In Spanish we use the preposition para (not por) when we want to express that there is a surprising fact in relation to a general statement.
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Para una universidad tan prestigiosa, los resultados no han sido muy buenos este año.
For such a prestigious university, the results haven't been too good this year.
Here, the surprising fact is that the results have been bad, despite being considered generally as a very good university.
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Micro kwiz: Using para (not por) to express unequal relations/surprising facts

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