Example sentences of "[adv] often [vb pp] by [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I might agree in terms of lowland farming where farms are more often controlled by investment groups than by single families , but hill farming has always been , and still is , a hard and often heart-breaking as well as back-breaking job . |
| 5 | With new acts , a brief biography is also often included by way of introduction . |
| 6 | The model most often cited by development economists is Ghana , which adopted IMF-backed reform in 1983 after its old protectionist ways stifled initiative and brought the economy to its knees . |
| 7 | Concepts and rules are most often taught by definition and description , and whilst this can be successful , given a good communication technique , it has the disadvantage of failing to produce generalisation . |
| 8 | Moreover , it was here that peasant incomes were most often supplemented by handicraft production making them less directly dependent upon the vagaries of the harvest . |
| 9 | This method is most often used by market researchers , but is not unknown among sociologists . |
| 10 | Although mostly not accepting Lombroso 's explanation of it , they were virtually unanimous in their opinion that genius is indeed often accompanied by madness , even allowing for cases that could be ascribed to gross disease of the nervous system . |
| 11 | Linear notes are too often made by history students for the wrong reasons : |
| 12 | These include chemical allergens ( exhaust fumes and tobacco smoke among them ) , food allergens ( too often overlooked by asthma specialists ) , and physical and psychological stress . |
| 13 | Of course , Britain 's bosses have to be setting an example and obviously leadership has to emanate from the top , and is very often done by example . |