Example sentences of "[am/are] often [verb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In China , poachers of rare animals such as pandas are often sentenced to death . |
| 2 | However in many cases it is doubtful whether these are anything other than the traditional wage system in a new disguise — for ‘ merit ’ , ‘ loyalty ’ and ‘ cooperation ’ , which are often tied to length of service have been used as major criteria for wage increases granted in this fashion … managements have not proceeded hastily towards full-blown wage rationalization because of their own concern with preserving worker identification with the enterprise … |
| 3 | In larvae of the Hymenoptera Apocrita and the higher Diptera the antennae are often reduced to minute tubercles or are atrophied . |
| 4 | Natural colour enhancers such as xanthophyll , which produces a yellow pigmentation and carotenoid red coloration , are often added to quality products , as are various taste attractants to encourage species difficult to acclimatise to dry food such as Mandarins and butterflyfish . |
| 5 | The Attorney General for England states that cases are often brought to trial which , from being imperfectly got up , break down , and thus cause the acquittal of guilty parties . |
| 6 | They wake you at five a.m. , which is when I 'm often going to bed , and you 're so knackered by mid-morning that you doze all day . ’ |