Sentence examples for is rather odd that from inspiring English sources

Or: "It is rather odd that I can't read two pages of Thackeray without yawning, when my humour is supposed to resemble his".

In short it is rather odd that almost the whole world, and especially the cities where so many people spend their days, have not yet found a way to incorporate napping into the culture.

"For me, it is rather odd that he should remain under house arrest because it is 10 years since the Soviet Union ceased to exist," she said from Paris, where she now lives.

It is rather odd that this app costs money when the information is available freely on the web.

It is rather odd that the United States can produce everything else in abundance but is unable to produce as many doctors per capita as other rich societies.

It is rather odd that we base our understanding of alcohol dependence on those most severely afflicted by other problems.

But, Mr. Davis said, it was "rather odd that they would pursue a lawsuit that would slow down cleanup".

It's rather odd that after reminiscing on fathers literally "giving away" their daughters and demonstrating more than a little palpable distaste for wearing a white dress (given its association with virginity), Gillard should think this version of traditional marriage has any role to play in contemporary society.

Considering BioWare and EA knew exactly how many players could be trying to connect today — and those numbers are likely far less than those who will try the open beta or connect on launch day — it's rather odd that they were seemingly caught so off-guard.

Still, it's rather odd that, when Labour's own plans imply that it could spend £43bn more a year at the end of the parliament, that the Conservatives have focused their efforts on a slightly dubious £23bn at the start.

About the only things the Democratic congress need do, in this view, is batter the money to close the "donut hole" in Medicare drug coverage out of the pharmaceutical companies, raise the minimum wage, and run up some designs for a really comprehensive single-payer health insurance plan.All this is rather odd from a group that styles itself "the Reality Based Community".