Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] not surprising " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two causes were closely linked from the 1840s and it is not surprising that when Cassell visited New York in 1853 as a delegate to a World Temperance Convention he would also use Beecher at work in Ohio . |
| 2 | Insects are fragile and easily damaged , and it is not surprising that they are sometimes destroyed completely . |
| 3 | The role of Treasurer over the years has grown from overseeing simple book-keeping to an extensive involvement and the contributions of Leslie Wise , A.J. Chapman , Albert ( Bert ) Ford and currently Jim Grey , have been valuable indeed and it is not surprising that Arthur Chapman felt the work was too demanding for an Honorary Treasurer , although what each does might vary depending on what bias the secretary brings to his post . |
| 4 | It was a classic imperial response in every sense , and it is not surprising that it was to feed into Fascist Italian and German canons of architectural taste . |
| 5 | Add to this the rapid growth in the numbers of expeditions , climbers and trekkers which has occurred in recent years and it is not surprising that the problem has reached massive proportions despite the availability of new access sites from Tibet which was opened to climbers in 1980 . |
| 6 | Most broilers experience very little stimulation during their seven weeks on the farm and it is not surprising that they find the sudden changes when they are caught and transported extremely frightening . |
| 7 | And it is not surprising when one considers that normally one detects a first edition simply by looking on the title verso for information . |
| 8 | Kent was the major producer and consumer of gold jewellery and it is not surprising to find that the greatest number of coins is found there also , often mounted on suspension loops and worn on necklaces . |
| 9 | In some cases , there might be reasonable grounds for the objection ; for instance , German — in has traditionally been used to denote the wife of the man with the title , and it is not surprising that women who hold positions in their own right prefer to make that clear . |
| 10 | Marx 's own use of the term is tied up with his critique of idealism and it is not surprising that when in his later work he turned his attention to a materialist analysis of the capitalist mode of production , the term and concept of ideology occurs infrequently . |
| 11 | The above ideas were generated mainly on the basis of experiments and it is not surprising that many of the key characteristics of thinking in real situations were not given sufficient weight . |
| 12 | In nature , live food forms an important , if not the major part of all fish diets and it is not surprising that fish are keen to eat this particular kind of food . |
| 13 | But to avoid this return to voluntarism he must have in mind some further conception of strategy , and it is not surprising to find him talking about it in what might be called its objective sense : the strategy of a class — the course of action which will best enable it to gain power over other classes — is estimated in the light of its objective interests and its position in a formation , and is detached from the beliefs and aspirations of its members . |
| 14 | So both as givers and receivers of support , men and women normally are in very different positions and it is not surprising to find therefore that gender permeates all aspects of support structures . |
| 15 | Thus we now have many more older people and many fewer children with whom they might live , and it is not surprising therefore that the last half-century has been characterized by a reduction in the proportion of single elderly people living with relatives . |
| 16 | Ability alone was clearly not the only factor influencing the promotion of naval officers , and it is not surprising that some of those promoted did not successfully fill their new posts . |
| 17 | Thus when W , composed of parts X and Y , exists , something exists besides X and Y , and it is not surprising that it should have its own fresh value . |
| 18 | Murimuth recorded that Edward returned south with grief and without honour , and it is not surprising that rumours of treachery were rife . |
| 19 | The most available historical models are all from the period of different forms of patronage , and it is not surprising that these have been predominant in the forms of new public bodies . |
| 20 | Two at least of the features — consciousness and conspiracy — are difficult to operationalise and rarely demonstrated satisfactorily by empirical means ; direct empirical evidence for common objectives and awareness of group consciousness is not easy to envisage , because of the nature of the referents , and it is not surprising therefore that elite theorists such as Wright Mills have tended to use their sociological imagination to provide a plausible construct of indirect evidential demonstration . |
| 21 | The supply of wool from England to Flanders provided the main economic link between the two areas ; and it is not surprising to find a merchant financier with a base at each end of this trade . |
| 22 | Swainson 's original contract called for him to produce volumes at three-month intervals ; he had already done preliminary work for his abortive encyclopedia , but even so the rate of production envisaged is astonishing , and it is not surprising that Swainson failed to keep up with his timetable . |
| 23 | Add to this the development in artificial lighting where the emphasis tends to be on cost saving and it is not surprising to find that this preference has more to do with the building professional 's training than satisfying the needs of the occupants . |
| 24 | This is something unique ; and it is not surprising that somebody should have thought of the mystical chariot of Ezechiel . |
| 25 | The Commissioner herself is the only legally qualified person in her office , and it is not surprising to learn that Treasury solicitor 's advice is often sought before a decision is made to grant assistance or not |
| 26 | She has put off the meeting with him and it is not surprising that the two different characters clash . |
| 27 | Nevertheless , many bishops continued to possess legal expertise , and it is not surprising that they made use of their knowledge . |
| 28 | The Indians in their own habitat are a completely different proposition and it is not surprising that England have only won three of the nine Test series in India . |
| 29 | The analysis of the English vowel system presented in Chapters 2 and 3 contains a large number of phonemes , and it is not surprising that some phonologists ( who believed in the importance of keeping the total number of phonemes small ) proposed different analyses which contain less than ten vowel phonemes and treat all long vowels and diphthongs as composed of two phonemes each . |
| 30 | Diane Rohmer had been an unspectacular student , chugging through the system along a safe , marked trail , and it was n't surprising that she 'd gone into research . |