Sentence examples for encountered unexpectedly from inspiring English sources

Up to 100 al-Shabaab fighters are thought to have walked across the border into Kenya, but the pre-dawn raid on the army base at Baure, in Lamu county, encountered unexpectedly fierce resistance.

In the last few months, Muslim groups have encountered unexpectedly intense opposition to their plans for opening mosques in Lower Manhattan, in Brooklyn and most recently in an empty convent on Staten Island.

When Presidential Science Adviser John Holdren and NASA Administrator Charles Bolden unveiled President Obama's new plan for space exploration they encountered unexpectedly strong and dramatic opposition from Democrats and Republicans alike.

There is something about novels you encounter, unexpectedly, in foreign places that makes them rise above the comfortable books you curl up with at home: the thrill of discovery, and then the delight of unanticipated pleasure as a stranger becomes an intimate friend.

Equally, funders may wish to contemplate how 'contingency' resources could be made available for those trials that encounter unexpectedly intense needs for PPI over the course of their implementation.

All six House incumbents who had opponents won by sizable margins -- even Jo Bonner, a one-term Republican, who encountered an unexpectedly strong early showing by Judy Belk, a losing candidate in 2002.

The skin conductance task especially suffered from a low power: due to its novelty, effect sizes were difficult to estimate and in addition we encountered an unexpectedly significant number of dropouts.

First, we encountered an unexpectedly low response rate during the telephone-interview stage, with one-third not being reachable after multiple attempts, and another one-third refusing the telephone interviews, which hampers the external validity of the current study.

If it encounters an unexpectedly large obstacle, as it did Thursday evening, it retreats temporarily, only to attempt the exact same maneuver later.

Methane is the main problem, and, in case we encounter gas unexpectedly, we are issued with a Turtle, which will enable us to breathe if we run out of oxygen.

Union troops, under General Don Carlos Buell, were marching from Louisville when they unexpectedly encountered the Confederate army.