Example sentences of "[noun pl] often [verb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since the gentry had tended to buy and sell land without reference to the administrative cohesion of the parcels they exchanged , two or more communes often existed side by side in a single centre of rural population . |
| 2 | Its permanent collection of fine Victorian paintings often sits cheek by jowl with a varied selection of current art and craft practices some of which also provide opportunities for visitors to participate in . |
| 3 | Local networks often took advantage of kinship ties . |
| 4 | Travel agents and tour operators often make back to back reservations which means that certain accommodation is booked over a period of time and as one group of guests depart another group takes their place . |
| 5 | Children often use dough in imitation of pastry ; rolling , cutting and making cakes , pies or pasties . |
| 6 | In Goodlad 's own words , ‘ In large inner city schools , many of whose pupils are immigrants , and where mixed-ability ‘ teaching is used , able pupils value the extra stimulus tutoring can offer ; less able pupils often need help in order to survive . ’ |
| 7 | According to the sculptor , it symbolises the way in which victims of nasty remarks often seek comfort in chocolate . |
| 8 | selective predators often take prey in proportion to its presence in the community , so that the dominant prey species is also the most abundant species in the community , but less common small mammal species may be unrepresented in the predator 's prey assemblage ; |