Example sentences of "have come as a shock " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know that the organisational change has come as a shock to you , as it has for me , but we want to part company after all these years , on the best and friendliest of terms . |
| 2 | It has come as a shock to realise that your magazine can no longer be relied on to present the relevant information in a straightforward factual manner . |
| 3 | This has come as a shock to all of us , Masklin thought . |
| 4 | The exponential growth in CMEA debt ( from $6 billion in 1970 to $58.3 billion in 1981 ) has come as a shock to borrower and lender alike . |
| 5 | This attitude has come as a shock to many in Hollywood who are falling over themselves to sign him . |
| 6 | No one is ever fully prepared for bereavement , and even if her husband 's terminal illness was one from which she had known he could not hope to recover , his death will still have come as a shock to her which may create a feeling of numbness and unreality : . |
| 7 | So maybe the lack of interest in Latin American art this week should not have come as a shock . |
| 8 | The demand for subject access may have come as a shock to the library profession but , more importantly , it raised a very fundamental issue : that is , the role of the catalogue in providing access to the library collection . |
| 9 | ‘ It seems to have come as a shock to you , ’ he observed . |
| 10 | It was plain for all to see that his father 's ultimatum had come as a shock to Jonna . |
| 11 | The realisation of her feelings for Rourke had come as a shock , the more so because there was no chance he would ever come to care for her in return . |
| 12 | Although it had come as a shock , for he had never made it his business to enquire into the ramifications of his family , he had found a morbid humour in the situation . |