Example sentences of "it is [adv] surprising that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Given Peter Wood 's background , it is scarcely surprising that Direct Line 's computer systems impress . |
| 2 | Given such a lead , it is scarcely surprising that British scientists have sought to demonstrate the practical and financial consequences of environmental events and processes ; Table 9.1 , for example illustrates their perception of the importance of global environmental research to the UK domestic economy . |
| 3 | Given the thinly disguised mutual suspicion which traditionally exists between economists and sociologists , it is scarcely surprising that most mainstream economists were deeply unhappy at what they regarded as an unjustified yielding of territory to an altogether less rigorous discipline . ) |
| 4 | It is hardly surprising that political partisans claimed ( at least ) to be optimistic about their party 's chances . |
| 5 | With positive inducements to continuous employment in one firm and severe constraints on mobility , it is hardly surprising that Japanese rates of labour turnover are now lower than in the West . |
| 6 | It is hardly surprising that present educational systems contribute little to resolving the problems of DRAs . |
| 7 | Given these difficulties , it is hardly surprising that many patients with IBS show signs of neurotic depression and anxiety neurosis . |
| 8 | In these circumstances it is hardly surprising that many lone women parents do not work . |
| 9 | It is hardly surprising that many children eventually acquire a similar attitude towards the relevance of mathematics . |
| 10 | Their origins , their tectonic and metamorphic history , and their structural relations , present geologists with some of the most complex problems to be solved within the science as a whole , and so it is hardly surprising that many universities have research interests here . |
| 11 | Given the influences that shaped their work , it is hardly surprising that many painters , sculptors and architects turned to jewellery design as a natural and legitimate outlet for their creativity . |
| 12 | With their characteristic and pervasive atmosphere of sexuality and sensuality and their erotic tales presented or disguised within verbal play , it is hardly surprising that many have considered " pornography " to be an appropriate term to describe at least a good part of what is found in these fabliaux . |
| 13 | It is hardly surprising that such a large percentage of young people ‘ fail ’ in a situation where school work holds little intrinsic value for them or their parents . |
| 14 | It is hardly surprising that such a powerful event as a revolution is necessary to uproot the social order and destroy these institutions . |
| 15 | It is hardly surprising that such a powerful attack on conventional macroeconomic policy as that outlined in the previous chapter has provoked a number of counter-attacks . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | It is hardly surprising that real wages rose less rapidly than productivity and hence that profitability and competitiveness improved . |
| 18 | With all those roles it is hardly surprising that one of the most popular training requests among managers is assertiveness training . |
| 19 | And given the extensive fear of denunciation for critical or defeatist comment , it is hardly surprising that negative remarks about the speeches rarely came to light . |
| 20 | True , it was not so spectacular as earlier assaults on it , such as the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 , so it is hardly surprising that Israeli leaders should have so contemptuously dismissed it , so patently failed to understand its revolutionary import : that , for the first time , the enemy was offering the prospect of the civilised , peaceful , negotiated settlement for which Israel had clamoured since its foundation . |
| 21 | Colour is intimately linked with light , so it is hardly surprising that changing light alters colours , enhancing the brilliance of some while causing other to fade almost into invisibility . |
| 22 | Thus it is hardly surprising that malignant diseases of the breast , ovary , and endometrium all occur more commonly in nulliparous women . |
| 23 | Error and uncertainty are common features of cartographic information , so it is hardly surprising that these aspects are also present in digital versions of analogue maps . |
| 24 | It is hardly surprising that any sensible businessman tries to keep out of court if at all possible . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | It is hardly surprising that public libraries have been traditionally active in user education for schoolchildren . |
| 27 | It is hardly surprising that special procedures have been devised to make provision for claims of this size , and that the way in which the county court handles such claims has been the subject of close scrutiny and criticism , not least during the recent Civil Justice Review . |
| 28 | It is hardly surprising that journey-to-work surveys in rural Wales have found that the very high proportions of between 48 and 84 per cent of trips are made by car ( Nutley 1980 ) . |
| 29 | Since historians are creatures of flesh and blood , often with passionate convictions and opinions , and since the Spanish Civil War represents a recent historical event of unusual political , ideological and emotional content , it is hardly surprising that historical accounts of the 1931–6 period often appear to lack the objectivity attainable to students of episodes further in the past . |
| 30 | Given their view of the reports as generally descriptive , it is hardly surprising that few teachers felt that having to submit a written report on their school was in any measure a professional threat to them . |