Example sentences of "surprising thing [is] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As with labour costs , the surprising thing is that the total overheads have n't increased by more . |
| 2 | The surprising thing is that Russian companies choose to repatriate anything at all , officially . |
| 3 | The surprising thing is that he published this anonymously . |
| 4 | And from one-eighth of head teachers came frustrations with education authorities : ‘ The surprising thing is that many teachers and schools cope so well , ’ said one . |
| 5 | The most surprising thing is if somebody turns round and asks you , like they did last year , ‘ Why is the sky blue ? ’ and a thing a lot of people do n't even think of , you end up being able to explain — I think that 's the appeal of it . |