But given that the budget has doubled since 1997, it appears astonishing that there should be any shortfall in funding at all.On December 7th, Sir Nigel Crisp, the chief executive of the NHS, stressed that 70% of health-service trusts have got their finances under control.
This appears astonishing in respect of their length (30 50 µm) and small diameter (0.2 1 µm) in between the varicose expansions.
The versatility of C. leucoviridis' mimicry appears astonishing at first, given the complexity and species-specificity of Cicadettini songs.
Biographies appear with astonishing frequency, writer after writer tirelessly examining the same known knowns and the same known unknowns, all obliged to rely on what should be called the speculative tense - "Shakespeare might have stood in this room... " - or the coy historical present: "He sits at his oak table, sharpening his quill... " They should all be subtitled "Climbing Mount Conjecture".
New sulfonamides, which appeared with astonishing rapidity, had greater potency, wider antibacterial range, or lower toxicity.
The BBC's Will Ross in Abuja says it appears somewhat astonishing that the girls cannot be found when there are reports they have been moved around in convoys of vehicles.
Inspired by the work of Julia Margaret Cameron, this urgent, well-made novel charts the boundaries where light becomes shadow, and the known can suddenly appear awful and astonishing.
However, John Ferrett, the Labour group leader on Portsmouth council, criticised the decision to appear as "truly astonishing" at a time when workers were rallying to save 1,000 jobs in the city's shipbuilding yards.
Today, books about Washington continue to appear at such an astonishing rate that the publication of Ron Chernow's prompts the inevitable question: Why another one?
It all appeared, at first, astonishing and miraculous: "It seems like a dream having a child".
