Sentence examples for surprise involvement from inspiring English sources

His surprise involvement in the design of Mr. de la Renta's fall 2013 collection has led to enormous curiosity in the insular world of fashion about a future for Mr. Galliano, but it has also raised questions as to whether the public is ready to forgive someone who was convicted by the French courts of making anti-Semitic remarks.

Jamie Bamber is well cast, well known enough for his character's fate to be a surprise and his involvement should alert fans of Battlestar Galactica to the show's existence.

The exhibition will span painting, sculpture, film, photography and social media – no surprise given the involvement of Ai, a prolific blogger who has 277,000 followers on Twitter, 108,000 on Instagram and claims to spend up to eight hours online every day.

She said she first heard about the bombings on Thursday, but the news of Al Qaeda's possible involvement surprised her.

"And therefore, in those circumstances, given that he was a partner of Duff & Phelps, I'm surprised that that involvement wasn't firstly disclosed, and secondly doesn't give rise to the sort of conflict of interest that I would have expected to have precluded Duff & Phelps from accepting the appointment as administrators".

When "Cosmos" was announced, many people were surprised by your involvement.

Njie and Faal, on the other hand, were less vocal in their feelings about Jammeh and his regime, with many diaspora members initially surprised by their involvement as the news emerged.

While Elise Andrew is used to getting the "women in science" question (many people did not realize the FLP community was run by a woman), she says she doesn't understand why people were so surprised about her involvement in the field.

To her surprise, her daughter's involvement in a Children's Aid program made the family eligible for assistance.

Still, Williamson's involvement might surprise those who know his acclaimed restaurant, Flinty Red, which eschews modern dining's more theatrical trappings: Williamson's priority is food, not performance.

The New York Times noted that the deal was something of a surprise; Manhattan Media's involvement had been kept quiet, and published reports said in April that Sandow Media, publisher of Worth magazine, was on the verge of buying 02138, which is named for Harvard's ZIP code.