Example sentences of "'s not surprising " in BNC.
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| 1 | Organic mulches increase worm and insect activity , so it 's not surprising and , we fear , inevitable that blackbirds and others sometimes plunder these mulches in search of food . |
| 2 | Judging by the number of dead Germans in front of the Commando positions around the village , it 's not surprising that they had stopped their frontal attacks . |
| 3 | With such a lot riding on the snip of a scissor , it 's not surprising that the breast beneath the hairdresser 's gown is heaving with unrealistic expectations and conflicting emotions of hope and fear . |
| 4 | It 's not surprising , therefore , that a 33-year-old former London motor mechanic has turned a A$200 garden shed operation into an expanding enterprise with a A$250,000 per year turnover . |
| 5 | IT 'S not surprising that the miners have chosen camouflage as their symbol of solidarity . |
| 6 | When the working people in this country — whose only national newspaper , USA Today , reduces all its non-cold war international news to an eighth-of-a-page column called ‘ Elsewhere in the world ’ — begin to discuss the issues of international capitalist exploitation , it 's not surprising that the media portray the strike as some petty industrial dispute in the backwoods of the Appalachians . |
| 7 | It 's not surprising , is it ? |
| 8 | It 's not surprising that Koons began his career as a salesman , selling memberships for the Museum of Modern Art in New York in the late Seventies , following a stint of art school in Baltimore and a relatively nondescript youth in a small Pennsylvania town , where he listened to Led Zeppelin and ‘ chased after women ’ . |
| 9 | In view of its excellent track record , it 's not surprising that Campbell Freight Agencies Limited has received four prestigious awards within the past three years … two , presented by the UK Institute of Freight Forwarders , for being ‘ Freight Forwarder of the Year ’ and two ‘ Link ’ charity awards , presented by British Midland , commending the company for organising free shipments of essential foods and goods to Ethiopia . |
| 10 | With all the excellent facilities at this lively beach club , it 's not surprising why people opt for self catering holidays here . |
| 11 | It 's not surprising that an unemployed 17 year old pipe-fitter , like the one I spoke to called Chas , has an English Lion tattooed on his forearm and wears a White Power badge : — ‘ A Rasta can wear a Black is Beautiful badge and They all sit up and start clapping ’ , Chas told me . |
| 12 | It 's not surprising people do n't remember much about Birkdale 1961 but the awful weather . |
| 13 | He talked on , feeling a great relief , thinking , it 's not surprising Catholics are able to preserve their sanity ; they can unburden themselves in the confessional . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's not surprising she met an early grave , she 's smoked forty a day ever since I 've known her and that 's thirty years , ’ and , ‘ What do you expect , smoking all her life — God rest her soul , ’ are common judgements made by those left behind . |
| 15 | There was no landing fee at Bragança , but with a door locked for ten minutes on arrival , no petrol , no Met , and no radio , it 's not surprising ! |
| 16 | Results showed that there is an increasing interest in meat-free meals , so it 's not surprising that the products from the healthy Balance range have become even more popular . |
| 17 | It 's not surprising that so many ministers and MPs head there — it 's only a five-minute walk from the Houses of Parliament . |
| 18 | It 's not surprising really . |
| 19 | I may be the first challenger for Lennox , so it 's not surprising that I 'm behind Bowe . ’ |
| 20 | Perhaps it 's not surprising that a cooker which has revolutionised gas cooking technology should dare to break with styling convention too . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , that 's not surprising , he was always a wizard with wireless . ’ |
| 22 | Few of the face routes were in nick , so it 's not surprising that new route activity was limited and mixed in style . |
| 23 | Perhaps it 's not surprising . |
| 24 | With such a frenzy building up , and most of it apparently style-obsessed , it 's not surprising that opposition is emerging . |
| 25 | It 's not surprising that the Maktowm brothers are considering trimming their operation , but they will still have a huge stake here . |
| 26 | It 's not surprising if you feel like a failure . |
| 27 | Perhaps it 's not surprising you overlooked the release — I do n't think it was ever issued here in the UK , and the copy I own is an import . |
| 28 | ‘ The head 's so out of touch with reality that it 's not surprising things are going wrong . ’ |
| 29 | The enthusiasm he first showed is visibly more jaded now but that 's not surprising after eight months in the spotlight . |
| 30 | A former soldier named Ghanim Jaber , who had just left the army , said : ‘ It 's not surprising that we are afraid , but we had something to resist them with . ’ |