Example sentences of "often to " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was also during the winter months that vines were taken down from their wires and their ends tied ( often to the water pipes ) so that they formed a large bow shape . |
| 2 | Many jazz-players , often to the detriment of their later careers , rise to prominence through a single performance or achievement and find themselves saddled with an epithet expressing public expectations . |
| 3 | He was most often to be found in that jazz Mecca , Dobell 's Record Shop in Tower Street , where he was happy to reminisce about earlier times and to discuss who played what on the records from his heyday . |
| 4 | Quite apart from educational and other handicaps , this was one reason why they and even their social betters took so little part in government , leaving it so often to Balts or Germans before 1917 , and to other non-Russians after that date . |
| 5 | I liked those words and repeated them often to myself . |
| 6 | Although for many applications the costs are negligible , they raise their heads too often to be ignored . |
| 7 | He had n't expected either that the Mess would be in a château , that the furniture would be impressively of its period — no worn armchairs or bits of junk in a state of collapse from subalterns ' games , as so often to be found in the messes of his experience , or indeed that his welcome would be so unaffectedly cordial . |
| 8 | In the home however , they soon adapt to their owner 's timetable , often to the extent that deviations from it induce erratic behaviour which can develop into a full-blown eating disorder . |
| 9 | The problem with Seawright was that he openly voiced what many people took to be the true feelings of Democratic Unionists , often to the embarrassment of the DUP spokesmen who were presenting a more moderate position . |
| 10 | As in art so in ceremony the ruler came often to be represented as Christ . |
| 11 | They are more often to be seen on Irish calendars than in real life ( except as ruins ) , but many survive as comfortable homes . |
| 12 | At home the young Kylie , with kid sister Danielle and brother Brendan , would go on family outings , often to the movies . |
| 13 | Even when allowance is made for meagre resources , there seemed often to be a wilful and needless callousness to many of these suburban barracks . |
| 14 | Miss Sullivan said : ‘ The typical person coming to us is a divorced man in his 30s or 40s who has remarried , often to a woman in her 20s , and wants to start a family . |
| 15 | As mayor , he launched a campaign to clean up Athens , and was often to be seen — much to the irritation of the government — riding refuse lorries through the city in the early morning . |
| 16 | We all went often to the cinema ; it was the great escape , and we drew comfort from , and identified with , films which ennobled or sentimentalised our situation — films such as One of our Aircraft is Missing , The Way to the Stars , and Mrs Miniver . |
| 17 | Plant fossils are often to be found in particular beds , reflecting conditions of deposition that were just right for their preservation . |
| 18 | They were often to be found operating shops and farms . |
| 19 | Yet it is not unusual to find that many people make no distinction between even the physically and the mentally handicapped , often to the apparent detriment of the former who have more capable brains . |
| 20 | Her desires might be seen as figurative of more general feelings among postmodernist British authors , seeking inspiration and affection less often to be found within their own shores . |
| 21 | Towns had often to be sited in defensive , strategic positions not readily accessible to the railway . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , small rural stations have been closing throughout New Zealand , often to the accompaniment of vigorous opposition from New Zealand farmers . |
| 23 | Powerful and famous gentlemen became regular visitors to the house — including , I remember , figures such as Lord Daniels , Professor Maynard Keynes , and Mr H. G. Wells , the renowned author , as well as others who , because they came ‘ off the record ’ , I should not name here — and they and his lordship were often to be found locked in discussion for hours on end . |
| 24 | Rectal intercourse and fellatio are both common among homosexuals and diseases are therefore often to be found in the rectum and mouth . |
| 25 | This is because the drainage of the genital region in women is more often to groups of lymph glands in the pelvis , and their involvement is not likely to be obvious . |
| 26 | It has happened too often to me to be mere coincidence . |
| 27 | In the relaxed horse the nostrils , chin and lips will show no tension , often to the extent that the bottom lip will hang open . |
| 28 | Third , and perhaps most conspicuous , a great plume of gas and ash rises above the crater , rolling upwards in tight turbulent convolutions often to a height of several kilometres . |
| 29 | Sophie is often to be heard on BBC Radio . |
| 30 | He has achieved much fame as a chamber music player ( with the Coull String Quartet , for example ) and is often to be heard giving solo recitals on BBC Radio 3 . |