Example sentences of "[adj] is often the " in BNC.

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1 This is often the result of inexperienced people trying to give a helping hand to get the gliders out .
2 However where possible , eg. if there are several hours to wait before your return flight , and this is often the case in low season , a room will be made available for changing and storing hand luggage .
3 This is often the problem with dull stainless steel which can be restored with a good quality cream cleanser .
4 In other cases , original cornice detail may survive intact behind a box fascia — this is often the case in turn-of-the-century shopping parades .
5 In large fleets where there is so much dirty wind on the layline this is often the best tactic .
6 This is often the decisive part of the race , since if you launch well and get clear of the group it is only your own mistakes that will stop you from qualifying .
7 This is often the case .
8 This is often the big one , the big step , to be able to look in the mirror and say ‘ I am angry ’ .
9 This is often the result of lack of ability or opportunity to express their sorrow , or avoidance of the realisation of their loss .
10 This is often the life-attitude more obviously held by many older people who are in need of counselling support .
11 This is often the exact reason we like this stitch type .
12 If you do not receive one , you should ask the person in the company responsible for the pension scheme — this is often the personnel manager — to supply you with a booklet .
13 All instances of discourse have both a situation and a physical form , and this is often the main factor in our recognition of them .
14 This is often the feeling the bereaved find most difficult to acknowledge , their anger against the dead person for abandoning them to face the world alone .
15 This is often the case with a continuous production plant , but we also find it in hospitals and also in the police force .
16 This is often the case when the search is being undertaken across borders or in a new market segment .
17 This is often the case when the target is a small/medium sized company .
18 I 've found that when the water is heavily coloured after a rain storm this is often the case and fish will be caught in bursts as they pass up and down the swim .
19 Recent work by the Audit Commission confirms that this is often the case ( Audit Commission 1992 ) .
20 This is often the case in relation to listed and quoted companies because the IPC of the ABI has issued guidelines limiting the amount of unissued share capital over which there is a s80 authority to one-third of the existing issued share capital ( see its memorandum dated 10 September 1992 ) and most listed and quoted companies follow these guidelines .
21 Decision-making tends to be much slower and this is often the reason for such slowness .
22 Being unpleasant is often the only thing they are good at , and so being successful at it makes them feel important .
23 You may be amazed that such an obvious shortcoming to a staff plan should have continued to escape my notice , but then you will agree that such is often the way with matters one has given abiding thought to over a period of time ; one is not struck by the truth until prompted quite accidentally by some external event .
24 Keeping things simple is often the best bet , an investment of both time and effort is required to learn anything new , so diving in at the deep end with one of the full-blown integrated packages may cause more disruption than it 's worth .
25 The latter is often the first symptom noticed by a young person .
26 In general , landfarming lends itself to volatilisation of organic compounds ; in fact , that is often the primary means of removal .
27 That is often the spur which gets them back to a proper relationship with the almighty car .
28 Nor is it so today , but that is often the situation perceived by the outsider .
29 Partly in the questioner 's mind , erm could be answered by reference to language problems , I mean , a technical or professional qualifications may be equivalent , and may be awfully good , but if one expert and qualified person ca n't talk the language of the country he wants to work in , that 's going to be a barrier on its own , and I reckon that is often the bigger barrier between the easy movement of qualified people from one of our countries to another , than the lack of qualifications , or disagreement about qualifications themselves .
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