Three illustrative sentences of my own composition
as a surprise ：驚くべきこととして
⇔ as no surprise ：驚くには値しないこととして、当然のこととして
① The idea that Japan should arm itself with nuclear weapons came as a surprise.
② The news that the prime minister resigned from his post came as no surprise.
③ It was widely seen as a surprise that he passed the university's entrance examination.
as a surprise ：驚くべきこととして
⇔ as no surprise ：驚くには値しないこととして、当然のこととして
① The idea that Japan should arm itself with nuclear weapons came as a surprise.
② The news that the prime minister resigned from his post came as no surprise.
③ It was widely seen as a surprise that he passed the university's entrance examination.
