Yet she told VOA's Faiza Elmasry it was surprising how many students can graduate with, in her words,a "thin education."

VOA: special.2009.10.22

It is surprising how many expressions that Americans use every day came from the card game of poker.

VOA: special.2009.11.22

For her the idea that birds have come from dinosaurs is just common knowledge and there's nothing surprising in that at all."

VOA: special.2009.12.01

Astronomers have recently found some surprising evidence that some of those materials may have come from comets.

VOA: special.2009.09.30

But the image is surprising because he is standing on a crowded street in New York City.

VOA: special.2009.03.23

So it is not surprising that top is part of another expression that describes an important person.

VOA: special.2009.11.29

So it is not surprising that Las Vegas is called The Gambling Capital of the World and The Entertainment Capital of the World.

VOA: special.2010.03.14

But there are also a surprising number of areas of empty land where houses used to stand.

VOA: special.2010.01.22

The flowers are mostly gone. It is not surprising that some people are sad in winter.

VOA: special.2009.01.26

The circus has been popular for so long that it is not surprising that words and expressions connected with it are part of everyday speech.

VOA: special.2009.01.11

So it is not surprising that it is called The Entertainment Capital of the World.

VOA: special.2011.07.24

It is impossible to imagine many of George's songs without Ira's perfectly chosen,often surprising words.

VOA: special.2009.02.08

Mister Rehm said the high death rate is even more surprising because the large majority of adults around the world do not drink alcohol at all.

VOA: special.2009.09.08

That desire to live forever in a record book may not seem very surprising.

VOA: special.2011.05.16