Example sentences of "[noun] often [verb] at the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Inefficient and ineffective note-making methods often lie at the heart of students ' inability to realise their potential . |
| 2 | Look for other convenient , unchanging frames , low or mid , preferably where the substitution items fit in the middle , as tones often change at the end of an utterance . |
| 3 | Entry level electric guitars often suffer at the hands of cheap , toneless pickups . |
| 4 | The sample often arrives at the point of analysis marked only with a code number . |
| 5 | During the Depression years mothers often called at the better-off houses in the neighbourhood to try and find places for their daughters and one woman recalled employing a succession of unemployed miners ' daughters to whom she paid 5/ a week . |
| 6 | VISITORS to Belgium often sneer at the scruffy appearance of the country 's towns , farms and people , and pointedly note how much neater everything is as soon as you cross the border into Holland . |
| 7 | In America , whether in or out of court , the managers who led the firm into the ditch often remain at the controls while it is pulled out . |
| 8 | Gold often lies at the root of corruption which is not found in an absolutely pastoral climate . |