Example sentences of "surprising that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is not therefore surprising that walking is very much taken for granted by transport decision-makers , a familiarity that has two consequences . |
| 2 | It is scarcely surprising that opt-out schools are apprehensive . |
| 3 | Considering the number of changes associated with midlife , it is not surprising that stress is especially high at this period . |
| 4 | It is not very surprising that government and state should often appear as synonymous for it is the government which speaks on the state 's behalf . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | It is therefore not surprising that otaku are fascinated with new technology such as virtual reality or digital compression as it connects to pornography . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | These distortions are the very essence of prejudice , and it is hardly surprising that conflict with Peter had arisen . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Given the colonial context it should not be altogether surprising that literacy experts have rejected the use of indigenous languages to propagate education . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | If we look at the history of the world , it seems surprising that love is included . |
| 14 | It has been advised , mistakenly as I think , that to attempt any justification of a particular award , however surprising that award might be , would be to concede the right of every claimant to reasons . |
| 15 | With the addition of a third element of expediency it is not surprising that informalism or delegalization is the fashion in family law today . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Given this type of evidence , it is hardly surprising that TV addiction is associated with low achievement in school . |
| 18 | Apprentices could be sanctioned by neither , and in the general sense it is hardly surprising that resort to corporal punishment was so common . |
| 19 | It was surprising that lack of capital did not figure more prominently in people 's minds as the buildings , labour , and amount and type of land could all be related to this . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | It is then not at all surprising that dancing and singing , in their most general forms , have been and have remained , in complex as in simple societies , the most widespread and popular cultural practices . |
| 22 | With little effective pollution control being undertaken in California , it was not surprising that air pollution worsened during the 1950s . |
| 23 | So it is not surprising that deconstruction was reduced to what could be easily handled and passed on . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It is not really surprising that animal diseases are increasing when we consider the Government 's deliberate run-down of their veterinary service . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | It is not therefore surprising that computing laboratories in universities put limits on the amount of output that users can expect in a given period of time . |
| 29 | With such a frenzy building up , and most of it apparently style-obsessed , it 's not surprising that opposition is emerging . |
| 30 | I find it surprising that Opposition Front-Bench spokesmen wish to exclude spouses because of whom they happen to be married to when they have good records of public service . |