Example sentences of "[modal v] often [verb] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both these very high counts were made from a boat rather than the shore , and experience suggests that counting from the shore in this harbour may often under-estimate numbers of Goldeneye . |
| 2 | Time spent is not recoverable , while improved performance will often enable recovery of money in the medium term ; thus time is the most scarce resource at the project manager 's disposal . |
| 3 | The regular association of passive structures with adversity in certain languages means that the passive can often carry connotations of unpleasantness even when the event depicted is not normally seen as unpleasant . |
| 4 | County archives can often supply copies of material such as school log books and other education records , old school textbooks and copy books , photographs , plans , newspaper accounts , and so on . |
| 5 | Songs can teach , can reinforce the norms of the society and can often provide reassurance of order and continuity in confused and troubled times . |