(1) So the ECB is not on fire #phew Michael Steen (@michaelsteen) Ok.
(2) "When you have got an organisation that didn't change for a long time then goes through four years of change, there is a tendency to then go, phew, that's great, we've changed, now we can go back to normal - but if we started off at minus five out of 10, I think we are now at four out of 10.
(3) Observers described the vote as more of a referendum on Lula, while the front-page headline of one Rio newspaper yesterday exclaimed: "Phew!
(4) I said Tanja was quiet and considerate: she said the cats and I were friendly, the facilities very clean (phew!)
(5) It was also where she intended to build an academy for girls, which never happened (though Madonna still helped build classrooms), all against a backdrop of missing millions, for which Madonna's side blamed the sacked prospective academy headmistress (also the Malawian president's sister), while there has been an ongoing investigation into the role of the Kabbalah Centre in New York … and (phew) see what I mean?
(6) I’m extremely proud but it is not going to help us win the next game of football.” Explaining his point further, Coleman added: “When I say complacency, it’s not because of the group of people we’ve got, or the players; it is subconsciously a bit like: ‘Phew, we’ve done that.’ But the problem is that it is also gone.
(7) Phew,” I say laughing, “that is a relief.” Moments later, she’s back to check on me once more, and the conversation turns political.
(8) After Thomson's letter was published the company issued a short statement: "Phew what a scorcher!
(9) But this feels very natural and logical and 'phew, thank God we have at last got there'."
(10) Phew, just thought that this crazy lady had converted into this Islam nonsense and was on her way down on her knees to mumble a prayer.
(11) Take those €19.7 billions (over £16bn) off the balance sheet along with a few trifles and – phew!
(12) 7.00pm: No - phew - it's Apichatpong Weerasethakul.
(13) The coding region of pheR is identical to that of three other cloned tRNA(Phe) genes, pheU, pheV, and pheW.
(14) But before you think, "Phew, job done", Naomi Gummer , a Google executive, said last week that technology moves too fast for filters to work and that parents are to blame if their children watch porn.
(15) Phew, that's enough exercise for one week … time for a lie down.
(16) Multicopy plasmids carrying pheR, like those carrying pheU, pheV, or pheW, complement a temperature-sensitive lesion in the gene for the alpha-subunit of phenylalanyl-tRNA synthetase (pheS).
(17) This summer, I was forever laying down my New Yorker or my New York Review of Books and saying: “Phew!
(18) It included a link to News Corp UK title the Sun’s notorious “Up Yours Delors” front page from 1990, aimed at the then European Commission president, with the accompanying comment: “People probably have enough evidence to judge that one for themselves.” This follows Google’s equally pithy initial response to News Corp’s latest broadside last week, when it issued the following statement referencing another infamous Sun splash headline : “Phew what a scorcher!
(19) The nucleotide sequences of the 5'-flanking DNA of pheR, pheU, and pheW are almost identical but are quite different from the same region of pheV.
(20) Smoke and lights and noise and shouting and all kinds of stuff and it was just, phew, mindblowing.
Surprise
Definition:
(n.) The act of coming upon, or taking, unawares; the act of seizing unexpectedly; surprisal; as, the fort was taken by surprise.
(n.) The state of being surprised, or taken unawares, by some act or event which could not reasonably be foreseen; emotion excited by what is sudden and strange; a suddenly excited feeling of wonder or astonishment.
(n.) Anything that causes such a state or emotion.
(n.) A dish covered with a crust of raised paste, but with no other contents.
(n.) To come or fall suddenly and unexpectedly; to take unawares; to seize or capture by unexpected attack.
(n.) To strike with wonder, astonishment, or confusion, by something sudden, unexpected, or remarkable; to confound; as, his conduct surprised me.
(n.) To lead (one) to do suddenly and without forethought; to bring (one) into some unexpected state; -- with into; as, to be surprised into an indiscretion; to be surprised into generosity.
(n.) To hold possession of; to hold.
Example Sentences:
(1) If Charles Spencer, 3rd Duke of Marlborough, who bought the island in 1738, were to return today he would doubtless recognise the scene, though he might be surprised that his small private buildings have grown into a sizable hotel.
(2) Surprisingly, the clonal elimination of V beta 6+ cells is preceded by marked expansion of these cells.
(3) Given Australia’s number one position as the worst carbon emitter per capita among major western nations it seems hardly surprising that islanders from Fiji, Samoa, Vanuatu and other small island developing states have been turning to Australia with growing exasperation demanding the country demonstrate an appropriate response and responsibility.
(4) S&P – the only one of the three major agencies not to have stripped the UK of its coveted AAA status – said it had been surprised at the pick-up in activity during 2013 – a year that began with fears of a triple-dip recession.
(5) Why is it so surprising to people that a boy like Chol, just out of conflict, has thought through the needs of his country in such a detailed way?” While Beah’s zeal is laudable, the situation in South Sudan is dire .
(6) Diabetic retinopathy (an index of microangiopathy) and absence of peripheral pulses, amputation, or history of myocardial infarction, stroke, or transient ischemic attacks (as evidence of macroangiopathy) caused surprisingly little increase in relative risk for cardiovascular death.
(7) Just don’t be surprised if they ask you to repair their phones, too.
(8) One surprising finding is that the MAL1g-encoded maltose permease exhibits little sequence homology to the MAL1-encoded maltose permease though they appear to be functionally homologous.
(9) Surprisingly, however, despite the severe defect in viral DNA replication, the synthesis of a few species of viral late proteins continues in cells infected by some of the E1B mutants.
(10) Thus, during treatment with ethambutol visually (pattern) evoked potentials may reveal a surprisingly high percentage of subclinical optic neuritis.
(11) Somewhat surprisingly then, in view of the mechanisms in mammals, birds do not seem to use this seasonal message in the photoperiodic control of reproduction.
(12) Infants were habituated to models posing either prototypically positive displays (e.g., happy expressions) or positive expression blends (e.g., mock surprise).
(13) The BBA statistics director, David Dooks, said: "It was no surprise to see the January mortgage figures falling back from December, when transactions were being pushed through to beat the end of stamp duty relief.
(14) "We knew people would be interested in the announcement, but it's fair to say that the scale of the excitement, right across the world, took us all by surprise.
(15) When you have champions of financial rectitude such as the International Monetary Fund and OECD warning of the international risk of an "explosion of social unrest" and arguing for a new fiscal stimulus if growth continues to falter, it's hardly surprising that tensions in the cabinet over next month's spending review are spilling over.
(16) Myelodysplastic preleukemic syndromes (MDPS) and acute promyelocytic leukemia (APL) share a surprising in vivo sensitivity to the hormonally acting 13 cis or all trans retinoic acids (transRA).
(17) Apple has come out fighting, which is no surprise given the remarkable success that the company has seen in recent years.
(18) His words surprised some because of an impression that the US was unwilling to talk about these issues.
(19) A teaching union has questioned appointment of a trustee of Britain's largest academy chain group as chairman of the schools regulator Ofsted , in what was a surprise announcement meant to calm some of the internal conflicts within the coalition.
(20) Given that a post-poll economy still registers as a crucial issue among undecided voters, and that matters economic are now his BBC day job, that was hardly surprising.