This is hardly surprising.

No one should be surprised.

Not surprisingly, the economy deteriorated.

Unfortunately, that is no surprise.

It is not surprising that this role has recently vanished.

The budget deficit, unsurprisingly, ballooned.

Not surprisingly, secessionist sentiment remains strong.

No wonder that the efficacy of these tools has weakened.

That Japan s dignity is now a central issue should surprise no one.

This is not surprising, given Africa s poor educational provision.

Such shortages, no surprise, have stoked inflation.

Karimov, not surprisingly, dodged and weaved instead.

It is not surprising that policy approaches have also varied.

Not surprisingly, that stance has further inflamed Korean emotions.

Not surprisingly, she won re election resoundingly.

It is not surprising that they are working longer than Keynes thought they would.

Unsurprisingly, financial markets do not want to be tamed.

It is no surprise that the reform process is taking so long.

Russian leaders, not surprisingly, also drew their own conclusions.

Yanukovich s anti democratic position should come as no surprise.

Perhaps it is not surprising that Italians admire France s Fifth Republic.

Unsurprisingly, Yanukovych has consistently stated his preference for an Association Agreement.

Not surprisingly, the political opposition to such debt mutualization was intense.

Not surprisingly, that prospect offers scant comfort to China.

So it should surprise no one that containment is coming to dominate Asian diplomatic discourse.

That is not surprising Corporatist institutions plausibly retard development.

This is not surprising, given Kenya s poor record of prosecuting war crimes.

Their tools and powers were lacking.

So it is no surprise that the American public and the US Congress are angry.

Citizens, unsurprisingly, complained about the declining legitimacy of EU institutions.

No surprise, then, that governments have sought to manage our expectations carefully.

Unsurprisingly, the fate of the Cairo talks is anything but certain.

So it comes as no surprise that the Kremlin is trying to scupper Nabucco.

Not surprisingly, autocrats everywhere embraced such views.

Not surprisingly, China skeptics are putting a different spin on the latest growth numbers.

So it's not too surprising that there were no good treatments for hearing loss.

No surprise, then, that regional stability has emerged as a high priority for Europeans.

In these circumstances, it is not surprising that financial markets have returned to extreme volatility.

Any video recordings of these sessions, not surprisingly, would be destroyed afterwards.

The Chinese public s indifference to their country s ceremonial transition of power is hardly surprising.

Against that background, it is not surprising that pay in the financial sector soared.

The peace process, not surprisingly, becomes a joke while this happens.

Not surprisingly, Vladimir Putin s Russia was among the first to kowtow to China s Diktat.

So, it is no surprise that Reid has found a role in this new marketplace.

It is no wonder that more and more governments are worried about exchange rate appreciation.