Example sentences of "it is [adv] surprising that it " in BNC.
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| 1 | But it is not surprising that it first arose in what history has called ‘ the Hungry Forties ’ . |
| 2 | It was a classic imperial response in every sense , and it is not surprising that it was to feed into Fascist Italian and German canons of architectural taste . |
| 3 | Thus when W , composed of parts X and Y , exists , something exists besides X and Y , and it is not surprising that it should have its own fresh value . |
| 4 | Western philosophy has a long tradition so it is not surprising that it has changed over the centuries both in content and in method . |
| 5 | Given the adversarial procedures of the Court it is not surprising that it defined a dispute in bilateral terms . |
| 6 | It is not surprising that it was , and still is , grown as a garden plant , since its large , soft , grey-green leaves and brightly coloured flowers are splendidly ornamental . |
| 7 | Thus for Smith it is not surprising that it is Britain ( the former dominant capitalist economy ) and the United States ( the leading post-war economy ) which have felt the need to maintain permanent arms economies . |
| 8 | Given philosophy 's interest in the foundations of human knowledge it is not surprising that it should spend a considerable amount of its concern with science , the form of human knowledge which has achieved so much . |
| 9 | It takes as fact that employers , judges and Tory legislators can do no wrong , and so it is hardly surprising that it finds nothing to be said in favour of trade unions . |
| 10 | It is hardly surprising that it is a poor fit for animals removed from the present by hundreds of millions of years of evolution . |
| 11 | It is hardly surprising that it should occasionally wreak vengeance on its executioner . |
| 12 | It is hardly surprising that it replaced the old ‘ putting out ’ system , nor that it led displaced domestic workers and artisans to smash machinery in a wave of ‘ Luddite ’ outbreaks . |
| 13 | It is perhaps surprising that it has survived at all , yet there are pockets in this country where these lifetime associations are still meaningful . |