Example sentences of "often [verb] [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Such mergers do not necessarily confer great increases in market power to the firms involved and are often intended to guarantee supply of component parts or a secure outlet for sales . |
| 2 | There is easy access to the foot of one of the buttresses where the mammoth task of construction is better appreciated and the industry and enterprise of the builders more fully admired : these craftsmen of a past age here erected a work of art that has become their own memorial and puts to shame the undistinguished concrete structures favoured by the builders of today , builders who have the benefits of modern technology yet seem too often prepared to sacrifice character to utility . |
| 3 | Often called to give evidence before government enquiries , he was a stout defender of the part played by the Navigation Acts and mercantile marine in the prosperity and defence of the nation . |
| 4 | This has as much to do with the aural texture of guitar-based rock as with funk or soul , and their records often fail to gain airplay on rap specialist radio shows . |
| 5 | Hitherto she had been so tied up in the day-to-day mechanics of the company that she was often forced to consider time for research as a luxury . |