Example sentences of "[adv] it [be] not surprising that " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it 's not surprising that a cooker which has revolutionised gas cooking technology should dare to break with styling convention too . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | With so limited a territory left for privacy , perhaps it is not surprising that the Swedes have led the way in data protection . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Perhaps it is not surprising that many younger doctors are voting with their feet . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Perhaps it was not surprising that he complained of physical debility . |
| 9 | So it is not surprising that deconstruction was reduced to what could be easily handled and passed on . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | So it is not surprising that China 's leaders have welcomed President Bush 's envoy . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | So it is not surprising that adolescents sometimes make heavy weather of the whole process . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | So it is not surprising that efforts have been made to apply New Critical methods to prose fiction . |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | So it is not surprising that the Mittelland overrides cantonal frontiers . |
| 21 | So it is not surprising that few people exist who have ideal qualifications . |
| 22 | So it is not surprising that we can not get computers to understand them . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | So it is not surprising that they also occur in the second part of the novel . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | So it 's not surprising that , faced with the challenge of reusing its waste , the industry is finding solutions through its excellent scientific and technological base . ’ |
| 28 | So it 's not surprising that toddlers act so explosively when placed in a strange situation . |
| 29 | So it was not surprising that George found that nobody would accept the dangerously exposed position of Prime Minister and that Pitt was indispensable even though he had no majority in the Commons . |
| 30 | So it was not surprising that Col. Savill should have had an attentive and appreciative audience on 1 December 1989 , when he spoke on this subject . |