Example sentences of "often [verb] by [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is often preceded by intimations of mortality , in the form of a decline in fertility and most aspects of biological performance , characteristic of ‘ senescence ’ or ‘ ageing ’ . |
| 2 | Floridly psychotic episodes in people 's lives , when they experience hallucinations of the sort Goldsmith describes , are often preceded by periods of sleeplessness , or at least of gross sleep disturbance , and this is perhaps why the association between sleep loss and madness has been made . |
| 3 | With new acts , a brief biography is also often included by way of introduction . |
| 4 | Monitoring the progress of projects is often done by means of project review meetings of which the minutes form a record of achievement and decisions . |
| 5 | Monitoring the progress of projects is often done by means of project review meetings of which the minutes form a record of achievement and decisions . |
| 6 | During the prepatent period areas of pulmonary consolidation , bronchial muscular hypertrophy , and peribronchial lymphoid hyperplasia develop ( Fig. 40 ) , often accompanied by areas of overinflation . |
| 7 | Other symptoms include chest pain ( commonly left-sided , dull or aching , and unrelated to the degree of physical exertion ; genuine heart pains are usually central , cramp-like , and brought on by exercise ) , headaches ( particularly ‘ tension headache ’ — a band-like pain around the head and back of the neck which begins a few seconds after waking and lasts all day , often accompanied by feelings of depression or despair ) , dizziness or light-headedness ( which comes on when you are sitting still and never heralds a full-blown faint ) , tingling in the fingers or around the mouth ( signifying panic-induced overbreathing ) , and a heightened awareness of bodily processes ( such as blood rushing through your ears , a rumbling tummy , or the thumping of your heart inside your chest ) . |
| 8 | It is often accompanied by die-back of shoot tips early in the year . |
| 9 | Furthermore , many police forces now receive specialist training in dealing with victims of sexual assault , often provided by members of Rape Crisis Lines . |
| 10 | This view sounds consistent with the philosophy often cited by groups of service users — that standards should be consistent across the country and that people should have minimum entitlements to services wherever they live . |
| 11 | In written language , marked information structure is often signalled by means of typography or punctuation devices . |
| 12 | Learning is a strategy that is potentially available , but its use is often prohibited by lack of time and money . |
| 13 | The onset of this ‘ game ’ is often triggered by instances of behaviour during the lengthy lunch break which is likely to be seen as ‘ boisterous ’ and ‘ high spirits ’ . |