Example sentences of "[noun] often [verb] [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the gentry had tended to buy and sell land without reference to the administrative cohesion of the parcels they exchanged , two or more communes often existed side by side in a single centre of rural population . |
| 2 | He says horror films and books often portray snakes as monsters ; now he wants people to get to know his reptiles so that they stop fearing them . |
| 3 | Text books often include reference to explanations of legislation given by a minister in Parliament , as a result of which lawyers advise their clients taking account of such statements and judges when construing the legislation come to know of them . |
| 4 | Ceauşescu knew that greed and gullibility often went hand in hand . |
| 5 | The reversion of criticism , at least in academies , from practice to theory after the demise of Scrutiny in 1953 and the appearance of Empson 's last lifetime book in 1961 was perhaps something to be expected , as failures of nerve often follow phases of confidence and excess . |
| 6 | And , while Darwin often made use of Gould 's observations on the characteristics and distribution of certain birds in his Origin of Species , Gould never broadcast his role as one of Darwin 's sources . |
| 7 | Documentaries often include interviews with people who have some connection with the topic . |
| 8 | Companies often use details of education to plot out salary curves and promotion prospects . |
| 9 | In a report to the Conseil des Ministres ( the Cabinet ) she wrote , ‘ Our companies often encounter resistance from West German companies in gaining access to the best parts of this market ’ , adding later , ‘ I am very European , but it is quite unacceptable to build Europe on the basis of an imbalance with Germany ’ . ' |
| 10 | Dr Anthony Storr , author of the recently-published Churchill 's Black Dog , in which he showed how senior politicans often turned stresses of up-bringing into strengths , said yesterday : ‘ I 'm interested because the gates must mean that she 's feeling increasingly insecure and threatened in a simple , straightforward way ; and that 's an interesting phenomenum in itself because she 's been so absolutely certain of herself . |
| 11 | Natural parents often had access to children guaranteed under a court order and foster parents had to be committed to support for ‘ parental responsibility ’ , which could cause difficulties , said Miss Marion Lowe , the association 's director . |
| 12 | Later , talking to his teacher after a year and two terms at Cedars , it seemed that Balbinder 's conversational language was developing well ; he could hold his own in a small group often initiating topics of interest , describing , explaining and enquiring . |
| 13 | Poor children in Jamaica often fall prey to drugs dealers who offer them clothes and shoes in return for carrying drugs . |
| 14 | Its permanent collection of fine Victorian paintings often sits cheek by jowl with a varied selection of current art and craft practices some of which also provide opportunities for visitors to participate in . |
| 15 | Announcements on college noticeboards often gave details of students who had been involved in ‘ inappropriate conduct ’ and dismissed from their studies . |
| 16 | Wickham asked casually whether the same person often supplied Wainfleet with stories and was told he did . |
| 17 | Dictyonema flabelliforme , Ordovician , North Wales ( European geologists often regard rocks with Dictyonema as latest Cambrian ) . |
| 18 | Jokes often reveal truths in Cuba . |
| 19 | This is worth emphasising since monetary control regulations often include references to ratios of various sorts . |
| 20 | Local networks often took advantage of kinship ties . |
| 21 | The child 's play often reflects experience in school and at home . |
| 22 | Illegal migrants who hide from authorities often became victims of crime or criminals , he said . |
| 23 | Illegal migrants who hide from authorities often became victims of crime or criminals , he said . |
| 24 | In addition , the hospital 's psychiatric unit could not cope with bed blocking : occupancy often reaches 90% in spring and autumn , leaving inadequate space for emergency admissions . |
| 25 | Travel agents and tour operators often make back to back reservations which means that certain accommodation is booked over a period of time and as one group of guests depart another group takes their place . |
| 26 | Although the diet literature often gives information about animal sources of protein , there is surprisingly little about plant sources . |
| 27 | But they continued to build the duomo and the many lovely churches and monasteries of the city ; , for in the eleventh and twelfth centuries , and especially in Italy , a deep religious sentiment and an active anticlericalism often lived side by side , sometimes within the same human breast . |
| 28 | General pictures of what happens during the middle years are inevitably flawed , but they suggest that a change often takes place in marriage at that time and that for many people satisfactions come from sources outside the couple 's relationship . |
| 29 | Wine merchants often lend glasses to customers for a small charge or even for free — assuming that you buy a few bottles from them . |
| 30 | US shareholders often cause problems for UK companies because of the stringent requirements of US securities laws . |