Example sentences of "often [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its permanent collection of fine Victorian paintings often sits cheek by jowl with a varied selection of current art and craft practices some of which also provide opportunities for visitors to participate in . |
| 2 | What is left over often goes hack to the Third World . |
| 3 | Simultaneously the work explores the very private , often hidden world of women 's personal everyday histories ; ‘ Each handbag has a particular personality of its own — on opening one a strong perfume filled the air , another was entirely practical , filled with hairpins and half a broken comb , a third contained a funeral card ’ . |
| 4 | Citation and co-citation approaches often introduce bias into measures , and central influences are often not cited , because they are taken for granted ; they become an assumed part of the research paradigm , just as the all-pervading cosmic background black-body radiation is a palimpsest of the universe 's original Big Bang . |
| 5 | Woman-centred feminism often neglects theory in favour of documenting feminine experience . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , we often lose sight of this goal and set up the organizational layers in our managerial hierarchies to accommodate pay brackets and facilitate career development instead . |
| 7 | Politicians often lose touch with the people because they lack intimate constituency contact . |
| 8 | It is now understood that in the process land settlement women often lose property rights , access to income , freedom of movement and social support . |
| 9 | GOVERNMENTS often lose momentum in their second term . |
| 10 | Some hobbies and interests use equipment or materials that are fascinating or colourful in their own right and these can often lend character to a room if they 're left out on display . |
| 11 | What determines whether people see a glass as half-full or half-empty is mood rather than fact , and change in mood often defies quantification . |
| 12 | The DTI often receives criticism of these , yet little by way of praise when it nips a fraudulent trading operation firmly in the bud . |
| 13 | It has been suggested that alienation from others ( both staff and patients ) on the ward often precedes suicide ( Morgan and Priest 1984 ) . |
| 14 | It is often given solo passages to play , and its tone is so intrinsically striking that entirely unaccompanied phrases are not infrequently allotted to it . |
| 15 | THE acoustics at the Anglican Cathedral have often given rise to speculation about its suitability for Philharmonic concerts . |
| 16 | She was modest and unconcerned that others were often given credit for ideas that she had originated . |
| 17 | won the Northumberland and Durham Division One title with a resounding 42–3 win playing the sort of open rugby they are not often given credit for . |
| 18 | In primary care prescribers rightly expect a safe and accurate dispensing service , but they have lost the regular advisory service and are most often given drug information by drug company representatives . |
| 19 | Drawings are quite often given survey treatment . |
| 20 | And , while Darwin often made use of Gould 's observations on the characteristics and distribution of certain birds in his Origin of Species , Gould never broadcast his role as one of Darwin 's sources . |
| 21 | Notice boards outside tourist offices often display weather forecasts for the next few days . |
| 22 | Leapor often understands friendship as a spiritual comfort : accordingly , she advises women to pursue friendship , rather than beauty , since death is in sight : ‘ To smooth my Passage to the silent Gloom , / And give a Tear to grace the mournful Tomb ’ [ ML , 1 , 8 ] . |
| 23 | Travel agents often advertise package tours which include a stay at a certain hotel . |
| 24 | This has often treated technology as an end in itself , and not queried its wider relationship to firm activity or weighed its contribution to performance . |
| 25 | Their contribution so far has emphasized reviews of human impacts often reflecting research in other disciplines rather than appropriate fundamental impact studies by physical geographers . |
| 26 | In addition , contract computer staff often gain advice and assistance from the agencies through which they work on how to proceed with incorporation , and are often encouraged by them to take this step . |
| 27 | Did you often dredge rock up ? |
| 28 | Charles Bradlaugh had founded the National Secular Society and edited the radical National Reformer , which often sought publicity for its views by courting prosecution . |
| 29 | He often sought recreation in fencing , wrestling , running , jumping and throwing the javelin , and he did it to the utmost of his strength and skill . " |
| 30 | Unlike Dudley he was well aware that merchants , a fast growing class , were not segregated from the gentry by an unbridgeable gulf , but ‘ often change estate with gentlemen , as gentlemen doo with them by a mutuall conuersion of the one with the other , . |