Thus, it is hardly surprising that artwork will be a contentious matter in estate tax cases.
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In a sense, this gap between the financial sector and the rest is hardly surprising.
That is hardly surprising, given the very real challenges of truly managing corporate information assets.
When it comes to the issues, it is hardly surprising that The Economist is less impressed.
That this newspaper admires Mr McCain for taking positions it agrees with may seem hardly surprising.
Against this background, it is hardly surprising that the Inflation Report struck a hawkish note.
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Money being such liquid, transient stuff, it is hardly surprising that financiers should be fugitive.
But that is hardly surprising, given that so many were until recently Mexican peasants.
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That its latest expansion runs with this is hardly surprising or necessarily a bad thing.
That is hardly surprising because the glasses seem like something out of a science-fiction novel.
It's hardly surprising that things are getting heated, given the emotional intensity of the gun issue.
Given this record, it is hardly surprising that other emerging economies are keen on similar arrangements.
Hardly surprising since the Welsh Minister found out about the original plans via the Daily Mail anyway.
So it's hardly surprising that companies respond by plastering their products with warnings about every conceivable risk.
It is hardly surprising that Newham is weighed down by debt, and its financial position is deteriorating.
In this light it is hardly surprising that studios are starting to look at video games more closely.
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In which case, it is hardly surprising that the junior Democratic senator from Connecticut felt compelled to speak.
It is hardly surprising that many Chinese turn to unverified internet sources for news about the leadership's feuding.
Hardly surprising, then, that eastern parts of the UK have suffered the most.
Gone public with revelations about the industry that have shocked the public but are hardly surprising to industry insiders.
This reluctance by people to set up on their own is hardly surprising.
So it is hardly surprising that Europeans want to make up their own minds about buying genetically modified foods.
And if you do the maths behind the figures, this is hardly surprising.
When you put all this together, it is hardly surprising therefore that RBS's share price remains in the doldrums.
If the West is wearying of its Afghan adventure, it is hardly surprising.
Again, it is hardly surprising that buyers currently have the upper hand in the market for computers and software.
Mr Yeltsin's reversion to the brutalist politics of his predecessors may have been disappointing, but it was hardly surprising.
It is hardly surprising that, in trying to apply such standards, courts have produced a welter of conflicting decisions.
But it is hardly surprising that bosses are unwilling to prejudice their companies' chance of wielding influence in Washington.
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It is hardly surprising that the electorate is turning against the governing party.
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