Example sentences of "is often give " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , in this case a decision must be made and is often given on the flimsiest of grounds ( though that is not the fault of the refereeing panel ) . |
| 2 | A final twist is given to this situation ; the fact that women do all of this work is often given as an explanation of their inferiority . |
| 3 | If there is an address , it is often given by a layman , who commends what we did in life and skims discreetly over the question of survival , if any . |
| 4 | This projection of feeling onto a structure is often given the generic term ‘ tension ’ . |
| 5 | However , in practice insufficient weight is often given to this aspect of a recruitment policy , so that a firm committed to an internal promotion policy will have to make do with available talent for future promotions . |
| 6 | The type of orientation described above is often given when students have little or no motivation actually to use the library . |
| 7 | This approach is often given further credence by ministerial advice and speeches . |
| 8 | This question is often given to people applying for a job in management or administration . |
| 9 | The advice is often given to see roses at the shows , and make your selection there . |
| 10 | Considerable attention is often given to trying to make sense of an incident . |
| 11 | Either men or women may be homosexual : the term " lesbianism " is often given to female homosexuality . |
| 12 | Where the precise evidence of this form of rule-breaking is open to question , the deviant is often given the benefit of the doubt . |
| 13 | This model of working-class culture as pathological or deficient is often given a holistic twist and linked to notions of ‘ necessary false consciousness ’ . |
| 14 | It is often given solo passages to play , and its tone is so intrinsically striking that entirely unaccompanied phrases are not infrequently allotted to it . |
| 15 | Sir Thomas drank a lot of coffee , and as this is often given as an enema in atropine poisoning cases , it might have led to his being sick , perhaps even delayed the onset of symptoms . |
| 16 | There is an implicit extraction set just as much in ( 21 ) — and in ( 16 ) — as in ( 20 ) : ( 21 ) Gustav 's chauffeur is the sanest the lady in the fur hat was ( the ) first In structures like ( 21 ) the extraction set is often given explicitly by means of a noun , but if not — as here — then it has to be derived from the context . |
| 17 | Emergency medical treatment is often given against a patient 's wishes , even though the patient 's decision is taken during a lucid interval and no section of the Mental Health Act ( MHA ) 1983 applies to detain the patient . |
| 18 | Indeed , outline planning permission for a proposal is often given on the condition that detailed plans and appearances meet the approval of the authority . |