Example sentences of "[noun] often [vb pp] to the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 There are obvious analogies to the immune system , including the fact that these proteins can be induced and that there are extremes of individual variability often related to the presence of polymorphisms that can lead on occasion to hypersusceptibility to the effects of environmentally derived agents .
2 Critics of this process of commercialization often pointed to the way that it made journalists less concerned with ‘ the old style of principled journalism ’ .
3 Although the procedures for obtaining and defending such writs often worked to the advantage of the church courts , prohibitions nevertheless constituted a serious threat to ecclesiastical jurisdiction .
4 The game , called Rave , involves buying counters called 'E 's — a name often given to the drug ecstasy .
5 Maria often read to the others from the newspaper , and asked me questions about it .
6 Bishops who themselves were , or had been , royal clerks often commended to the king 's service their own clerks and servants , and equally often found benefices for royal king 's clerks .
7 White settlers often objected to the reserves because they were thereby denied access to farming land , and in some areas the size of the reserves was scaled down to meet their demands .
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