Example sentences of "surprising that [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hence it was not surprising that its proposals were not speedily implemented , much to the chagrin of the House of Commons Energy Committee , three years later . |
| 2 | Given Nuremberg 's deeply repressed recent history with its strong Nazi connections , it is perhaps also not surprising that her idea of transforming the former site of the Nuremberg rallies into a peace park should meet with opposition . |
| 3 | Once over the first fright of finding out that this was an unconventional arrangement , Alexandra found it less surprising that her mother should have married her father , than vice versa . |
| 4 | It is perhaps not surprising that her recollections of that evening are vague . |
| 5 | It was n't surprising that her path and Guido 's had n't crossed . |
| 6 | It was not , therefore , surprising that her dreams should be likewise troubled . |
| 7 | Given the disparate sources of the Constitution and the fact that important relationships within and between organs of the state are not laid down in any one formal or binding document , it is not surprising that one must have recourse to books by constitutional scholars to discover the extent and nature of those relationships . |
| 8 | If they 're offered , as they have been for years and years ever since the industrial revolution , things that have been cynically designed for the working classes , is it surprising that we have a nation of people who are supposed to have no visual standards ? |
| 9 | Given that artists such as Sonia Boyce , Brenda Agard and Jennifer Comrie were first brought to a wider public 's notice in these exhibitions curated by Lubaina , it is not surprising that we owe her a debt which , given the current backlash against Blackwomen 's Creativity , we fear that we may never be able to repay . |
| 10 | Perhaps it 's telling that a similar process of self-siphoning is also afflicting Hollywood , for no other song-writer is as steeped in cinema as Springsteen ( it is surprising that we had to wait until Indian Runner for a film to be made of one of his songs ) . |
| 11 | Multi-processors seem to be the flavour of the day at the moment and IBM Corp has been promising a multi-processing addition to its RS/6000 line for some time , so it 's not too surprising that we hear it 'll announce one in around six weeks for delivery later in the year . |
| 12 | 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 . ’ |
| 13 | So it was n't really surprising that we did n't recognise Ollie when we got into the arrivals hall . |
| 14 | It is hardly surprising that we emerge with ‘ a crisis in the humanities ’ . |
| 15 | So , taking all this into consideration , it was hardly surprising that we were all looking forward to our next set of rest days . |
| 16 | So it is not surprising that we can not get computers to understand them . |
| 17 | It 's hardly surprising that we should be deeply suspicious of any attempt to deal with a subject as charged as rape . |
| 18 | It 's not surprising that we are criticised sometimes but I suspect our critics ca n't keep pace . |
| 19 | Let me say from the outset that you may find it surprising that we have an awful lot in common . |
| 20 | It really is n't surprising that we 're following their footsteps because the only way in the end to get anything done in this country is to protest about it because this government seems to be totally oblivious to rules of natural justice or decency . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | In arguing against the notion that the family is the origin of society , Marx and Engels reverse what they had argued in their previous writing , but Maine 's version of the argument , which gives priority to private property , is even more opposed to their general position , and so it is not surprising that they reject Maine in favour of Morgan . |
| 23 | And , given the rather jaundiced view that civil servants had by then formed of the movie business , it is not surprising that they preferred to commend Rank for observing ‘ the normal standards of commercial efficiency and honesty , which have not so far been conspicuous within the film industry ’ than listen to the arguments presented by Palache that budget control on Rank 's film productions was inadequate . |
| 24 | Amphibians in the wild are food for so many other animals that it is not surprising that they do not always show themselves well even in confinement . |
| 25 | It is clear from thinking in Brussels and Paris that their views on international trade owe more to Friedrich List than to Adam Smith , although it is always surprising that they bemoan their countries ' so-called tutelage to the United States and at the same time attack the liberal economic policies which lie at the root of American power : why do they not realise that they should adopt economic liberalism as well ? |
| 26 | Insects are fragile and easily damaged , and it is not surprising that they are sometimes destroyed completely . |
| 27 | Given that these technologies are consistently promoted by opponents as a benign alternative to the dangers of nuclear power , it is perhaps not surprising that they are marginalized within the Authority 's remit . |
| 28 | As the Canadian railway companies experimented for a distinctive national style , it is perhaps not surprising that they turned to French models , although the styles they adopted were often filtered through the United States . |
| 29 | Nevertheless , with all their drawbacks , panels are interesting ways of collecting information and it is rather surprising that they have not been used more in academic research where ideas rather than pin-point accuracy of measurement may be the desired goal . |
| 30 | Introducing an interesting collection of studies of classrooms in different countries , Frankish comments ; ‘ Different as the classrooms described in this issue may appear , it is still surprising that they are so alike ’ . |