Example sentences of "[is] [adv] surprising [that] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | It is perhaps surprising that he did not count and find that he had double the actual number present , but he , too , has departed . |
| 3 | It is perhaps surprising that it has survived at all , yet there are pockets in this country where these lifetime associations are still meaningful . |
| 4 | It is surprising that he attended Hall 's conclave as he had a well-known dislike of competitions , but it is less surprising that he was selected to be a judge in view of his connections with two of the other judges and the probability that he would not wish to enter the competition himself . |
| 5 | Since there is such a wide difference between the least violent types of eruption ( Hawaiian ) and the most violent ( Plinian ) , it is scarcely surprising that there is an equally wide difference between the kinds of pyroclastic rocks produced by each . |
| 6 | In view of the depressed state of the Kosovan economy and the high rates of unemployment , it is scarcely surprising that there is continual emigration of Serbs and Montenegrins from the province ( and presumably also of Albanians , although no one bothers to record that aspect ) . |
| 7 | In these circumstances , it is scarcely surprising that there is evidence of international and interdisciplinary dispute , as Terney ( 1989 ) has chronicled in regard to IGBP . |
| 8 | This is something unique ; and it is not surprising that somebody should have thought of the mystical chariot of Ezechiel . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | Insects are fragile and easily damaged , and it is not surprising that they are sometimes destroyed completely . |
| 13 | Most broilers experience very little stimulation during their seven weeks on the farm and it is not surprising that they find the sudden changes when they are caught and transported extremely frightening . |
| 14 | Since the headmen were neither recruited , trained nor even supervised in a consistent manner , it is not surprising that they were generally inactive when it came to dealing with crime . |
| 15 | It is not surprising that they come into conflict , with one side feeling threatened by innovative theory and the other feeling frustrated by established practice . |
| 16 | Since women usually are more active than men in keeping contact with relatives , it is not surprising that they are more involved in the giving and receiving of practical support . |
| 17 | On the other hand , since it is mostly women who are responsible for running households and caring for dependent members of their families , it is not surprising that they are involved in helping each other in these practical ways , which lend themselves to being organized on a reciprocal basis . |
| 18 | Since officials and clerks are not allowed to express their real feelings at work , it is not surprising that they have difficulty tolerating the feelings of their customers . |
| 19 | All the Duchamp brothers were at this time passionately interested in mathematics ; Jacques Villon was engaged in reading Leonardo 's Trattato della Pittura , while Marcel Duchamp was a close friend of an amateur mathematician named Maurice Princet , so that it is not surprising that they should have been responsible for introducing a more scientific note into Cubist discussions . |
| 20 | The early bipedal hominids were smaller than us so it is not surprising that they had smaller skulls , but there are no good grounds for supposing that men have gradually been evolving into creatures of greater and greater intelligence . |
| 21 | Nevertheless , many bishops continued to possess legal expertise , and it is not surprising that they made use of their knowledge . |
| 22 | So it is not surprising that they also occur in the second part of the novel . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | So it is not surprising that we can not get computers to understand them . |
| 26 | Given the appalling historical baggage which the European far right carries with it , it is not surprising that their inclusion in the Strasbourg assembly has begun to create serious difficulties . |
| 27 | So it is not surprising that his interest developed from driving them very fast and very skilfully to the point where he now heads a business specialising in accident repairs and coachbuilding with a turnover in the region of £7.5 million . |
| 28 | It is not surprising that I have not been able to finish them , for I never have a single quiet hour here . |
| 29 | Given my background , as described in the previous chapter , it is not surprising that I should have felt particularly sensitive on this point . |
| 30 | It is not surprising that he found in addition to writing about her , he had to sing about her , too . |