That was annoying but not entirely unexpected. It's not a huge shock, given what's going on down there.

There is only one kind of shock worse than the totally unexpected: the expected for which one has refused to prepare.

Beggars should be abolished entirely! Verily, it is annoying to give to them and it is annoying not to give to them

It is (a huge jump), but it's not unheard of.

I don't think this is a total shock, given what their competitors have done.

I believed from the outset it was not going to be capable, given its narrow base, of being successful in the country,