Example sentences of "is not surprising that [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Friedmann 's models , the galaxies are all moving directly away from each other-so it is not surprising that at some time in the past they were all at the same place . |
| 2 | Given the party 's increasingly isolated situation , given its general lack of prestigious cultural figures , it is not surprising that by 1928 Barbusse had come to enjoy a particularly favoured position within the ranks of the PCF itself . |
| 3 | It is not surprising that in recent years they have served interchangeably in the hands of various theorists as models of each other . |
| 4 | It is not surprising that in modern times English and Commonwealth courts should try to avoid its worse consequences or , as one of Llewellyn 's bêtes noire , that the Uniform Commercial Code should abandon it . |
| 5 | It is not surprising that in many of the contests over the centuries , no archer has been able to ‘ ding doon ’ the papingo . |
| 6 | It is not surprising that in many or most of the cases , particularly the more modern ones , the act itself is unlawful . |
| 7 | Consequently , it is not surprising that in this period the main philosophical schools tended to reject the idea of progress and to hold cyclical views concerning the nature of time . |
| 8 | It is not surprising that in this period of increased sensitivity to the emerging ecological problem we find the first Utopia based upon ecological as well as social ideals . |