Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb mod] often [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even where books were appropriate and the student keen , a lack of funds could often limit purchase . |
| 2 | Foxes will often enlarge rabbit burrows to make the ‘ earth ’ in which they give birth to their young . |
| 3 | noted in the 1890s that many sons would prefer to move rather than accept legal compulsion , and that their own old parents would often see relief as a right : ‘ the aged prefer a pittance from the parish ( regarded as their due ) to compulsory maintenance by children ; compulsion makes such aid very bitter . ’ |
| 4 | Inevitably , however , through selective perceptions of action and reaction , the two sets of hypotheses will often receive verification and confirmation . |
| 5 | Foster parents can often claim fostering allowances of 2–3 times the Supplementary Benefit that the natural parent would have received for looking after the same child … which is peculiarly ironic when one considers that some children might not be in foster-care at all if their parents had adequate incomes in the first place ( Fairbairns , 1976 ) . |
| 6 | Such questions will often generate discussion among the students generally and thus provide a useful means of stimulating their interest . |
| 7 | Loans and gifts of money provided by older relatives can often run counter to the expected patterns of support . |
| 8 | Irrespective of personal interpretation of spirituality , the related system of values and beliefs can often bring comfort and reassurance during times of stress and when the individual is faced with moral dilemmas which require resolution . |
| 9 | Certain standing positions can often cause stress on our bodies without us realizing . |
| 10 | The regular clergy remained a major source of friction , however , and the claims of Benedictine and Cistercian monasteries and nunneries could often run counter to the interests of secular nobles . |
| 11 | ‘ Collar ’ was thus often used as a way of asking to go outdoors , and after saying ‘ Collar ’ , the chimpanzees would often go search for them and put them around their necks while pant-hooting in anticipation . |
| 12 | Good lecturers will often make cross references to earlier lectures . |
| 13 | Such commentators can often gain access to many of the places which sociology itself is unable to describe by any except the most remote methods . |