Example sentences of "[adv] often [verb] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has also been shown that more sensitive judgements can be obtained from children when the power figure — so often represented by the adult — is removed ( Lloyd and Donaldson , 1976 ) . |
| 2 | Between them they expressed the opposing feelings so often displayed by young children in the peak age of attachment : on the one hand , the protest and fury about being left — cries of rage — and then a sullen refusal to acknowledge and come to the mother ; on the other hand , the desperate yearning for the loved one and a need to cling and not let go . |
| 3 | In all honesty , the history of commercial rose-growing is a trail of trumpet-blowing and publicity , so often followed by silence as the subjects ran out of steam and fell by the wayside . |
| 4 | He believes that practice in , for instance , mirror exercises , would over a period of time develop these personal traits , so often neglected by a traditional curriculum . |
| 5 | This is a stimulating and rewarding read , providing insight into why and how a writer operates , as well as creating interest in Scottish and Irish poetry that is so often neglected by the English establishment . |
| 6 | These are so often fastened by those who , in the name of love , secure our chains daily in case we have any notions of escape . |
| 7 | Wonderful as many of them are , it should still be more widely stressed by doctors that the health of human beings is so often determined by their behaviour , their food and the nature of their environment . |
| 8 | It is significant that recent government policies have sought to give parents more power and influence in school — to elevate parenthood and , by giving parents ' views more weight , counter the claim to exclusiveness so often made by the teacher . |
| 9 | He will then produce an account of the insidious spread of revolutionary propaganda from overseas following the well-established ‘ conspiracy theory ’ so often presented by newspapers and politicians in search of convenient scapegoats for present discontents . |
| 10 | Rose Macaulay , so often mentioned by Ivy , was the only other person whom I have ever tried to meet — unsuccessfully , for dates did not fit . |
| 11 | ‘ The most blameworthy acts are so often absolved by success that the boundary between what is permitted and what is prohibited , what is just and what is unjust , has nothing fixed about it , but seems susceptible to almost arbitrary change by individuals . ’ |
| 12 | However ironic it may seem , the same corporate power so often targeted by these protests may be ensuring that such protest art has a guaranteed place in those museums . |
| 13 | The reason why the seventies are so often dogged by aches and pains is that sufficient care has not been taken during the fifties and sixties . |
| 14 | They are then disagreeably surprised when the resentments and even despair which are so often concealed by silence break out in angry and violent rebellion . |
| 15 | I could give many other examples which would kill once and for all the idea so often propounded by the opponents of local income tax that such a tax would not benefit people on the lowest incomes . |
| 16 | Our advice for the first launch is — hands together , arms outstretched ( but never above your head as is so often attempted by first time flyers ) and as the kite rises , sustain an even line tension . |
| 17 | Tricot delivered a report of stunning mediocrity similar to those so often produced by pompous security commissions in Britain investigating spies , traitors , and telephone tapping . |
| 18 | With the devoted assistance of several technical wizards we converted my A-frame into an alchemist 's chamber of optical and electronic apparatus with which to visualize the unseen dimensions of sound and form so often described by metaphysicians . |
| 19 | The analogy with the press which is so often used by the authors to justify the liberation of broadcasting , e.g. as in ‘ electronic publishing ’ , is only superficially attractive . |
| 20 | We should not ignore collectivism , however , because it is so often used by the state in Japan to mobilize the support of those who have not benefited as much from the economic miracle , or by company leaders to exhort yet more effort from employees . |
| 21 | To reach it other than by boat or wading in low tide would have taken an hour 's drive , so it was not often visited by the women . |
| 22 | Bamford remarks that such talents were " not often possessed by men of his condition in society " at that time and that he stood " far above his rustic acquaintance in the village " . |
| 23 | He showed some incredible coloured slides giving close-up detail of petal formation and patterns not often seen by the naked eye . |
| 24 | The newt , although fairly common in English ponds , is not often seen by ordinary people because it is a shy and murky creature . |
| 25 | This is not often realized by people outside the industry , who have adversely criticized the discharge of contaminating liquors on the assumption that wasteful methods have been employed . |
| 26 | … while it is a fact that presently desks are usually moveable , thereby permitting various kinds of grouping arrangements , this flexibility is not often required by what actually goes on in the classroom . |
| 27 | But it must be added that as the profits rolled in — and they were very substantial in our period — the temptation of decorations , titles , intermarriage with the nobility and in general an aristocratic life style was not often resisted by the rich . |
| 28 | A The Lunar , or Moon Wrasse , Thalassoma lunare , is a commonly-available fish , but it full potential is not often appreciated by the hobbyist . |
| 29 | This general view is still often held by anthropologists and has been repeatedly advocated by , among others , the British anthropologist E. R. Leach , for example , in his article ‘ Concerning Trobriand Clans and the Kinship Category Tapu ’ Leach , 1958 ] . |
| 30 | However , this form of individualism is more often tempered by the acknowledgement that social factors at least exert some formative influence on character , with the result that the individualist element of explanation is somewhat muted . |