Sentence examples for great consternation of from inspiring English sources

To the great consternation of anti-corruption NGO Global Witness, he now lives in a £3.5m London pad owned by a company in the secretive haven of Belize.

The connection ended when the service was discontinued and the tracks demolished for scrap metal in 1942, "to the great consternation of people in Queens and the Bronx," Mr. Seaton said.

Among those in the "near" category, to the great consternation of many, is the retail price of a gallon of petrol Consumers may be feeling the pressure:Rising gasoline prices beat down U.S. consumer sentiment in early January, overshadowing an improved job outlook and passage of temporary federal tax breaks, a survey released on Friday showed.

To cap it all (and to the great consternation of the Americans in the audience), a white ram is sacrificed, its bloody corpse later dumped out of sight behind a drinks booth, where it will no longer offend eyes accustomed to more discreet forms of butchery.

The European Union's recent endorsement suggests the proposal may finally pass this time, to the great consternation of the Italian jewelers, who say that if Cites' bureaucratic burden does not kill the trade, the stigma that goes with selling an endangered species will.

The silver lining in all of this is the fact that -- despite the ostriches -- we may start to have a much-needed national conversation about race, to the great consternation of wealthy white pundits like Bill Kristol.

Media accounts of the past week have indicated that this year's report has caused great consternation on the part of the Chinese delegation to the Committee.

"What I saw out of this president today, and this is of great consternation to me, it's of great concern, I saw a very, very naive man who does not know how the world works, who cannot put the dots together, and stood in front of the American people and said, 'I really don't care if Congress likes this or not, I'm going to do it,'" Perry told Hugh Hewitt, the conservative radio host. .

This inconvenient fact is a source of great consternation to the US government, which has poured billions of dollars into its totally ineffective and highly militaristic war on drugs in Latin America.

Awarding schools for the number of pupils who go on to employment or further education will also cause great consternation for those in areas of high unemployment or whose pupils cannot afford to go on to further education".

Government subsidies for renewable energy cause great consternation to those who believe in the sanctity of free markets.