31.   A big surprise was the hardening of support for the far-right Independent Democratic Union party.

32.   A big surprise?

33.   A big surprise from UPN that will test whether the new networks can compete for audiences with their big rivals when they air an evening of quality shows.

34.   A Mattel spokesman said that the company had done due diligence on the Learning Company and that its problems came as a big surprise.

35.   Aides said privately they expected no big surprises in the speech, was to focus almost exclusively on education and the economy.

36.   All of which may come as a big surprise to Wall Street.

37.   But Annie was the one in for the big surprise.

38.   But Bonds got a big surprise in the eighth inning.

39.   But for the residents of an upper middle-class neighborhood, the revelation that a drug operation was apparently operating in their neighborhood came as a big surprise.

40.   But his recounting of the slide toward war since late March made clear that the big surprise of the conflict has been the sheer number of surprises.