Example sentences of "[noun] is often [vb pp] [conj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The question is often asked whether Hindus believe in many gods and goddesses . |
| 2 | The better practice in such cases is to attempt service even after the stated time-limit : a trial or other procedural step is unlikely to follow immediately after the expiry of the time-limit , so belated service may still give the defendant a useful opportunity to intervene ; and under Article 1591 a six-month waiting period is often imposed before proceedings can be taken to the stage of a default judgment . |
| 3 | The argument is often heard that problems are not necessarily solved by throwing money at them ; how are they solved if you do n't ? |
| 4 | Indeed , the argument is often advanced that mergers bring benefits through reducing costs of production because of the attainment of economies of scale . |
| 5 | The objective lenses required for cathodoluminescence must have long working distances , so choice is often limited and prices high . |
| 6 | Precision is often needed if respondents are not to be confused ; to ask a person about his or her ‘ family ’ could mean to a single man his parents and siblings , but to a married man his wife and children . |
| 7 | Strange as it may seem , history is often discounted when marriage is threatened by crisis . |
| 8 | Thus we find in the tradition of observational analysis ( which in Britain and America is often taken as sociology tout court ) a developing interest in cultural institutions at that point when , through actual social developments in the modern press , cinema and broadcasting , there were major institutions and their products which could be studied by already generally available methods . |
| 9 | This cheese is often shipped when factory made and combined with other cheeses or flavourings , eg ‘ Cotswold ’ being Double Gloucester with herbs . |