The apathy was especially surprising because of "Rahman's involvement, probably … the world's most successful composer.
Surprising because of its darkness and epic scope; inevitable because it is so astronomically successful.
But in this movie it is also consistently surprising because of the clarity of Mr. Haneke's vision.
The turnout was surprising because of a lack of the usual hoopla to welcome a Tour de France.
The findings are surprising because of a widespread belief that clot-busting drugs help older patients just as they clearly do younger ones.
"It's really hard to walk away from this place," she said, "which is a little surprising because of the five floors".
As with Gordimer, the personal tone and the helplessness are all the more sharp and surprising because of their absence from most of Goytisolo's other fiction.
Mr. Kauffmann will join a growing roster of Paterson administration alumni working on the Cuomo campaign, a development surprising because of the difficult relationship between the two men.
This was surprising because, of our many failures as parents, we had not prepared our children for proximity to farm animals.
Some of the hits are not that surprising because of the talent involved, but many come completely out of left field, such as "Fruitvale Station," last year, and the "The Queen of Versailles," the year before.
One of the most surprising features of his Presidency has been its stubborn repudiation of drama — surprising because of his penchant, as a campaigner, for highly charged set-piece addresses, not least in Des Moines, Philadelphia, and Denver.
