Sentence examples for efforts surprised from inspiring English sources

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He said the PA's positive efforts "surprised" his staff and that he "never thought" the PA would do so well.

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But observers of the Congressional efforts are surprised, and in some cases dismayed, by the size of the special-interest projects this year, at a time when the federal deficit is rising and Republicans, who fashion themselves as fiscally conservative, run both houses of Congress.

This lack of difference between trust in the monetary and effort conditions surprised us, as we had expected subjects to trust more in the effort condition of the task.

The span of leading efforts might surprise you.

Amanda and I have long been eager co-conspirators in our efforts to surprise Keri on major occasions.

On 19 November, the Hungarians arrived at the Trotuș River where they met some Moldavian resistance, but Corvinus, to ensure the "loyalty of his troops, avoids a pitched battle and limits his efforts to surprise attacks and ambushes, yet is himself prevented from foraging or doing further damage".

"Therefore, given our broad and repeated efforts, we were surprised by your sudden offer and the fact that you decided to make the offer publicly before even attempting to enter into substantive discussions with us," Hutcheson said in the letter.

Yet such matters matter - scandals have arisen and biorepositories have been destroyed due to the efforts of individuals surprised to learn that they or their loved ones have been unwitting subjects of research.

We make a special effort to surprise each other.

The 22-year-old dispatched the previously parsimonious Kumar for 10 runs, forcing Dhoni to introduce Yuvraj in an effort to surprise Root and Bell into an error, instead the pair tucked in to his fare with relish.

"Curating the soundtrack for such a hotly-anticipated film was a challenge, but I jumped at the chance," Lorde said in a statement, adding that her effort will "surprise people".

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