Sentence examples for rather a shock from inspiring English sources
It's rather a shock to realise that we are now the custodians of the wisdom of society.
For visitors to his home, however, the reality of Jeremy's country lifestyle came as rather a shock.
However, it's largely unprecedented in the UK, let alone in this corner of north-east London, and has come as rather a shock to some.
By the way the returns from my book have been rather a shock: the royalties just about cancel off the cost for revisions.
This came as rather a shock - albeit a pleasant one - for Schopp as he had no recollection of Dumas ever having written about Josephine's debts - nor had it been mentioned in any Dumas bibliographies.
And Seidel's nastiness seems, in this work, a necessary defense against fear, rather than a shock tactic that has escalated as his readers' interest has dwindled.
The direction is also rather workmanlike, a shock given Wheatley's back catalogue, and there's an overriding sensation that this is his small sacrifice for the mainstream.
He is a stocky, bluff, humorous, robust fellow, fresh after a long hot day; a natural pol and demagogue, earnest and rather naïve; a shock of well-combed white hair; ruddy face; likable but not especially impressive; certainly no alternative to Gorbachev.
The article concludes that, rather than a shock, the achievement of a more sustainable and just global food system is dependent on a food utopia that promotes qualities as well as quantity.
The Sounders would lose again in midweek, though that was rather less of a shock, and if anything a decent road result in the Concacaf Champions League, as they went to Tigres and came away with just a 1-0 deficit.
