Example sentences of "[adv] surprising that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not perhaps surprising that concern over the handling of agricultural matters has been expressed from a number of parks including Exmoor and the North York Moors where pressures for reclamation have been , and perhaps still are , considerable . |
| 2 | It is perhaps surprising that plant tissues contain substances which affect animals , but plants have always been a useful source of drugs , and indigenous remedies from all parts of the world were studied when research interests expanded after 1945 . |
| 3 | It is scarcely surprising that opt-out schools are apprehensive . |
| 4 | Considering the number of changes associated with midlife , it is not surprising that stress is especially high at this period . |
| 5 | As the UK ( and other more prosperous countries ) have moved up the league table of relative prosperity , it is not surprising that assistance under Objective 2 has been fiercely debated . |
| 6 | Thus , it is not surprising that interaction between the two can result in cumulative movements in income for example , if income is rising at an increasing rate , both investment and consumption will be rising , causing further rises in income in the next period . |
| 7 | While such wilful ignorance prevailed it is not surprising that pacifist opposition to Sir Edward Grey 's foreign policy tended to be episodic and dominated by side issues . |
| 8 | With the addition of a third element of expediency it is not surprising that informalism or delegalization is the fashion in family law today . |
| 9 | It is therefore not surprising that otaku are fascinated with new technology such as virtual reality or digital compression as it connects to pornography . |
| 10 | With little effective pollution control being undertaken in California , it was not surprising that air pollution worsened during the 1950s . |
| 11 | It has been suggested that in their nest-building and brood-rearing habits , ants secrete large amounts of antibiotics , which check pathogens and it is these that affect pollen , while bees and wasps do not , so it is not surprising that ant pollination systems are rare . |
| 12 | Given the desperate urgency of the situation , and the fact that males usually outnumber females , it is not surprising that competition between males for females is intense . |
| 13 | With his attention diverted to the new studio , the honour of the Royal Command Performance and the crisis with his South African production , it is not surprising that Tiller was unaware that he was losing control of his Manchester school . |
| 14 | Since the latter two specialists do not receive any special training in the sexually transmitted diseases , and neither will notify the cases that they see even if they manage to diagnose them , it is not surprising that chaos ensues . |
| 15 | So it is not surprising that deconstruction was reduced to what could be easily handled and passed on . |
| 16 | Since advertising and promotion play such a significant pan in the marketing of consumer goods , it is not surprising that consumer protection applies to these activities . |
| 17 | It is therefore not surprising that stasis and changes in faecal content lead to alterations in mucosal architecture and both acuteand chronic inflammation . |
| 18 | It is , perhaps not surprising that Renaissance writers seem most open to the deconstructive implications of the play of language in lyric poetry , generic forms which suggest more personal and private preoccupations . |
| 19 | It is not surprising that community mental handicap teams are seen as being in the vanguard of this movement . |
| 20 | There were still physicists at the turn of the century who scoffed at ‘ the chemists ’ atoms ’ and because physics was then the senior partner in school science it is not surprising that chemistry teaching began without atoms : but as school chemistry matured the pattern was allowed to set , and teaching atoms early and in a straightforward factual way became taboo . |
| 21 | They testify to the fact that a colossal amount of wealth passed through royal hands , and it is therefore not surprising that control of the royal treasury was a significant factor in Merovingian politics . |
| 22 | With Bertelsmann involved , it is not surprising that book clubs as well as electronics and book stores are being targeted as distribution channels . |
| 23 | It is not surprising that health care staff seek guidance about a syndrome where there is still considerable uncertainty , and the International Council of Nurses issued a Joint Statement with WHO in April 1987 , regarding the rights and responsibilities of nurses worldwide in caring for HIV-infected people ( ICN/WHO , 1987 ) . |
| 24 | Since information focus normally falls on the rheme or part of it , and since unmarked information structure involves placing the given element before the new one and unmarked thematic structure involves placing theme before rheme , it is not surprising that theme often coincides with given , and rheme often coincides with new . |
| 25 | In the same context it is not surprising that jet should have been found together with other exotic imports including cowrie shells at the trading township of Birka on the island of Björkö , middle Sweden . |
| 26 | Under the immensity of weight which such considerations hold for the developing youngster , it is not surprising that sexuality falls into comparative disregard . |
| 27 | With such a frenzy building up , and most of it apparently style-obsessed , it 's not surprising that opposition is emerging . |
| 28 | The somewhat bitter though minty flavour of hyssop leaves has given them a mixed reception amongst cooks and gourmets. so it is not surprising that hyssop 's original use was medicinal , as suggested by the specific name — officinalis ( from the Latin officina , workshop ) indicates that the plant was authorized for use by the medical profession and could be sold in pharmacies . |
| 29 | Given these provocations , it is not surprising that Congress , when it got the chance , should strike back against the executive . |
| 30 | In their natural state , such lands are characterised by large herds of herbivores that seasonally migrate in tune with biomass availability , so it is not surprising that overgrazing and land degradation ensue . |