Example sentences of "be often [adj] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The aristocracy have found that out to their cost and that 's why they 're often willing to turn a blind eye to the occasional by-blow , provided it 's handled discreetly . |
| 2 | Comfort foods are often easy to handle . |
| 3 | One advantage of secondary sources is that they are often easy to understand ; but a problem which can arise is that they may have altered or distorted the original idea . |
| 4 | Standard evaporative cooling methods are often insufficient to control hyperthermia , and cooling blankets , cooled intravenous fluids , and ice water gastric lavage have been used . |
| 5 | It should be noted , however , that the provisions of Sch 9 are often impossible to satisfy in the case of the ordinary share capital of a buy-out company such as Newco , because of the way in which the Inland Revenue interprets para 12(1) ( c ) of Sch 9 . |
| 6 | It may also be true that social and market changes may " filter down " from the higher social classes ( such as the AB 's in the UK ) who are often first to perceive the need or desirability for a particular change . |
| 7 | Furthermore , women who work part-time are often ineligible to join an occupational-pension scheme . |
| 8 | Children who are described as mildly mentally handicapped are often upset to hear themselves described as such , and such terms as ‘ children with learning difficulties ’ are now in vogue . |
| 9 | Politicians rarely deal in objective answers ; in the real world of politics , they are often obliged to steer a course between incompatible interests ; they are required to bargain and accommodate and must always settle for less than ideal policies . |
| 10 | Borrowers are often obliged to provide security for the repayment of their debts and in this respect a company is no different from any other borrower . |
| 11 | These premises are often inadequate to support good practice . |
| 12 | Older people are often keen to form groups especially if they are lonely or isolated . |
| 13 | Secondary School pupils , especially those studying drama , are often keen to help in Primary Schools . |
| 14 | With the new classes starting now , it is a very good idea to take along some Medau Rhythmic Movement books to display at your class , particularly during the first weeks — new class members are often keen to know more about Medau and at £1.50 these books are very good value . |
| 15 | Finally , interviewers are often hesitant to broach the question of one partner wishing to resign , so at interview we raise the issue and offer reassurance that should it ever occur the remaining partner would either also resign or take on the post full time . |
| 16 | This is a public right of way for walkers and it continues as a track alongside Loch Coulin , where camera enthusiasts are often fortunate to find a moored rowing boat posing for the foreground of a perfect picture . |
| 17 | These are documents which are often necessary to obtain access to a deceased person 's assets — further information may be obtained from the Principal Registry , Family Division of the High Court , 5th Floor , Golden Cross House , Duncannon Street , London , WC2N . |
| 18 | In a world of integrated capital markets , countries are often unwilling to reflate on their own , when they might be willing to reflate in concert . |
| 19 | Moreover , political authorities are often unwilling to define or take public responsibility for objectives that are not seen to be politically ‘ legitimate ’ . |
| 20 | Local communities are often unwilling to reflect rising costs of waste management in higher local taxation . |
| 21 | Seniors are often unwilling to admit that subordinates have developed to the extent that they could perform some of the manager 's duties . |
| 22 | Just as students are often unwilling to check arithmetic because they would ‘ rather not know about any errors ’ , so researchers are reluctant to examine their aims , hoping rather that all will become clear in the writing of the final report . |
| 23 | Major construction companies are often prepared to invest their own funds in a project , or to arrange a loan on their own behalf in return for construction work . |
| 24 | Departments are often prepared to give advice on possible sources of grants or scholarships . |
| 25 | Also , ministers are often prepared to get answers on detailed questions for MPs , though the Commons decided that such letters were not ‘ proceedings in Parliament ’ and were therefore not protected from actions alleging libel . |
| 26 | Women are often prepared to make decisions on their own . |
| 27 | People can use them to buy their newspapers on Sunday morning and are often prepared to pay more to use those stores because they are convenient . |
| 28 | They are mentioned by name on eighteenth-century maps and referred to in Sir Walter Scott 's The Bridal of Triermain ; they are often supposed to mark the county boundary , which they do not , and the most popular theory is that they were erected at the time of the Border raids to delude Scots advancing up the Eden valley , from which they are conspicuously in view , into the belief that an English army was encamped there . |
| 29 | It is in the area of sexuality that women are often supposed to have made great advances towards equality with men . |
| 30 | Like this they are often easier to handle in the vice or on the bench . |