Example sentences of "[is] surprising that " in BNC.
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| 1 | And really , it is surprising that a company such as Gay Sweatshop still finds a need to have a dyke in a dress suit and a queen in a fluffy frock bitching over a Judy Garland album . |
| 2 | At first sight , it is surprising that German think-tanks should be notable for unideological pragmatism . |
| 3 | It is surprising that markets did not react sooner to this . |
| 4 | ‘ It is surprising that any survive , ’ Catherine remarked . |
| 5 | It is surprising that the explosion did not occur earlier , for the sense of betrayal and hatred towards the foreigner was manifest in Lebanon long before . |
| 6 | Although visiting grandparents was the basis of many significant memories and relationships , it is surprising that in the first set of interviews there are even more significant mentions of grandparents who at some point lived in the same house as their children . |
| 7 | Given the pre-eminence of the multi-national corporation in international development , it is surprising that it is accorded so little attention in development literature … . |
| 8 | It is surprising that the Government should have failed to understand the public enthusiasm for the Beveridge Report , when it was published in December 1942 . |
| 9 | It is surprising that such major intrusions by the state into the private lives of the people should take place without any clear legal authority . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | It is surprising that higher education libraries have not become more fully committed to aspects of the teaching of study skills , for various reasons . |
| 12 | It is surprising that so few people have suggested possible reforms . |
| 13 | Indeed it is surprising that more studies have not been conducted in a field that , whatever else it may be , is surely one of the world 's most remarkable systems of belief . |
| 14 | It is surprising that New Scientist should have convinced itself that the nuclear weapons policy of the SDP is ‘ indistinguishable ’ from that of the government . |
| 15 | The pattern of enrolments in school exercises so much potential effect on the selection and ordering of material that it is surprising that it causes so little apparent concern to curriculum planners . |
| 16 | It is surprising that in his time and ever since , his culpability has received so little attention . |
| 17 | Given the propensity of the Academy jury over the years to equate serious acting with stars ' willingness to make themselves unattractive , it is surprising that Dustin did not win hands down . |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | Given SAAB 's very positive experience with line-out , it is surprising that BL did not consider emulating it in that it appeared to offer benefits both to management and workers . |
| 20 | For example , it is surprising that as many as 19% of the top 100 companies provided no notes whatsoever . |
| 21 | It is surprising that the Institute did not address the needs of accounts users in more depth . |
| 22 | The hungry sheep seem to look up in vain to their religious leaders and , if this was the whole reality , it is surprising that the Reformation did not happen a good deal earlier . |
| 23 | It is surprising that BRAC failed to foresee these problems . |
| 24 | It is surprising that no crowd reaction to the miracle is given . |
| 25 | Again , it is surprising that some people never familiarize their dogs with the sensation of being picked up . |
| 26 | Given Hoving 's long-standing jealousy of John Walsh , a former curator in the European paintings department who is now the director of the J. Paul Getty Museum , it is surprising that Walsh does not come in for more snide brickbats than a conversation Hoving cites with Getty , where the eccentric billionaire asks him if he would become the director of his museum . |
| 27 | Indeed , given the level of activity within the Six at this time and the patent way in which Britain 's Grand Design seemed to go against everything they were working for , it is surprising that the Six were willing to discuss the scheme in the first place . |
| 28 | It is surprising that you make a fuss about the succession . |
| 29 | It is surprising that the laminations were preserved at all : conventional models suggest that bioturbation caused by the benthic sediment community will disrupt such laminations unless there is insufficient oxygen in the water to support the biological activity . |
| 30 | With the ‘ relatively dense network of outpatient and day patient services which exist in the country ’ , it is surprising that the radicalism of Italy has not been contagious . |