Sentence examples for are rather unexpected from inspiring English sources

The quartos are rather unexpected standouts among 322 lots, most of which are movie props and keepsakes that include a bronze sculpture of Heston playing Moses (from The Ten Commandments) and a cloak he wore while filming El Cid.

We agree that the results of the increased susceptibility of the LYS1 OE lines to Pseudomonas infection presented in Figure 9 (old Figure 8) are rather unexpected.

"It was rather unexpected," Dr. Sarnak said.

It is rather unexpected to hear a French actor praise the English way of doing things.

Its important intensity was rather unexpected, and serious concern arose regarding risk of building stock in Spain.

"They display a high degree of order and universality that has been rather unexpected by any accounts".

The proposed mechanism is rather unexpected for a nucleotide analogue and could lead to the discovery of new cellular protein targets for future drug design.

All of which is rather unexpected for such a big-chested, bald-headed Punjabi boy, with a full-on gym addiction.

The small but significant 13Cα labeling of alanine with 3-13C pyruvate is rather unexpected, but can be explained by a minor amino acid synthetic pathway via glycine that is produced via a condensation of CO2 and the methylene moiety of 5,10-methylene-THF that originates from the C3 position of pyruvate.

The fact that tea-party-era Republicans decided they don't actually care about the defence cuts and have happily allowed the sequester to become the default budget is rather unexpected, but it doesn't change Democrats' frustration with current domestic-spending levels.

The results that we obtained were rather unexpected.