Example sentences of "it [be] [adv] [not/n't] surprising [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | And it 's perhaps not surprising that Hollywood has begun to repay the compliment . |
2 | It is thus not surprising that the archaeological record infers a continuous or near-continuous occupation of the area for many hundreds of generations . ’ |
3 | It is thus not surprising that , to many people , design means the application of high level analysis programs such as finite-element structural analysis and automatic circuit analysis programs . |
4 | It is thus not surprising that internal decision-making is loosely coupled with external reporting ( Meyer and Rowan , 1977 ) . |
5 | It is thus not surprising that there is no single psychological theory of driving which adequately describes all components of the task . |
6 | It is thus not surprising that our period saw an increase in the amount of land put to agricultural use , not to mention the even greater increase in output through improved productivity . |
7 | It is surely not surprising that Ashton was similarly inspired . |
8 | In an age when insurance against all forms of liability is commonplace , it is surely not surprising or unjust if law makes persons who carry on some kinds of hazardous undertakings liable for the harm they do , unless they can excuse or justify it on some recognisable ground . ’ |
9 | Given this , it is probably not surprising that even where qualifications were stipulated , the requirement was not rigidly enforced . |
10 | It is also not surprising that there continued to be those who believed the papacy on its own incapable of reforming the Church , and that a Council was needed . |
11 | It is therefore not surprising that incidents and accidents happen when this kind of situation occurs , especially if it is during an early off-field landing when the pilot is under pressure . |
12 | In a nearly cloudless country such as Egypt observation of the sun was a useful way of telling the time and it is therefore not surprising that the earliest known solar clock has been found there . |
13 | Throughout Iranian thought there was a tendency to dualism , and it is therefore not surprising that two distinct forms or aspects of time were recognized : indivisible time , that is the eternal ‘ now ’ , and time that is divisible into successive parts . |
14 | It is therefore not surprising that , though conventions and customs vary widely from one society to another , basic moral principles apparently do not . |
15 | It is therefore not surprising that he should here stress the psychological aspects of pain and its control rather than the nuts and bolts of nociceptors , unmyelinated afferents , spinothalamic tracts and those splendid phrases designed to send medical students back to sleep in the belief that they now understand pain mechanisms . |
16 | It is therefore not surprising that once assembled , the Congress exuded a strong oralist flavour . |
17 | It is therefore not surprising that the provision of apparatus ( both large and small ) , toys and games , has been accepted as a necessity . |
18 | It is therefore not surprising that otaku are fascinated with new technology such as virtual reality or digital compression as it connects to pornography . |
19 | It is therefore not surprising that this should also be reflected in a rise in demand for health care . |
20 | In industries already geared to fast-paced work , such as motor-vehicle manufacture , it is therefore not surprising that there was little interest in older workers . |
21 | It is therefore not surprising that the notations , terminology and simpler notions of set theory now form an essential part of the language in which contemporary mathematical discussions are conducted . |
22 | Having to work from different angles makes it extremely difficult to maintain an even symmetry throughout the design , and it is therefore not surprising that nomadic rugs sometimes contain motifs of slightly varying sizes ; the fact that so many are perfectly balanced and symmetrical is a glowing testament to the weavers ' skill . |
23 | It is therefore not surprising that floral and garden designs feature prominently in Persian rugs . |
24 | It is therefore not surprising that many variants of the interaction between stellar winds and molecular clouds have been explored to account for the differences from one H-H object to another . |
25 | It is therefore not surprising that the deaf community remains frustrated about the quality of the education of deaf children and angrily demands a change in method , greater influence in policy making and participation . |
26 | It is obviously advantageous for an animal to receive more detailed information about where it is going to than about where it has come from , and it is therefore not surprising that as well as the mouth at the front end of the planaria there is a concentration of sense organs , such as light-sensitive eyepits , and to process the information arriving from these sense organs there is a group of ganglia concentrated in the head — forming at last the forerunners of real brains . |
27 | It is therefore not surprising that , as Ellen Ross has pointed out , the marital relationship did not enjoin romantic love or verbal and sexual intimacy , but required financial obligations , services and activities that were gender specific . |
28 | It is therefore not surprising that few questions are asked by the purchasers in markets overt and that these places are commonly used for disposing of stolen property . |
29 | It is therefore not surprising that thousands of children in Cleveland 's schools are being taught in sub-standard conditions — which must have an effect on education standards . |
30 | It is therefore not surprising that authors attach great importance to their citation by others . |