The upshot is not just consternation on the left and right but an unstable party balance, which could affect French politics for years to come.The FN's victory was spectacular on several counts.
In this case, despite all the foreshortening it still looked like a clean catch, yet to the consternation of most, and not just the English present, Davis ruled that the catch had not been cleanly taken.
The move has caused much consternation among consumers and local businesses, not just the angry mobs.
The price of fuel seems to be on everyone's mind here, not just farmers, but also people who must travel miles upon miles each day and who now fill up their tanks with some consternation.
It is not just interest rates for homebuyers and those looking to remortgage that have been coming down – the cost of new buy-to-let mortgages for landlords has also been tumbling, to the consternation of first-time buyers competing with investors for a home.
To the consternation of the well-heeled residents of Avenue Foch, one of whom cradles a small dog in one arm and a protest banner in the other, Ms Hidalgo's studiously provocative plans involve not just turning the avenue into a park but building 5,000-7,000 new housing units along the nearby pé riphérique, or Paris ring-road, many of which would be public housing.
Failure to deliver on their 7-year-old promise to repeal Obamacare isn't just causing consternation among top GOP lawmakers, however.
At Broughton Hall, it wasn't just the inspectors' negative judgment that caused consternation.
But that fleeting phrase has touched off an extraordinary degree of speculation, consternation and just plain puzzlement here.
Street View, the mapping service that has caused much consternation, has just gone live in Germany, but in a modified form.
