Example sentences of "[adj] often [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Simple toys from all over the world , made from the cheapest often discarded materials . |
| 2 | Rarity is another component of value and with this often went derivation from distant sources . |
| 3 | This often requires analysis of parts of words — the elements in a compound like dog-sled , or the added meaning attributable to the suffix -er in opener compared to the verb open — over and above the sense of each word . |
| 4 | Some elderly people still prefer ( or have to make do with ) an open fire , but this often presents problems if they have no one to carry coal for them and help to clear out the grate if it is of the old-fashioned type . |
| 5 | But this often took years to achieve , and in the case of Friern and Claybury , the whole process was being telescoped into a period of months . |
| 6 | This often took place in the pub and involved thinking aloud . |
| 7 | This often takes place because their responses to us arouse the wounded feelings that our parents or other family members inflicted on us . |
| 8 | However , this often involves managers in taking decisions about future policy , and management level case studies commonly invite you to consider whether a change of direction is necessary , and if so , what the operational implications are . |
| 9 | Of course , part of the enjoyment of a reading depends on a perception of the text 's difficulty , and this often involves consideration of the types of metaphor , as mentioned above . |
| 10 | This often makes songwriting more profitable than performing . |
| 11 | Here the engineers have to carry out most of their work on Sundays when traffic is light , but this often entails diversions and extended journey times followed by temporary speed restrictions for a few further days at the beginning of each week . |
| 12 | Another factor influencing this selection is the observation that variables which are nearly integer-valued often become integers , when branching on other variables . |
| 13 | You need to be wary of PC shareware companies that offer very cheap disks , as these often contain versions of programs that are literally years out of date . |
| 14 | If Ferguson is really searching for someone to put the finishing touch to his team 's chances and not his own , he would be better offering the job to one of these often maligned stabbers-in of trifles . |
| 15 | These often involve school children , teenagers , middle-aged and retired people working together to research the history of an area and collect old photos and mementoes . |
| 16 | These often involve vowel sounds having their Creole rather than their expected London pronunciations . |
| 17 | Even the provision of free or almost free housing leaves the farm worker no better off when comparisons are made with workers elsewhere , for the latter often receive benefits — cheap meals , pension funds , medical facilities , etc. — unavailable to farm workers . |
| 18 | Visitors to the UFW in the 1970s often found nuns typing away in the outer office . |
| 19 | Such oddities can often been spotted , because to the birds and animals a power station is simply a secluded often borne refuge from a hostile world |
| 20 | The bereaved often show signs of ill-health , which is not surprising since they usually feel quite ill in their minds and crushed by the burden of their sorrow . |
| 21 | Indeed , sites which were generally successful often attracted organs of government to them , as was the case with the cities and major towns , but in these and other instances it is always difficult to distinguish the primary function once it has been overlaid or mixed with others . |
| 22 | Successful treatment of the sick requires attention to their housing and income maintenance problems ; the care of the neglected child depends upon co-operation between health service workers , personal social services staff and schoolteachers ; the homeless often face income maintenance problems as well as housing problems ; and so on — the examples are legion . |
| 23 | The statutory responsibilities to safeguard the welfare of the community and children in particular often involves recourse to the courts . |
| 24 | Similarly in a 1947 survey of 2,807 women ( conducted as part of the Ministry of Labour 's campaign to stimulate the recruitment of women to industry ) , older married women in particular often gave health problems as a reason for not working outside the home ; 37 per cent of those aged between 45 and 60 mentioned ill-health to the interviewer . |
| 25 | The artistic ability of John Harden is rarely remarked on but Green often enjoyed music in his company . |
| 26 | ‘ Men in their mid-forties often seek reassurance with younger girls ’ , it said . |
| 27 | In Europe , where music fans are usually more broad-minded , people in their thirties and forties often attend Wedding Present gigs . |