Several days pass and surprisingly they are not the worst, but rather almost the best.

Not surprisingly, students value their degree by the first job it gets them rather than the life it prepares them for over the next half century.

It's actually surprisingly simple.

Not surprisingly, the economy deteriorated.

Not surprisingly, secessionist sentiment remains strong.

Netanyahu, not surprisingly, was especially outspoken.

Not surprisingly, such transfers were strongly resisted.

Not surprisingly, she won re election resoundingly.

Not surprisingly, the economy began to overheat.

Not surprisingly, autocrats everywhere embraced such views.

Karimov, not surprisingly, dodged and weaved instead.

Not surprisingly, the proposal was quickly shelved.

Surprisingly, prices rebounded in some places in 2009.

America s tax system has surprisingly little redistributional punch.

Only Georgia, not surprisingly, is asking for help.

And that question has attracted surprisingly little interest.

Not surprisingly, many UN agencies and aid agencies in rich countries fight this approach. All too often, the fight is about turf, rather than about the most effective way to speed help to the poor.

Even on marriage, many Saudis expressed surprisingly liberal views.

Not surprisingly, that prospect offers scant comfort to China.

Not surprisingly, that stance has further inflamed Korean emotions.

Surprisingly (to me, at least), markets have reacted stoically.

But in American politics, surprisingly, there has been progress.

Not surprisingly, foreign investors no longer favor Putin s Russia.

Russian leaders, not surprisingly, also drew their own conclusions.

Our results provide a surprisingly nuanced picture of Saudi attitudes.

Not surprisingly there are many 99 hotel rooms in Havana.

Not surprisingly, it has yet to be shown in cinemas.

But those who remain are surprisingly honest in their sharing.

Not surprisingly, the political opposition to such debt mutualization was intense.

The peace process, not surprisingly, becomes a joke while this happens.

Perhaps surprisingly, not everything of concern should be dealt with immediately.

Surprisingly, buildings account for about one third of global energy use.

Yet headline inflation is soaring, and, not surprisingly, gets the headlines.

In this, surprisingly, there have been marked improvements in recent years.

Surprisingly, the bond market still seems almost oblivious to this risk.

In Sierra Leone, for example, the post Ebola recovery plan emphasises energy, agriculture, and (not surprisingly) health. The international community should support the government in these areas, rather than pressing it to work on all 17 SDGs right from the start.

Not surprisingly, the atmosphere at this year s World Economic Forum was grim.

Since his sweeping re election, he has been surprisingly modest and magnanimous.

Any video recordings of these sessions, not surprisingly, would be destroyed afterwards.

Perhaps not surprisingly, acts of exclusion, segregation, and violence often go unpunished.

But Europe s biggest economy, Germany, is experiencing a surprisingly strong economic upswing.

The global dimension of this crisis surprisingly also has a positive side.

Not surprisingly, accession untied politicians' hands, and conflicts came to the fore.

Second quarter German GDP has stalled after a surprisingly strong first quarter.

Sen, not surprisingly, is a trenchant critic of the Asian values school.