Example sentences of "[noun pl] often [verb] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unfortunately , environmental considerations often play a subservient role to economic and political expediency and the concept of long-term sustainability is rarely attributed more than cosmetic attention . |
| 2 | Doeringer distinguishes between three major divisions : a pragmatic approach in which theory plays little or no role although , as Eldridge ( 1975 , p. 7 ) has reminded us ‘ the pragmatists in emphasising the need for realistic solutions often carry a good deal of conceptual and theoretical baggage around with them ’ ; secondly , a Marxist approach , stressing class relations and conflict irreconcilability ; and , following Dunlop 's ( 1958 ) seminal work , the highly influential ‘ systems ’ model focusing on the rules of industrial relations and their determinants . |
| 3 | The marketing machine constructed around successful fashion labels often turns the designer 's house into a glorified show home crammed with objets d'art , a totem of tastefulness , open to the press at controlled periods to offer fleeting glimpses as corroborative evidence of the host 's status . |
| 4 | The crux of the matter is that while one can accept the proposition that judicial labels often express a conclusion already reached , rather than dictate the result which should be arrived at , to infer that therefore the type of labels that we use are irrelevant is a non sequitur . |
| 5 | Second , these lists often provide the names of the performers , but only vague indications as to what instruments they are playing . |
| 6 | In compensation , these clear lakes often have a rich benthic flora of perennial mosses ( Calliergon , Drepanocladus spp. ) and algae ( for example Tolypothrix , Plectonema and Phormidium ) , both liberally covered with epiphytic blue-green and green algae . |
| 7 | Although it was not the case when Paul was stabbed , those carrying knives often have the blade turned back on them , and Mr Wood is anxious that no more young people end up injured or worse . |
| 8 | Males are generally the more mobile sex socially ; females commonly remain part of the same social unit throughout their lives and their relationships often provide a basic stability to it . |
| 9 | Tsars often ascended the throne in difficult circumstances , but the situation in which Alexander found himself was undoubtedly worse than that which confronted his father in 1825 or his uncle in 1801 . |
| 10 | Their owners were also beginning to notice what was going on and commented on the changes that were making their business more difficult , for the books often had no dispersal markings on them . |
| 11 | American books often used the whole alphabet , but were not consistent , some printers being faithful to their origins , some insisting on independence . |
| 12 | But pale eyes often held a far-away look which he tended to associate with insanity . |
| 13 | For example , candidates often write the number identifying the question in small figures close to the inner corner of the page , where it is often concealed by the way the examination book is bound . |
| 14 | Polyatomic cations often have the suffix -ium ( see table 4.10 ) . |
| 15 | They are the glamour girls of the catwalk , whose looks , legs and lifestyles often overshadow the designers whose clothes they wear . |
| 16 | Special schools often take the full age range , including nursery and post-16 . |
| 17 | Mr Davison said schools often had no choice but to let teachers know of ‘ drastic measures ’ at the last minute otherwise parents might ebb away , ensuring the closure everyone wanted to avoid . |
| 18 | But schools often under-use the talents and energies of their teachers , or fail to develop them in any consistent and systematic way . |
| 19 | Senior and middle managers in schools often lack an explicit management role . |
| 20 | The design of Victorian village schools often manifests a concern for the use of local building materials and the desire to create a picturesque silhouette . |
| 21 | Foxes often avoid the colony sites of breeding seabirds because if they attempt a swift invasion to capture nestlings they are liable to find themselves the object of severe and painful dive-bombing by the parent gulls and their companions . |
| 22 | The curves describing the relationship between demographic phenomena and demographic variables often take the shape of the letters " U " and " J " or the form of a reverse " J " . |
| 23 | But those who do take the risks often reap the rewards . ’ |
| 24 | Checking or correcting is another procedure not usually engaged in unless directed to , but discussion of methods often produced a correction to the original wrong answer . |
| 25 | A spokesman for Britain 's biggest motoring organisation , the AA , said drivers often ignored the importance of good tyres until it was too late . |
| 26 | But micrometeorites often have a loose texture , which suggests that they have never been part of anything big , heavy and hot . |
| 27 | Children 's feet often stay the same size for several months at a time , then move up a size almost overnight . |
| 28 | Hashing functions often indicate the same hash table entry . |
| 29 | The Bank also provides its members with technical assistance and advice on projects , since the less developed countries often lack the required technical expertise . |
| 30 | In particular , surplus countries often neutralized an inflow of gold by preventing it from adding to the domestic money supply . |