Perhaps the most surprising observation after spending an August day at Clearview Elementary was how few of the children complained about their truncated summer.

This is not a surprising observation.

But for all the intriguing comments and surprising observations, Mr. Hussein's information was of little use, the officials contended.

Now, more than 90 studies have confirmed Dr. Roses' surprising observation.

The most surprising observation is that the spring bloom occurred almost at the same time in the Tromsø area and at Spitzbergen, approximately 10 further north.

Human intuition about conditional probability is often very poor and can give rise to some seemingly surprising observations.

But then his attention was diverted by another surprising observation that had escaped him on first seeing the three strangers: These Cardassians weren't in uniforms.

Botto and her colleagues may have identified the reason behind this somewhat surprising observation as a spurious consequence of the gene-targeting process.

The painter's surprising observation of Han Xizai makes the painting thought-provoking.

While preparing for an evening lecture on 21 April 1820, Hans Christian Ørsted made a surprising observation.