Example sentences of "often [vb -s] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As most houses consist of large drawing rooms and smaller bedrooms and studies , the chief of the office often sits alone in the best room , while the clerks are put into the smaller rooms . |
| 2 | Holdings of overseas securities of course allows for greater diversification of the asset portfolio , and often offers higher yields , especially in the Far East in recent years . |
| 3 | I have long , naturally curly hair which always seems to be dry and often goes frizzy . |
| 4 | Being at the bottom , they feel their contribution often goes unrecognized , at least by the authorities . |
| 5 | The number of cases is not recorded ; the number of deaths is officially put at 855 , and may have been much higher , since diarrhoea is so common there that it often goes unreported . |
| 6 | But the heavier load that the manager bears in these bureaux to maintain a larger team and to open longer hours to the public , as well as doing in-depth work , often goes unrecognised . |
| 7 | It may be that he or she has been working quietly away in the background or it could be a single , dramatic act of true heroism in harrowing circumstances that we hear about but often goes unrewarded . |
| 8 | This is very natural and , as the plaque is white , it often goes unnoticed . |
| 9 | Their impact upon the quality of environment of older urban areas often goes unnoticed , yet as in this scheme in Edinburgh 's Lauriston Place , their access to government funding can lead to major townscape enhancement . |
| 10 | The damage to the integrity of the US banking system caused by the feckless management of the savings and loans system — which before US financial deregulation did much the same job as our own building societies — has been so extensive that its impact often goes unstated . |
| 11 | The plight of abused ( physically , emotionally and sexually ) children is a tragic and sensitive story which apparently often goes undetected because the mother , fearing reprisals or removal of the children , does not report abuse by her husband/partner or visiting relative ( who often is the perpetrator ) ; in many cases having suffered violence herself from him ( Jones , 1988 ) . |
| 12 | Wizadora is a young wizard who has n't yet mastered her magic spells — and as a result her magic often goes wrong ! |
| 13 | The work of Lothian Regional Council 's Water and Drainage Department often goes unseen . |
| 14 | Victoria 's genius in the Tenbrae Responses is to set the text to music of simple strength , built on memorable melodic lines in which the text often receives one note per syllable . |
| 15 | This question is made somewhat difficult to answer because one of the effects of the emphasis on the facts and merits of the particular case in Fleet Street Casuals is that the issue of standing now often receives little or no attention from the courts and is sometimes the subject of concessions by the respondent . |
| 16 | Considering the time we invest in choosing our dream home and refurbishing it , security often receives scant attention — and by the time we do get round to dealing with it , it may be too late . |
| 17 | Because the menstrual disturbance often precedes severe weight loss and may persist after weight is regained , other factors must also be involved . |
| 18 | The question ‘ What is your job ? ’ often produces considerable prestige bias ( so that a ‘ plumber ’ becomes a ‘ heating and sanitary engineer ’ ) or vagueness , e.g. ‘ businessman ’ . |
| 19 | Chatting often produces some very interesting ideas for serving and preparing the food and all of us can learn something from each other in casual conversation . |
| 20 | The job has not soured his taste for milk , as he often drinks two pints a day and he still enjoys doing his round , which takes in some of Ulster 's most spectacular scenery around the Mourne Mountains . |
| 21 | It is funded by a poll tax called the licence fee , although a ) the consumer is thus charged for services he/she does not require ; b ) the output often parallels that of TV and radio stations supported by advertising , and c ) its audience share is dropping . |
| 22 | Positive control of transcription often involves stimulatory protein-protein interactions between regulatory factors and RNA polymerase . |
| 23 | By their very nature they must be worked where they occur and extraction often involves environmental nuisance and danger . |
| 24 | Eurocurrency business is in very substantial sums and also often involves governmental or governmental agency transactions . |
| 25 | This often involves in-service training for workers so that they can acquire the skills necessary to collect and use information well . |
| 26 | The channel used to transmit the message is usually less direct and often involves sophisticated modern technology , but the system still depends on recognised codes , custom and expectations . |
| 27 | The attraction of technology transfer to SMEs is that it often involves incremental improvements to products and processes which offer a rapid return and reduced risk . |
| 28 | However , for our present purposes this is unnecessary ; and in any event it often involves ill-conditioned equations and so lacks accuracy . |
| 29 | There is evidence ( Bergen , 1982 ) that positive bias is often associated with West German industry , while UK engineering more often displays negative bias . |
| 30 | Disclosing things about yourself often encourages other people to open up too . |