Example sentences of "[coord] it [is] therefore not surprising " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a nearly cloudless country such as Egypt observation of the sun was a useful way of telling the time and it is therefore not surprising that the earliest known solar clock has been found there . |
| 2 | Throughout Iranian thought there was a tendency to dualism , and it is therefore not surprising that two distinct forms or aspects of time were recognized : indivisible time , that is the eternal ‘ now ’ , and time that is divisible into successive parts . |
| 3 | Consequently , all translations of carpet names and terms are strictly phonetic , and it is therefore not surprising to find wide variations in the spellings of individual towns , weaving groups and designs . |
| 4 | Having to work from different angles makes it extremely difficult to maintain an even symmetry throughout the design , and it is therefore not surprising that nomadic rugs sometimes contain motifs of slightly varying sizes ; the fact that so many are perfectly balanced and symmetrical is a glowing testament to the weavers ' skill . |
| 5 | It is obviously advantageous for an animal to receive more detailed information about where it is going to than about where it has come from , and it is therefore not surprising that as well as the mouth at the front end of the planaria there is a concentration of sense organs , such as light-sensitive eyepits , and to process the information arriving from these sense organs there is a group of ganglia concentrated in the head — forming at last the forerunners of real brains . |
| 6 | They testify to the fact that a colossal amount of wealth passed through royal hands , and it is therefore not surprising that control of the royal treasury was a significant factor in Merovingian politics . |
| 7 | ‘ If we let our children go when they are young , they are gone from us forever , and it is therefore not surprising when youngsters turn to childish misdemeanours and graduate to serious crime . ’ |