Example sentences of "[noun] [pron] be hardly surprising that " in BNC.
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| 1 | With these points in mind it is hardly surprising that international traders seek the assistance and advice of bankers in the conduct , financing and settlement of transactions . |
| 2 | With all those roles it is hardly surprising that one of the most popular training requests among managers is assertiveness training . |
| 3 | Given the Labour Party 's lack of political action on the Spanish issue it is hardly surprising that the Labour Spain Committee renewed its efforts to call for a national conference , which it organized in October 1938 . |
| 4 | In these circumstances it is hardly surprising that many lone women parents do not work . |
| 5 | Under these circumstances it was hardly surprising that the police adopted a laissez-faire policy . |
| 6 | Given Brainerd 's background in the publishing industry , mainly newspapers , and the fact that he had just left Atex it is hardly surprising that the program was designed around the traditional ‘ cut and paste ’ working methods . |
| 7 | In a world where , far from becoming ‘ paperless ’ , our output of printed material is doubling every three years it is hardly surprising that any attempt to increase our efficient use of paper is rapidly accepted . |
| 8 | Because of this lack of contact it is hardly surprising that systems and policies do not immediately have the intended effect when related , often through an education officer , to the schools . |
| 9 | With electronic aids to navigation proliferating on small boats of all kinds and technology advancing on all fronts it is hardly surprising that a revised second edition of this volume has been required only three years after first publication . |
| 10 | Despite having come a close second to every junior side in the county at least once over the years , as the senior side in the tournament it is hardly surprising that Athletico should have done remarkably well . |
| 11 | Apprentices could be sanctioned by neither , and in the general sense it is hardly surprising that resort to corporal punishment was so common . |
| 12 | Given such an approach it is hardly surprising that relations between pacifist and Communist opponents of the war during 1939–40 proved difficult . |
| 13 | Given the well-documented existence of widespread discrimination against black job-seekers it is hardly surprising that levels of unemployment within the black communities are substantially higher than those for white people . |
| 14 | Faced with such an upward price trend it is hardly surprising that historians have tended to present the war years as a time of deteriorating living standards . |
| 15 | Against this background of significant changes in household formation patterns it is hardly surprising that there has been an increase in the proportion and number of older people living alone ( Figure 2.9 ) . |
| 16 | Mr Waite added : ‘ Because of the volatile complexity of the situation it is hardly surprising that rumours continue to circulate regarding individuals who were alleged to be connected with the hostages . |
| 17 | Mr Waite added : ‘ Because of the volatile complexity of the situation it is hardly surprising that rumours continue to circulate regarding individuals who were alleged to be connected with the hostages . |
| 18 | In view of this heightened activity it is hardly surprising that medicine should be given credit for the decline in mortality ( e.g. Griffith 1926 ) . |
| 19 | Faced with these twin assaults on his ego it was hardly surprising that many players were found wanting . |
| 20 | Given that the market has ceased to be an effective mode of regulating the exercise of the economic power of the company it is hardly surprising that arguments employed to regulate the exercise of public power should have been drawn upon to regulate the private economic power of corporate managers . |
| 21 | As it claimed to be the functioning government of Vietnam it was hardly surprising that US officers , particularly OSS , maintained fairly close contact with the Vietminh and perhaps there was a genuine basis for the American — Vietnamese Friendship Association ; and when the senior US officer , General Gallagher , was persuaded to sing at one of their meetings and , apparently , broadcast on Vietminh radio , this too was in itself a comparatively innocent exercise . |