Sentence examples for surprise noting from inspiring English sources

Even Macmillan expressed surprise, noting in his diary the next day: "The LCJ has passed a savage sentence — 42 years!" His comment certainly raises questions about Pincher's claims.

Eliot agrees that it's a powerful, well argued book "but it should come as no surprise," noting that of course America is becoming more stratified "as Occupy Wall Street has argued".

She wrote that Rex's death did not come as a surprise, noting: "Just as a TV or movie cop is inevitably shot after he announces that he's about to retire, we know it's over for Rex the minute Bree rests her head on his feeble chest and promises him he'll make it".

This should not come as a surprise, notes Chris Rapley of University College London.

This comes as no surprise, notes Idov, citing Barabtarlo's impressive translation of "Pnin".

"Because Edith Wharton noted her distaste for wallpaper in ' The Decoration of Houses,' the recent discovery that she papered multiple rooms at The Mount has come as an exciting surprise," noted the Annual Report for 2005.

Yet as a recent cover story in Business Week, "The E-Biz Surprise," noted, the projections of the growth in Internet commerce made in the bubble days of 1999 have proved pretty accurate.

Only three of 51 honour killers interviewed for another study said they had any regrets.In a society where female chastity is venerated and the motto "my horse, my gun and my woman are sacred" is common among men, "this should not come as a surprise," notes Zozan Ozgokce, a female activist who runs an EU-funded project in Van to counsel abused women.

Hurdles aside, showing a social influence on obesity isn't a surprise, notes David Allison, a biostatistician and obesity researcher at the University of Alabama, Birmingham.

Mr. Moscovici, who just days ago predicted that there would be no growth this year, sounded pleasantly surprised, noting that the volume of French exports had increased 2 percent and that consumer spending rose 0.4 percent.

Even Coach Darryl Sutter was surprised, noting that Richards is a relatively private guy.