Example sentences of "[noun pl] [prep] [art] [adj] [conj] often " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were the kinds of places in which learned authorities paraded such things as the wonders of nature , the relics of past ages , and the achievements of great people , before the eyes of a deferential and often uncomprehending populace . |
| 2 | All these , as well as many of their innocent relatives and acquaintances , were to find themselves condemned to the mercies of a capricious and often brutal exile administration which many were neither physically nor spiritually able to withstand . |
| 3 | The book 's aim is to help guide local communities through the various and often daunting processes involved when tackling local environmental problems such as open space . |
| 4 | Then , they 'd never read their chart books , otherwise they 'd have known that the blues has always provided record companies with a regular and often low-cost source of income . |
| 5 | At a stroke , family ties were disrupted : children found themselves , at an appallingly early age , having to stand on their own two feet in a strange and often hostile environment ; parents were suddenly deprived of their offspring . |
| 6 | He and his daughter , he imagined , would form an alliance based on shared jokes and secret indulgences against a lonely and often disapproving wife . |
| 7 | Hilyer ( whose character is apparently the Patron Saint of actors ) is , however , excellent , while Rae Smith 's idiosyncratic costume designs and the lighting by Paul Russell also make very effective contributions to an uneven but often rewarding evening . |
| 8 | And , like any other revolution , there have been advantages and disadvantages for the unsuspecting and often vulnerable consumer . |
| 9 | The navy , greatly expanded under Henry VIII , required something more than the single clerk who had managed its affairs under the distant and often negligible supervision of the Lord Admiral . |
| 10 | the complexity of the law enables them to discover loopholes and multiple meanings in the vague and often ambiguous wording of corporate law(s) — the pursuit of each interpretation is a further delay in the case reaching a conclusion ; |
| 11 | We treat criminals in a disrespectful and often dehumanising way so that they will continue to express our Shadow . |
| 12 | Unlike the gibbon , which tends to specialize in figs of a predictable and often continuous availability that allows it to live in small territories and at a large population density , the orang-utan is a great wanderer . |