Sentence examples for a shock in a from inspiring English sources

So consumers, who are already facing higher natural gas bills, may be in for a shock in a few years.

The scene comes as a shock in a city where modestly dressed women have been killed for offending its so-called "moral guardians", and religious parties stifle public life.

His victory was a shock in a country where politics is dominated by the pro-Kremlin United Russia party, but he ran on an anti-corruption platform and won an unexpected victory on a low turnout.

Facing the postcard-pretty Woodstock Common, the bright pink Gothic Revival house built in 1846 comes as a bit of a shock in a region of clean-lined Colonial farmhouses.

Frontrunners dominated elections in Peru, Britain and Iran, leaving Irish voters to deliver a shock in a referendum that rejected a treaty that was to pave the way for 12 new members in the European Union, most former Communist countries.. Stunned Irish and European leaders vowed to get round the impasse and admit new members by late 2004.

Its scope (and its success) came as a shock in a country that has some of the world's most militant trade unions: around 30% of employees lost their jobs as the company slimmed down and sold more than 100 non-essential businesses.

At $4.5 million, "Urban Cowboy" is a relatively inexpensive musical by Broadway standards, but the original announcement that it would close after a mere four performance was still a shock in an industry in which even badly-received shows often stay open for months.

With excellent haemodynamic status intra-op, the sudden post-operative death of the mother is a shock in an operation gone just well.

"I think it's a bit of a shock in the locker room.

The Stockholm attack came as a shock in Sweden, a country that prided itself on having created a stable and peaceful society.

USA pulled off a shock though, such a shock in fact that some newspapers thought the scoreline was an error and corrected it to a 10-0 England victory.