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 Furthermore , women who work part-time are often ineligible to join an occupational-pension scheme .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 These premises are often inadequate to support good practice .
11 Older people are often keen to form groups especially if they are lonely or isolated .
12 Secondary School pupils , especially those studying drama , are often keen to help in Primary Schools .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Moreover , political authorities are often unwilling to define or take public responsibility for objectives that are not seen to be politically ‘ legitimate ’ .
19 Local communities are often unwilling to reflect rising costs of waste management in higher local taxation .
20 Seniors are often unwilling to admit that subordinates have developed to the extent that they could perform some of the manager 's duties .
21 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 .
22 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 .
23 Departments are often prepared to give advice on possible sources of grants or scholarships .
24 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 .
25 Women are often prepared to make decisions on their own .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 It is in the area of sexuality that women are often supposed to have made great advances towards equality with men .
29 Ah equally um , just to go off at a tangent a bit , um there 're a number of more radical theorists , in particular the um in the Bonnie Burstow book Radical Feminist Therapy , would say that um rather like with other forms of sexual crime , the people who 've been victimised , people who 've survived , are often inclined to say something along the lines of mm y'know did i did I bring it on myself kind of kind of feeling .
30 Many banks are keen to loan money to small businesses , provided you have thought things out properly , and are often willing to give financial advice .
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