Example sentences of "[vb mod] often [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inevitably there is less face-to-face contact between members and communication must often take place via staff . |
| 2 | In spite of my appeals for him to make some effort to intervene with the King , who could often attain success with a father bent on violent punishment , Kareem dismissed my cries of alarm with unconcealed irritation and insisted the subject be dropped . |
| 3 | Even where books were appropriate and the student keen , a lack of funds could often limit purchase . |
| 4 | The regular clergy remained a major source of friction , however , and the claims of Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries and nunneries could often run counter to the interests of secular nobles . |
| 5 | It may often form part of a series , although history teachers need not be tied to utilising the whole series . |
| 6 | To confine the word to either sense would hardly be possible without pedantry ; though , on the one hand , we may agree that a thing which has no owner — a rare event in a civilized country , except in the case of a few things , like wild animals at large — is not property , and , on the other , we may often avoid confusion by using the word ‘ ownership ’ for the most extensive right which a man can have over material things . |
| 7 | Iron helps in the formation of red blood cells and supplies you with energy , particularly important for women during their monthly cycle when you may often lack energy and feel tired . |
| 8 | ‘ Collar ’ was thus often used as a way of asking to go outdoors , and after saying ‘ Collar ’ , the chimpanzees would often go search for them and put them around their necks while pant-hooting in anticipation . |
| 9 | As his diocese included the Isle of Wright , The Rev. Pearce would often have occasion to hold signed conversations with Queen Victoria who was acquainted with some deaf people near her favourite retreat at Osborne . |
| 10 | noted in the 1890s that many sons would prefer to move rather than accept legal compulsion , and that their own old parents would often see relief as a right : ‘ the aged prefer a pittance from the parish ( regarded as their due ) to compulsory maintenance by children ; compulsion makes such aid very bitter . ’ |
| 11 | After the last show , or earlier if they were n't working , Arthur would often fall prey to the bite of melancholy , with such sharp dread of all endings that he would greatly fear going to sleep , as if nothing would be left to him unless he kept watch on it . |
| 12 | This approach is convenient , and we shall often have recourse to it ; however , it has disadvantages ( even supposing that a fully adequate account can be given of such notions as ‘ the class of dogs ’ ) . |
| 13 | A wall that has been damp will often contain moisture for a long time after the cause has been remedied , so it is better to allow the walls to dry out naturally , although anti-damp paint could be used to allow the room to be decorated before the wall has dried out . |
| 14 | Time spent is not recoverable , while improved performance will often enable recovery of money in the medium term ; thus time is the most scarce resource at the project manager 's disposal . |
| 15 | Such questions will often generate discussion among the students generally and thus provide a useful means of stimulating their interest . |
| 16 | Good lecturers will often make cross references to earlier lectures . |
| 17 | Bars 1–4 are based on the E minor pentatonic scale : E , G , A , B , D. As is often the case in a blues style song , though the underlying chord may be major and frequently dominant ( in this case E7 : root E , major 3rd G&sharp ; , 5th B , ♭7th D ) , the melody or soloist will often make use of a flattened 3rd interval ( here a G ) to help create a bluesy mood . |
| 18 | If an appreciable proportion of the laser radiation is absorbed by the sample , local heating will usually result in decomposition at the point of irradiation if the sample is a solid , though efficient convective mixing will often prevent overheating in liquid samples . |
| 19 | Therefore , very large firms which have secured a degree of market dominance will often prefer independence or , where they do retain formal employers ' association membership , may have ‘ nonconforming ’ status whereby they are not required to follow the terms of a national agreement and disputes procedure ( such as a number of firms in the Chemical Industries Association in Britain , including ICI and Glaxo ) . |
| 20 | If a woman is raped or sexually assaulted and this involved penetration , the violence and force often involved may cause injuries to the genital area and other parts of the body which will often draw blood , and therefore pose some risk of HIV infection . |
| 21 | Foxes will often enlarge rabbit burrows to make the ‘ earth ’ in which they give birth to their young . |
| 22 | Parents that move into a new area will often ask estate agents about schools in the neighbourhood . |
| 23 | If you get stuck in submissiveness you will often seek forgiveness and try endlessly to make up for what you have done ! |
| 24 | The regression session will often take place during the first or second consultation , and no homework as such will follow this . |
| 25 | It has exceptionally long barbels and , when kept in confined spaces where it can not move these appendages freely , it will often take fright and dash around the aquarium , causing considerable damage not only to the tank decor , but to itself in extreme cases the fish has been known to leap from the tank . |
| 26 | It has exceptionally long barbels and , when kept in confined spaces where it can not move these appendages freely , it will often take fright and dash around the aquarium , causing considerable damage not only to the tank decor , but to itself . |
| 27 | Clownfish , in the absence of an anemone , will often take refuge in a related species of invertebrate , such as Goniopora or Tooth Coral . |
| 28 | The successful party will often receive money in payment of costs from the losing party . |
| 29 | Inevitably , however , through selective perceptions of action and reaction , the two sets of hypotheses will often receive verification and confirmation . |
| 30 | Conservative budget for example even though its main press is always on keeping the tax level down er will often include capital projects . |