You also should craft a strong rationale so future potential employers don't raise an eyebrow.

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This sort of behaviour would hardly raise an eyebrow in Britain and America.

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Lies of the sort the editor of the New York Times resigned over in 2003 barely raise an eyebrow in Britain.

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Classic liberals will raise an eyebrow at the new paternalism: does government know better than poor people what is in their interests?

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Your IT guy would raise an eyebrow and recommend upgrading them all.

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The Englishman will purse his lips, raise an eyebrow and furrow his brow but on the other side of the Channel the whole body is involved.

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So when some budget and luxury hotels, along with bars and cafes, offer it for free, it's hard not to raise an eyebrow at the hotels that don't.

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With 130 artists across 50 venues, there's certainly plenty of variety and there's little that would cause the sophisticated Glasgow audience to raise an eyebrow (their metropolitan cousins may be another matter).

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Because I use Twitter for business, not only would people bat an eye AND raise an eyebrow if I got drunk and fell in the pool, but I would loose clients and valuable contacts.

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Qatar has already won the right to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup, and hopes are now being pinned on luring more tourists from the neighbouring Gulf States with a variety of openings that would raise an eyebrow in New York, let alone in the Middle East.

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