Example sentences of "thus it be not surprising that " in BNC.

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1 Thus it is not surprising that other people tend to underestimate their abilities and personal qualities .
2 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 . ’
3 Thus it is not surprising that responses to the questionnaire were varied in quality and range of answers .
4 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 .
5 Thus it was not surprising that the initiative to take up again the idea of a common market , first raised back in 1952 by the Netherlands at a ministerial meeting of the ECSC as a way of combatting the limited effectiveness of both the OEEC and the sectoral approach , as well as Monnet 's arguments for cooperation in nuclear energy , were grasped only by the six countries of little Europe .
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