Example sentences of "that 's often " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you propose a change of plan to most men they take it — even if not consciously , and that 's often worse — as some sort of insult or criticism . |
| 2 | When it was clear to each that the other would not speak , Therese said , ‘ But you do n't look happy , my darling , that 's often the way it goes . |
| 3 | And I 'd like to end by saying why that 's often ( though not always ) true . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's often the trouble . ’ |
| 5 | That 's often the trouble with thinking machines . |
| 6 | And so your lungs get a bit of fluid on the lungs , you get a bit breathless with it , and that 's often the first sign . |
| 7 | It 's quite a shortsighted policy , if you look at the er , because , if you erm , if you introduce subsidies to actually protect the domestic industry then that 's often going to cause retaliation from other countries and therefore effectively sealing off any trade , any effective trade at all , and consequently because there 's no competitive pressure on the domestic industries , they 're not going to feel the need to make themselves more productive , which they would do when there was competition . |
| 8 | Now , it 's a bit different , because normally we apply to a job in Glasgow , we might get it or we might not , but , you look at , we 've got more of , of information , but , in less developed countries , that information is , even if it were collected , sometimes it 's not even collected , erm , it 's not widely available , so people 's perceptions or hearsay from people who 've gone before , is the information , and that 's often erm , wrong . |
| 9 | Er that is very welcome , and also that there will be help at the weekends because as I 've often reported before , that 's often when things escalate at weekends for some unknown reason . |
| 10 | That 's often how evolution works . |
| 11 | Well that 's often the way is n't it ? |
| 12 | So , of course you might be running into trouble by doing too much , by being over-zealous and when you do things , or you may also be inviting criticism and inviting the , the great fickle hand of of bureaucratic power down upon you by doing too little too late , and that 's often the , that 's often the criticism which people in your profession and several other professions get accused of . |
| 13 | So , of course you might be running into trouble by doing too much , by being over-zealous and when you do things , or you may also be inviting criticism and inviting the , the great fickle hand of of bureaucratic power down upon you by doing too little too late , and that 's often the , that 's often the criticism which people in your profession and several other professions get accused of . |
| 14 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |