Example sentences of "[adv prt] with surprising " in BNC.
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| 1 | The British Defence White Paper of 1958 laid down with surprising confidence the circumstances in which it would unleash nuclear weapons : ‘ It must be well understood that if Russia were to launch a major attack , even with conventional weapons only , the West would have to hit back with strategic nuclear weapons . ’ |
| 2 | When he had broached the subject — tentatively — he had been turned down with surprising sharpness . |
| 3 | They have been promised permanent showing : they have been given carefully considered hanging , and in some cases have chosen the position themselves ; their works are set off with surprising poise by the predominantly green and white college buildings and gardens , a complex severe and playful at once , severe in its geometry and playful in its romanesque quotations . |
| 4 | The imperial eagle and the personification of Victory are obvious examples of symbols of imperial power , but they turn up with surprising frequency upon ornamental furniture , lamps and , most notably , 15 funerary monuments . |
| 5 | Fortunately a gong sounded at that moment and Bertha sprang up with surprising alacrity and led the way to the dining room , where Randolph was already at the sideboard carving the meat . |
| 6 | The coordination of competing party bodies was carried out with surprising ease . |
| 7 | Giving up with the Browning , Ace lobbed a grenade at the sedan chair , and was rewarded by the sight of Mait leaping out with surprising agility instants before the chair was blown apart . |
| 8 | United fighting back with surprising spirit , but in the twenty fourth minute , really they thought their chances had gone , and there was a mistake by United skipper , Steve Foster . |
| 9 | Freddi grabbed Therese and , amazingly energetic , whirled her round and round with surprising control . |