Example sentences of "[conj] often [vb base] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Particular areas that often require attention are discussed below . |
| 2 | Given the political pressures that often drive antitrust policy , a consistently optimal level of enforcement may be too much to ask for . |
| 3 | Host-guest assemblies of this type fall in the realm of supramolecular chemistry — the chemistry of synthetic receptors and large molecular assemblies that often mimic nature 's chemistry . |
| 4 | ‘ British girls are fairly low-key and often lack confidence , ’ says Mignon , who scours the country auditioning potential models . |
| 5 | These are serious bums requiring medical attention and often skin grafting . |
| 6 | They can forget about privacy and often fall prey to gangs operating a regime of intimidation . |
| 7 | Allowed to remain in the cool waters of the pool , they take a considerable time to reappear and fulfil their role , and often fall prey to browsing water snails . |
| 8 | Bodies such as the Kenya Institute of Education with some thirty full-time professional staff and the Zambia Curriculum Development Centre with about forty , would claim , probably rightly , that they were still understaffed and often experience difficulty in securing the release of the most able teachers from schools and colleges , but the provision made for them is certainly more realistic than that available in University Institutes like those in Ahmadu Bello or Sierra Leone . |
| 9 | Indeed , since we actually live in particular contexts and often have difficulty in understanding them , many of our mistakes arise at that level , before more abstract speculation begins at all . |
| 10 | Television stations from Tyne Tees in the northeast , via Yorkshire Television ( of course ) in Leeds ( the Calendar programme named Hannah ‘ Woman of the Decade ) to TV-AM in London regularly ask her to appear in their studios and often send film crews to Cotherstone . |
| 11 | These rely , almost exclusively , on customers gaining access by private car , and often include discount fuel outlets as a ‘ loss leader ’ attraction . |
| 12 | The rigidities and continuities of the planning and design process may constrain ability to deal with the unanticipated and often press purpose built systems into unlikely roles . |
| 13 | I can not afford the time to try everything and often refuse review loans , both of hardware and software . |
| 14 | Suzy 's parents were very concerned at her behaviour during mealtimes when , despite her nine years of age , she would refuse to eat unless fed , would throw food and utensils on the floor and often refuse food entirely . |
| 15 | Unfortunately for the non-American user , the headings consequently correspond to current American usage in both use of terms and spelling , and often need amendment to make them consistent with usage elsewhere . |
| 16 | Decisions on allocation do not usually depend solely upon the pupil 's attainment in school but often take account of such factors as pupil motivation and behaviour . |
| 17 | It 's paradoxical because often divorce law reforms thought of as favouring women and in circumspect that allows women to get away from an unreasonable husband and that kind of thing , it 's certainly true , but at the same time you have to notice that in terms of reproductive success it may benefit more er men more . |