Example sentences of "often [vb base] the [det] " in BNC.

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1 Science popularisers often make the same claim , dismissing the Sun as just a run-of-the-mill star .
2 THE WORLD 'S NEW MEDIA OFTEN REPORT THE SAME STORIES .
3 Moreover , the former often outperform the latter ; consumer magazines commonly suggest specific mutual companies as providing the best deal and there is some evidence that they are superior in performance more generally ( see , for example , Finsinger , 1983 ) .
4 Nolan and Sam Yaeger often bed the same girl , more or less to spite each other , it seems .
5 It all seems to offer a breathtaking array of choice yet in practice the schedules too often present the same glum menu of badly dubbed westerns , trivial game shows , long and justly forgotten Neapolitan comedies of the 1960s or windy discussion programmes .
6 Hashing functions often indicate the same hash table entry .
7 When attempts are then made to intervene at this latter level , they often use the same procedures as are applied to the public realm .
8 Children 's feet often stay the same size for several months at a time , then move up a size almost overnight .
9 Grain has always been important as an indicator of national well-being and prosperity , with bulging granaries more important to security in the long term than the missile silos which often share the same farmlands .
10 But perhaps this not so much to do with ‘ stars ’ as the fact that related people often share the same preferences when planning their families .
11 We have come up against some prejudice in the dressage , but the nice thing is that at the end of the test sheets you often see the same comment from the judge — ‘ What a super pony ! ’ . ’
12 Children often have the same class teacher ( usually the teacher of Danish or mathematics ) throughout their nine or 10 years in school , and as a result teacher-pupil relationships are close and relaxed .
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