Example sentences of "it [is] hardly [adj] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is hardly surprising that political partisans claimed ( at least ) to be optimistic about their party 's chances . |
| 2 | With positive inducements to continuous employment in one firm and severe constraints on mobility , it is hardly surprising that Japanese rates of labour turnover are now lower than in the West . |
| 3 | It is hardly surprising that present educational systems contribute little to resolving the problems of DRAs . |
| 4 | With these points in mind it is hardly surprising that international traders seek the assistance and advice of bankers in the conduct , financing and settlement of transactions . |
| 5 | It is hardly surprising that real wages rose less rapidly than productivity and hence that profitability and competitiveness improved . |
| 6 | And given the extensive fear of denunciation for critical or defeatist comment , it is hardly surprising that negative remarks about the speeches rarely came to light . |
| 7 | True , it was not so spectacular as earlier assaults on it , such as the Arab-Israeli war of 1973 , so it is hardly surprising that Israeli leaders should have so contemptuously dismissed it , so patently failed to understand its revolutionary import : that , for the first time , the enemy was offering the prospect of the civilised , peaceful , negotiated settlement for which Israel had clamoured since its foundation . |
| 8 | Colour is intimately linked with light , so it is hardly surprising that changing light alters colours , enhancing the brilliance of some while causing other to fade almost into invisibility . |
| 9 | Thus it is hardly surprising that malignant diseases of the breast , ovary , and endometrium all occur more commonly in nulliparous women . |
| 10 | It is hardly surprising that public libraries have been traditionally active in user education for schoolchildren . |
| 11 | It is hardly surprising that special procedures have been devised to make provision for claims of this size , and that the way in which the county court handles such claims has been the subject of close scrutiny and criticism , not least during the recent Civil Justice Review . |
| 12 | It is hardly surprising that journey-to-work surveys in rural Wales have found that the very high proportions of between 48 and 84 per cent of trips are made by car ( Nutley 1980 ) . |
| 13 | Since historians are creatures of flesh and blood , often with passionate convictions and opinions , and since the Spanish Civil War represents a recent historical event of unusual political , ideological and emotional content , it is hardly surprising that historical accounts of the 1931–6 period often appear to lack the objectivity attainable to students of episodes further in the past . |
| 14 | With rising case loads and diminishing resources , it is hardly surprising that social workers often feel they can not win . |
| 15 | Given the parliamentary situation which existed , when Labour governments were minority ones in the House of Commons , and when the National government could not seriously be challenged in the 1930s , it is hardly surprising that working-class protest exerted a marginal impact upon the distribution of wealth and income in Britain . |
| 16 | Given that most social work courses give a pass rate of 99 per cent it is hardly surprising that less-than-adequate workers are sometimes unleashed on the public . |