Example sentences of "it [vb mod] [adv] [be] surprising if " in BNC.
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| 1 | It would also be surprising if the problems for which we have developed such services , be they , in our case , radio isotope testing , or information retrieval software , or computer systems for stock or other control , were not equally recognized by competitors and people in other fields of business . |
| 2 | The Grand National course narrows approaching the winning post and bends round to the left immediately after , and with crowds manically screaming at him in the stands and on both rails and directly in front of him it would hardly be surprising if Devon Loch had suddenly been startled by the deafening noise . |
| 3 | It would hardly be surprising if so many organisations , each with a finger in a large but nonetheless limited pie , sometimes disagreed on how the money should be spent . |
| 4 | The family , as the main sufferers under his regime , clearly had every reason to seek his overthrow , and it would hardly be surprising if they had been hopefully dabbling in witchcraft — although this was a standard late-medieval smear . |
| 5 | The family , as the main sufferers under his regime , clearly had every reason to seek his overthrow , and it would hardly be surprising if they had been hopefully dabbling in witchcraft — although this was a standard late-medieval smear . |
| 6 | One must add that there is nothing particularly remarkable about the fact that such a myth should have grown up ; it would almost be surprising if it had not . |