Example sentences of "often [verb] in [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They spread it all over Europe in competition with their bitter rivals the Rothschilds , who did not like the idea but were obliged to follow suit , and — as so often happens in periods of boom when financiers feel heroic and the money rolls in — it was much imitated , especially in Germany . |
| 2 | As public sector managers often benefit in terms of status , pay and conditions from the size of their bureaucracy , they will attempt to produce more of a non-marketed good than its customers would buy if they had to pay a price which reflected the cost of the good . |
| 3 | The case for island-driving is often argued in terms of efficiency . |
| 4 | Neighbours often helped in times of need , but people more readily turned to their kin in critical life situations such as sickness , unemployment , homelessness , old age and death . |
| 5 | Ultra-violet fluorescence microscopy is often used in examination of hydrocarbon residues in sediments ( e.g. Burruss , Cercone & harris , 1985 ) . |
| 6 | For instance , a major operation , starting a new school and going on active military service are threatening events often known in advance of occurrence , but which only a small minority of people will find sufficiently distressing to make psychiatric disorder a likely consequence . |
| 7 | Orrin Tunstall reverted to being a Westerner , as he often did in moments of crisis . |
| 8 | Work relationships are often perceived in terms of conflict . |
| 9 | But the enthusiasm so often expressed in favour of change produced little movement within the industry . |
| 10 | That is why the surface to weight and volume ratio , so often neglected in discussions of animal biology , is important . |