Example sentences of "[adv] it is not surprising that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it is not surprising that he became the subject of legend , his noble image inspiring the collective imagination to attach magical tales to his historical person . |
| 2 | With so limited a territory left for privacy , perhaps it is not surprising that the Swedes have led the way in data protection . |
| 3 | This is not highly encouraging , and perhaps it is not surprising that although the need for formal systematic planning was noted in our sample , and the concept of appraisal was mentioned by a small number of respondents , evaluation was rarely described in any depth , although 62% of the programmes described by the data sheets indicated that an assessment procedure was employed . |
| 4 | Perhaps it is not surprising that , without exception , the professionals to whom we talked stated emphatically that their overriding concern was to act in the interests of their child clients . |
| 5 | Perhaps it is not surprising that many younger doctors are voting with their feet . |
| 6 | Perhaps it is not surprising that the Hon. Members for Wimbledon ( Dr. Goodson-Wickes ) and for Battersea ( Mr. Bowis ) and those other Hon. Members from other exotic places who served with us would not find it particularly attractive to participate in further debates on the Bill today . |
| 7 | So it is not surprising that deconstruction was reduced to what could be easily handled and passed on . |
| 8 | Quantity in this sense , duration , is what musicians and musical composers are continually concerned with ; and so it is not surprising that poets of this way of thinking , like Pound and Bunting , show themselves avidly interested in poetry which has been , not at a level of theory but as a fact of performance , intimately associated with music : poetry that has been set , or has been written in the hope of being set , to music . |
| 9 | In arguing against the notion that the family is the origin of society , Marx and Engels reverse what they had argued in their previous writing , but Maine 's version of the argument , which gives priority to private property , is even more opposed to their general position , and so it is not surprising that they reject Maine in favour of Morgan . |
| 10 | So it is not surprising that China 's leaders have welcomed President Bush 's envoy . |
| 11 | So it is not surprising that some solitary horses will go to extreme lengths to join other horses ; even though the other horses may be quite unfriendly . |
| 12 | Although a minor error in the recitation of the Vedas was looked upon with strong disapproval , passing events were regarded by the Hindus as devoid of real significance and so it is not surprising that no importance was attached to providing them with accurate dates . |
| 13 | Most of the time Harry was playing for Crystal Palace we were a Third Division club and so it is not surprising that most of the great achievements to which he helped to take us were in the FA Cup . |
| 14 | So it is not surprising that adolescents sometimes make heavy weather of the whole process . |
| 15 | So it is not surprising that each field-worker tries to select an unstudied people , or if that fails , a community whose present circumstances render them acutely interesting for ‘ theoretical reasons ’ . |
| 16 | So it is not surprising that efforts have been made to apply New Critical methods to prose fiction . |
| 17 | So it is not surprising that those suffering the greatest stress — who are disadvantaged in terms of income , housing , environment , and health — are also those most likely to need help . |
| 18 | So it is not surprising that the Mittelland overrides cantonal frontiers . |
| 19 | So it is not surprising that few people exist who have ideal qualifications . |
| 20 | So it is not surprising that we can not get computers to understand them . |
| 21 | It is criticized by the Tories and the media and of course they never explain how it works , so it is not surprising that the general public is suspicious of it . |
| 22 | Religious support is normally little called upon — indeed the record of most religions with regard to these issues is not regarded as good , and so it is not surprising that many see religion as the suppressor of human rights rather than as their advocate . |
| 23 | So it is not surprising that they also occur in the second part of the novel . |
| 24 | So it is not surprising that his interest developed from driving them very fast and very skilfully to the point where he now heads a business specialising in accident repairs and coachbuilding with a turnover in the region of £7.5 million . |
| 25 | Thus it is not surprising that other people tend to underestimate their abilities and personal qualities . |
| 26 | One official later described the punishment as ‘ the most disgusting and barbarous thing I have ever seen ’ , thus it is not surprising that another official wrote that ‘ the native has a wholesome dread of the lash . ’ |
| 27 | Thus it is not surprising that responses to the questionnaire were varied in quality and range of answers . |
| 28 | The larger the group the greater this tendency , argues Olson , and thus it is not surprising that amorphous groups such as consumers , or even economic classes , do not unite in common action to pursue their interests . |
| 29 | Perhaps then it is not surprising that the procedural differences between the law of trusts and the civil law emerge as so significant . |
| 30 | If we consider the commitment required for the task of learning a language then it is not surprising that there is a large affective or emotive component in the eventual success of the learner . |