Example sentences of "often [verb] a [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nature does not often answer a call for love , until the caller is tired of calling . |
| 2 | It often stings a man into awareness , which is partly why he fears the feminine so much . |
| 3 | Do you often experience a surge of interest in a particular period of history after turning up a find that appears to connect with those years ? |
| 4 | Not only does this help people to understand the problems of deafness , but it often produces a lot of fun . |
| 5 | Against this monologic Amis can be set , by way of alter ego , the modernistic Amis of Barbara Everett 's discussion of Difficulties with girls , which occurred in the course of an essay on Hugh Kenner 's fantasy of a British betrayal of Modernism , and which springs the surprise of conveying that Amis , so often supposed an enemy of Modernism , is really a Modernist . |
| 6 | The Dark Ages are often considered a time of retrogression , but it was not until the period drew to its close that the cattle of Britain began to deteriorate quite seriously . |
| 7 | No difference was found in the aspartate aminotransferase levels at the start of the two courses ; however , both courses seemed to induce a peak of aspartate aminotransferase values that often preceeds a response to therapy . |
| 8 | Similar principles apply in the case of bonuses , which often involve an element of profit sharing . |
| 9 | In writing a program , one often has a lot of freedom in the use of bound variables : not only in where they are declared , but also in whether to declare a new variable or re-use an old one . |
| 10 | A catarrhal remedy ; catarrhal headaches ; often has a headache with eye complaints or coryza ; a bursting , bruised headache with dazzling from bright lights ; headache in the evening . |
| 11 | ‘ Sir Vivien often played a round before breakfast , ’ said Major Ernest ‘ Tiger ’ Bagshot , 43 , Secretary of Royal Wrigglesworth , ‘ But my suspicions were aroused when his black labrador , Bonzo , appeared at the clubhouse at approximately ten o'clock . |
| 12 | ‘ Men often put a lot of energy into the courtship period ’ , warns Jane Hawksley , ‘ never use that as a gauge for the future . |
| 13 | In late spring , snow surfaces within a few hundred metres of the coast often show a flush of colour , usually pink , green or brownish-yellow , caused by patches of unicellular or colonial algae . |
| 14 | Questions about perceptions were framed in terms of awareness rather than approval , though the partisan nature of the answers often betrayed a lack of objectivity . |
| 15 | In a quiet way she was a heavy drinker and often needed a dash of caffeine in the morning . |
| 16 | In view of all this it is perhaps not surprising that current practice often includes a system of settlement , under which the member is asked to admit some or all of the charges without a formal hearing . |
| 17 | It is true that individual plantations lose these species rapidly once the thicket stage is reached , but other species move in and large areas of plantation often exhibit a variety of growth stages from clear fell to mature trees , which further increases the diversity of birds present . |
| 18 | Managers often view a job at Shell , where they are given plenty of decisions to make early on in their career , as an alternative to taking an MBA . |
| 19 | It pecks at the keyboard , asks a lot of questions and often gets a story in reply . |
| 20 | But the Recycling Rose does not always smell sweet , because recycling waste can often cost a lot of money ; and buying recycled products can often cost more than ‘ raw ’ products . |
| 21 | Procedural due process is often called a kind of fairness or a kind of justice , for example . |
| 22 | These teas are unblended and have strong , distinctive flavours — one bag will often produce a pot of tea for two people . |
| 23 | An event such as a school centenary can often produce a wealth of material from the local community . |
| 24 | Children and adolescents may often have a combination of conduct and emotional problems . |
| 25 | The question , ‘ Why do you have the farm ? ’ often evoked a look of surprise followed by a period of silence . |
| 26 | People often feel a sense of frustration that they are not moving up quickly enough when they join ICI . |
| 27 | In reality biological knowledge is often no more secure than psychological knowledge but psychologists often feel a sense of inferiority in the face of biological data . |
| 28 | It would be an interminable occupation were it not for the fact that what one learns about the landscape of one town often throws a flash of light upon a topographical puzzle in another . |
| 29 | The king would often reward a family for service to him by the grant of a fair . |
| 30 | For this reason , an increase in population density often precipitates a round of emigration . |