Sentence examples for surprising institution from inspiring English sources

A few states over from where Ferguson police used armored vehicles and weapons from the Department of Defense to quell protests after the shooting of an unarmed teen in August, a more surprising institution has its own stock of military supplies from the government: a school district.

All this and more in a vivid portrait of this rich and often surprising institution, important to so many, known well by so few.

"With the United States slowing down, it is not surprising that institutions are looking in the emerging markets," said Hamid Biglari, a Citicorp vice chairman and chief of emerging markets.

This is not surprising since institutions in those countries will be able to charge up to £9,000, but devolved governments will provide generous financial support to their own students.

Given the transitional state of Personalized Medicine, it is perhaps not too surprising that institutions, providers, and even researchers are frequently facing dilemmas about when particular uses of advanced laboratory modalities are "ready for prime time".

These epochal decisions have been carried out imperfectly, not surprising for an institution as large, lumbering and complex as the Catholic Church.

Arguably, this isn't surprising in an institution that takes up hundreds of issues, and few as complex as financial regulation.

That is hardly surprising, since the institution, which is based a few blocks up Pennsylvania Avenue from the White House, was not designed to play its current role.

For example, Humboldt University of Berlin is ranked 11 on the Wikipedia list but does not appear in the top 100 of the conventional ranking, surprising for an institution that has educated 29 Nobel Prize winners.

Perhaps most surprising for an institution that, traditionally, drew heavily from the ranks of Harvard and Yale grads, most members of the new staff are not Ivy-Leaguers.

Yet, should it be surprising that an institution created in the middle of the 20th century might not be fit for 21st century demographics?