Sentences with phrase «hardly surprising»

«It is hardly surprising that the Minister wants to scrap so many of these targets when the Welsh Labour Government continuously fails to meet them.

If we consider all that's gone in the back - drop of an unprecedented economic and banking collapse, the polling is hardly surprising.

Hardly surprising then that the characterisations built to describe our longest - standing parties effuses these male characteristics.

The profession's condemnation of Hunt is hardly surprising following the backlash against his proposed reforms but Andy Burnham will also struggle to win over a profession who, in my experience, feel constantly under pressure and attack from politicians.

This is hardly surprising, but it's also worth noting that the WFP has agreed to embrace Cuomo's «New NY Agenda» — a condition laid out by the AG in order for him to accept the party's nod — which includes a property tax cap, creation of another pension tier and a wage freeze for public employees, among other proposals of which many unions (mostly the progressive and public sector types) aren't fond.

Hardly surprising, then, that they have never managed to inspire confidence and that the biggest single concern people have about another Labour government — despite Mr Miliband's protests — is that it would once again spend and borrow more than the country can afford.

Regardless it appears Levesons recommendations will fall on deaf ears; hardly surprising given that researchers have probably gone in to early hibernation, faced with the prospect of leafing through the 4 volume, 2000 page document.

Hardly surprising more Republicans like Hillary than Obama since she is more militarily hawkish than he is.

Amadeo I of Spain was elected as King (of Spain, hardly surprising) after the previous Queen, Isabelle II, was exiled from the country.

Hardly surprising then, that the political world is changing too, at a pace we can barely contemplate.

After delivering unprecedented or unexpected success, it's hardly surprising that they should have backed their own judgement and ability to deliver.

It is therefore hardly surprising that they should continue to be good or outstanding once they were converted.

But then, it's hardly surprising that things don't improve when whistleblowers issuing warnings about the system are treated as Spear has been.

Following a week of political scandal it was hardly surprising to see the collective poll ratings of the party leaders fall to their lowest levels ever recorded.

Yet as nature has been largely replaced in the minds of children by technological innovations such as computer games and Facebook, it is hardly surprising that the recent debate has not provoked more interest from younger minds.

That nobody on the BBC's rolling referendum coverage was talking about what Brexit might mean for the Irish border was hardly surprising.

But to upbraid Milne as fascist sympathiser by way of a cheap publicity stunt is as offensive as it is inaccurate, and it is hardly surprising if readiness to badmouth senior Labour appointees counts as a black mark against her when seeking another stab at being a PPC.

Glenis thought the result was hardly surprising: the Greek budget was only a few per cent of the European total, and should have been handled differently.

Given that China still claims to be a socialist economy and Western countries do not, it is hardly surprising that China is more willing and able to enact such policies.

It is hardly surprising that Adonis feels the way he does — he spent much of his political lifetime dreaming of a «realignment of the left».

She wanted to get away from him and the area they lived in, which was hardly surprising.

That's hardly surprising when there was no Crown representative with responsibility for it.

With British military activity in Iraq and Afghanistan downgraded from a few years ago it is hardly surprising that these no longer dominate the media or political debate.

Loeb's attorney, Bruce Barket of Garden City, said Spota's decision is «hardly surprising.

Place Nick Clegg in the centre of the stage and give him equal airtime and it is hardly surprising that he would blow the election to pieces.

It is hardly surprising that when, at the turn of the year, You Gov published the results of a survey of the teaching profession, the findings demonstrated a crisis of morale in the profession.

AV might help Cameron at this very moment in time, but at this point in the electoral cycle this is hardly surprising.

Let's not forget also that Ed, protector of the ordinary man, didn't know the cost of his own weekly shop; but that's hardly surprising, given the Milibands» non-ordinary joint salaries of around # 340,000.

Hardly surprising when legislators divvy up the taxpayers» money so that everyone profits except the taxpayers.

It's hardly surprising that the report recieves a warm welcome by Alexander Downer, the outgoing Australian high commissioner in London.

Thus, it's hardly surprising that the federalist option has been rediscovered as a way to solve the problems of the «State of Autonomies».

However, this was hardly surprising coming from that great bastion of West Country non-conformity, which elected an independent candidate as its inaugural mayor.

This was hardly surprising.

It is therefore hardly surprising that they should remain good or outstanding once converted.

It's hardly surprising.

Given this, it is hardly surprising that a recent poll found that 43 per cent of British people think that the country should be proud of the Empire, while only 11 per cent of people support the proposal of the Rhodes Must Fall campaign to remove the statue of the British colonialist, Cecil Rhodes, from Oriel College in Oxford.

That is regrettable but hardly surprising, for it fits pat into a deliberate one - sided narrative, on the Igbo side.

That's hardly surprising; having been promised in Labour's 2005 election manifesto a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty, and having seen other member states hold one, the public is eager to have its say.

Hardly surprising given the blood letting of the First World War and the revolutions from left and right followed by the economic recession and widespread unemployment.

The backlash against the private sector is hardly surprising: when financial institutions broke down following the collapse of Lehman Brothers in 2007, the costs fell not on wealthy financiers but society as a whole in an era when middle income households were suffering an unprecedented squeeze.

It is hardly surprising, therefore, that the Lancet Breastfeeding Series reported in January 2016 that the UK has the worst breastfeeding rate in the world.

It is hardly surprising that the government's just published Infant Feeding Survey finds breastfeeding drops off so quickly in this country.

However, it's hardly surprising that most kids sometimes talk about sex with their peers prior to age 18!

It's hardly surprising therefore that some toddlers experience a few setbacks when it comes to potty training when they first start nursery.

It is hardly surprising then that up to 15 % of first time mothers will be unable to produce enough breastmilk to fully nourish an infant especially in the first few days after birth.

When you consider the isolation, lack of support, history of abuse or other trauma, and, particularly in the U.S., the need for mothers to return to work almost immediately following the birth, the increase in depression rates is hardly surprising.

This has proved to be a futile exercise, hardly surprising when the initiative is sponsored by Nestlé.

It's hardly surprising, then, that a 2010 study by scientists at the National Cancer Institute found that nearly 40 percent of the calories American children eat come from empty calories — cookies, sodas, pizza and the rest.

That number is hardly surprising, but what is surprising is just how long it takes for typical diapers to bio-degrade.

The results are appalling, though hardly surprising.