Example sentences of "often [vb -s] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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1 | It often turns into a ‘ hat party ’ with friends sitting around wearing all sorts of styles while they have a drink . ’ |
2 | Oh yes , it often irritates in the same way when you first start to drink spirits you feel |
3 | Since one essential quality of a good toastmaster is a loud voice , ( which often goes with an imposing , extrovert personality ) they will get attention faster than you can ( an alternative way to get the attention of the audience is to ask the band , if you have one , to do a drum roll for you ) . |
4 | The motor industry often goes to the expense of building a completely new factory site to ensure that the manufacturing capability does match their requirements exactly . |
5 | I go about in a wheelchair and someone who pushes it very often goes into a shop and says , ‘ Look here , you have bought rather a lot of things I think you had better give a cheque for them — now I ? I write the cheque out , dear , and you shall sign it . ’ |
6 | Mr Norman has more than one Ferrari , uses his Aston Martin as often as the Rolls-Royce but admits that Laura , his wife , often goes in the family Range Rover to have her hair done . |
7 | Right Some of the commoner types of fern-like foliage from the Carboniferous Such foliage often belongs to the seed ferns , rather than the true ferns |
8 | As I have said earlier , we all need encouragement and often remarks from the most unexpected quarters are the most gratifying . |
9 | My diary , in my pre-anorexic days , often refers to a ‘ weight of depression ’ which I felt myself to be carrying around . |
10 | Like Sukenick , he often refers to the Marx Brothers in Gravity 's Rainbow and creates a comic dimension to the otherwise sinister phrase ‘ theatre of war ’ . |
11 | It should be noted that although the system described often refers to the particular data for on-line cursive script recognition , the techniques used are equally applicable to other forms of recognition . |
12 | Her work often refers to the truncated anatomy , as do the photographs of John Coplans and the paintings of John Wesley , the other two artists in the show . |
13 | In fact , Daphne often sleeps in the elephant hut , cuddling the babies and supervising their feeds . |
14 | He often sleeps in the study rather than in the big bedroom on the second floor , where mine is . |
15 | The frons is the unpaired upper facial part of the head which often lies between the lateral arms of the ecdysial cleavage line when this is present . |
16 | Gold often lies at the root of corruption which is not found in an absolutely pastoral climate . |
17 | The fault often lies within the body and with there person 's perception of good health . |
18 | The reason often lies in an over-eager management who are continually hounding the PRO for more column inches or to keep up with the supposed coverage of competitors . |
19 | The kidnapper is usually familiar with the maternity unit in question and often visits before the kidnapping , becoming familiar with staff and the daily routines . |
20 | Since I started as an engineer , and have ended as a biologist , I am struck by the similarities between the two ways of thinking , although there is the difference that an engineer starts with a function to be performed , and designs a structure to perform it , whereas a biologist often starts with a structure , and has to work out the function it is performing . |
21 | Unlike the natural sciences , where discussion often starts with the results and ignores the methodology of the research , the social sciences — and increasingly anthropology — have developed an elaborate argument about the practices of doing research . |
22 | Student participation in their own education often starts with the construction of their own classrooms . |
23 | What often starts as a trickle finishes up as a torrent of new ideas . |
24 | He often starts in the morning with hydrotherapy which he really enjoys . |
25 | At this very moment , the Germans attacked again and , as so often happens on the death of an inspired leader , Macker 's men lost heart . |
26 | Often happens for a first night if it 's not selling … ’ |
27 | It often happens for a ten-man team . |
28 | The same thing often happens to a manufacturer when he believes he can buy the public 's good opinion of him . |
29 | Yet , as often happens in the House of Commons , the predictions of a major confrontation proved false . |
30 | If you believe that Hollis was a Russian agent then the Crabb affair fits neatly into the jigsaw but , as so often happens in the intelligence world , the same set of facts can be tinkered and tailored with so as to fit any preconceived belief . |