way.

Defenders of Jindal and his small government way of thinking undoubtedly think that this oil spill is sufficiently big and unexpected that there is a legitimate reason for Jindal to ask for help from Washington.

Unless something big and unexpected happens, 2011 will be consumed by a debate over the size of government.

#20 Unless something big and unexpected happens, 2011 will be consumed by a debate over the size of government.

Throughout the book you think you know what's going to happen next but something big and unexpected happens near the end that changes everything.

After the 2010 elections, the Republican sweep was so big and unexpected that veteran officeholders and lobbyists had to scramble to find out basic information about the people who were on their way to Austin.