Example sentences of "it is [adv] surprising that they " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , with all their drawbacks , panels are interesting ways of collecting information and it is rather surprising that they have not been used more in academic research where ideas rather than pin-point accuracy of measurement may be the desired goal . |
| 2 | Headhunters are , by definition , enemies of long-term company loyalty and , because they spend so much time persuading people to move , it is hardly surprising that they themselves do not hesitate when they see an exciting new opportunity . |
| 3 | It is hardly surprising that they regarded the Britons as the defeated enemy to be despised and kicked around . |
| 4 | Koreans serving in the police force were often extremely brutal in their conduct and it is hardly surprising that they were a target for revenge after the termination of Japanese rule ; many of them served under the American occupation and in South Korea from 1948 and vengeance continued to be taken at periodic intervals for years to come . |
| 5 | It must in the first place be said that women in the past were not for example doctors or politicians , so it is hardly surprising that they should not have held public office in the church . |
| 6 | Given the obvious importance of the main road and street frontages , it is hardly surprising that they provided the most attractive sites for occupation . |
| 7 | It is clear from thinking in Brussels and Paris that their views on international trade owe more to Friedrich List than to Adam Smith , although it is always surprising that they bemoan their countries ' so-called tutelage to the United States and at the same time attack the liberal economic policies which lie at the root of American power : why do they not realise that they should adopt economic liberalism as well ? |
| 8 | Introducing an interesting collection of studies of classrooms in different countries , Frankish comments ; ‘ Different as the classrooms described in this issue may appear , it is still surprising that they are so alike ’ . |
| 9 | If their view of God is what they say , then it is more surprising that they did not reject it much earlier . |
| 10 | Both these relationships are of course what might have been predicted a priori , in fact it is more surprising that they did not appear in the Groeger and Chapman study than that they do in this one . |