Sentence examples for indeed a surprise from inspiring English sources

She calls this canvas "possibly the most startling recreation of the Passion scene," and it is indeed a surprise: a frankly erotic portrayal, with Jesus, in an off-the-shoulder robe, looking beautiful and dazed as Judas embraces him.

"The fact Israel was trying to develop a nuclear bomb should not have come as a surprise but that Britain should have supplied it with heavy water was indeed a surprise to me," he said.

The detection of more gram-positive cocci in the in-house cases and more gram-negative bacilli in referred cases was indeed a surprise (Table 2).

The Sunlight Foundation confirmed to us that the Politwoops mention was indeed a surprise, and their only heads up was a note from Twitter to "tune into" Flight.

It was indeed a surprise to us that this solution did not work (Fig. 1).

This is indeed not a surprise and does of course reflect the mission and objectives of each institution.

Iceland's 2-1 victoverovEnglandand was indeed a major surprise blow to the already beleaguered country, for a number of reasons.

This was indeed a pleasant surprise.

Indeed, when offered a surprise berth in the Foreign Office in the Theresa May reshuffle, there were reports that he might take the Middle East brief.

To anyone unfamiliar with the humorous aspects of Bachmann's work or her exact depiction of social milieu, this volume may indeed come as a surprise, but it is unlikely to prompt Bachmann scholars to revise their understanding of the writer's work.

Indeed, it was a surprise that they were willing to continue the sanctions as long as they did, a surprise that Mr. Obama has noted, particularly with respect to Russian President Putin's willingness to have Russia go along despite other sharp differences with Washington.