Example sentences of "is not [adj] that some " in BNC.
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| 1 | So it is not surprising that some solitary horses will go to extreme lengths to join other horses ; even though the other horses may be quite unfriendly . |
| 2 | When we mix up strange horses in this way , it is not surprising that some should display aggression , as the horses have not had the opportunity to work out their social positions in relation to each other . |
| 3 | It is not surprising that some viruses have taken advantage of the sexual act as a vehicle for their transmission , but , while bacteria such as gonococci , treponemes , and the organisms responsible for the tropical sexually transmitted diseases have become so specialized that non-venereal transmission is extremely rare , the sexually transmitted virus infections , with the exception of genital warts , are frequently transmitted in other ways as well . |
| 4 | Given Nichols 's theatrical background it is not surprising that some of the best things in the film came out of improvisation . |
| 5 | Ability alone was clearly not the only factor influencing the promotion of naval officers , and it is not surprising that some of those promoted did not successfully fill their new posts . |
| 6 | When political considerations took primacy over whether qualifications it is not surprising that some of the appointments were given to candidates ill-suited to the duties they were called upon to perform , such as the Lanarkshire freeholder appointed macer of the Court of Session who , according to James Boswell , ‘ had a constant hoarseness , so that he could scarcely be heard when he called the causes and the lawyers , and was indeed as unfit for a crier of court as a man could be . |
| 7 | With such general aims it is not surprising that some of the reactions were as scathing as those of Max Morris , a former President of the NUT : ‘ As a pot-pourri of platitudes , a compendium of trite banalities … [ the Framework ] would be hard to emulate . |
| 8 | Taking advantage of the disordered and uncertain state of things it is not surprising that some mineral " owners " felt they ought to have reward for the working of minerals on their land , and there is little doubt that legal issues could and did arise where such " illegal " mining was detected . |
| 9 | The analysis of the English vowel system presented in Chapters 2 and 3 contains a large number of phonemes , and it is not surprising that some phonologists ( who believed in the importance of keeping the total number of phonemes small ) proposed different analyses which contain less than ten vowel phonemes and treat all long vowels and diphthongs as composed of two phonemes each . |