His rigorous mind had found its match in Holmes and his "science of deduction," which could wrest an astonishing solution from a single, seemingly unremarkable clue.
I find this quite an astonishing solution to the problem.
VICE News went across the Arctic to see the devastating impact of thawing permafrost, and the astonishing solution that might keep it frozen.
Certainly in many cases the therapy has combined with much shorter-term solutions: astonishing levels of medication – pills to let them sleep, pills to keep them calm when awake.
Every animal's primal need to reproduce has resulted in an astonishing range of solutions to parental care.
His handling of rhythmical elements is astonishing and his solutions very South Indian," said Ken Hunt, one of the authors of the upcoming third edition of "The Rough Guide to World Music".
Their solution: these astonishing zigzags carved out of the almost perpendicular cliffs of La Nariz del Diablo (The Devil's Nose), a one-hour ascent that really gets the blood pumping (even though, sadly, riding on the train roof is no longer allowed).
Despite astonishing advances, there is no solution in sight, as Colin Blakemore and subsequent scientists recognise.
He noted that with the Chinese and Indian economies growing rapidly, "you need renewables as part of the solution to meet this astonishing demand growth".
The result was astonishing.
