Example sentences of "very often [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harris and Williams ( 1980 : 129 ) , writing with an insider 's perspective , argue that no particular pattern was discernible in the rejection of proposals by government officials ; rejection or acceptance seemed ‘ very often to rely more on temporary political expediency than on any thought out policy ’ . |
| 2 | It is a continuous process that those blacks like myself , who have moved up ( in a manner of speaking ) in society , have very often to contend with the labels that not only do we carry ‘ chips on our shoulders ’ , but we are over-sensitive to racial issues … . |
| 3 | Er he went over s there was a plane laid on for him and he was ve went over very often to advise them on fortifications on all their concrete fortifications in France . |
| 4 | Does my right hon. Friend agree that many of those who live on their income from savings are either widows or those who retired early , very often to look after an elderly dependant ? |
| 5 | One would like very often to have more erm people involved in decision making , but they simply do n't have the time to inform themselves and one or two experiments in the kind of democracy you might Brian might have had in mind , came to horrible grief where decisions were taken simply uninformed and where the small number of people present who were informed were n't able to persuade the majority and the history of education is littered with them most unfortunate examples of this . |