Example sentences of "it is therefore not surprising [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is therefore not surprising that incidents and accidents happen when this kind of situation occurs , especially if it is during an early off-field landing when the pilot is under pressure . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | It is therefore not surprising that , though conventions and customs vary widely from one society to another , basic moral principles apparently do not . |
| 5 | It is therefore not surprising that he should here stress the psychological aspects of pain and its control rather than the nuts and bolts of nociceptors , unmyelinated afferents , spinothalamic tracts and those splendid phrases designed to send medical students back to sleep in the belief that they now understand pain mechanisms . |
| 6 | It is therefore not surprising that once assembled , the Congress exuded a strong oralist flavour . |
| 7 | It is therefore not surprising that the provision of apparatus ( both large and small ) , toys and games , has been accepted as a necessity . |
| 8 | It is therefore not surprising that otaku are fascinated with new technology such as virtual reality or digital compression as it connects to pornography . |
| 9 | It is therefore not surprising that this should also be reflected in a rise in demand for health care . |
| 10 | In industries already geared to fast-paced work , such as motor-vehicle manufacture , it is therefore not surprising that there was little interest in older workers . |
| 11 | It is therefore not surprising that the notations , terminology and simpler notions of set theory now form an essential part of the language in which contemporary mathematical discussions are conducted . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | It is therefore not surprising that floral and garden designs feature prominently in Persian rugs . |
| 14 | It is therefore not surprising that many variants of the interaction between stellar winds and molecular clouds have been explored to account for the differences from one H-H object to another . |
| 15 | It is therefore not surprising that the deaf community remains frustrated about the quality of the education of deaf children and angrily demands a change in method , greater influence in policy making and participation . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is therefore not surprising that , as Ellen Ross has pointed out , the marital relationship did not enjoin romantic love or verbal and sexual intimacy , but required financial obligations , services and activities that were gender specific . |
| 18 | It is therefore not surprising that few questions are asked by the purchasers in markets overt and that these places are commonly used for disposing of stolen property . |
| 19 | It is therefore not surprising that thousands of children in Cleveland 's schools are being taught in sub-standard conditions — which must have an effect on education standards . |
| 20 | It is therefore not surprising that authors attach great importance to their citation by others . |
| 21 | It is therefore not surprising that stasis and changes in faecal content lead to alterations in mucosal architecture and both acuteand chronic inflammation . |
| 22 | It is therefore not surprising that a number of the concepts underlying the accrual accounting method are not appropriate to decision-making that is forward looking . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It is therefore not surprising that Chiaro occasionally has recourse to quoting from advertising campaigns ( e.g. the Perrier eau advertisements , p. 39 ) . |
| 25 | ‘ 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 . ’ |