Example sentences of "[adv] often [vb pp] [prep] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At its most basic , that vital component is to confront all three problems together : simple , even self-evident , and yet so often ignored in a construction climate where the all-powerful big developers tend to be more interested in low-cost employment than low-cost housing and both central and local government treat each problem in not-so-splendid isolation . |
| 2 | Thus it would seem that the ‘ dawn of civilisation ’ , so often quoted in a context suggesting that it represents a fairly finite occurrence taking a relatively short space of time , did , in all probability cover a very long time indeed , perhaps many thousands of years . |
| 3 | This test , known as the " notional skilled worker test " , takes account of the complexity of technology , hence the reference to a skilled person rather than the ubiquitous " reasonable man " , so often used as a benchmark by judges . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Although such a strategy is possible as a distinct strategy , it is more often employed as a tactic for reducing emissions as part of the air quality management strategy . |
| 6 | ‘ Making Their Mark ’ could equally well have been called a mixed exhibition ; but this is a term more often used for a show put on by an exhibiting society , that type of artists ' organisation whose importance in Europe was created by the middle classes , who sought in the eighteenth century to buy pictures rather than give commissions , as aristocratic patrons had been accustomed to do . |
| 7 | Though public relations features highly among the reasons for issuing a report , especially in Japan , duty to the environment is more often quoted as a motive in Europe and North America . |
| 8 | The struggle , however , was most often seen as a defence of traditional liberties , not of ‘ liberty ’ itself . |
| 9 | Iris was most often depicted as a NYMPH with golden , winged sandals and a herald 's staff , for she was employed as a messenger for the gods . |
| 10 | It is thereby often based on a childhood authority figure such as the father or mother . |
| 11 | Overnight stardom was largely a myth , though some climbed higher up the ladder more quickly , and quite often suffered as a result . |
| 12 | Mid-region performance is strong and acceleration only begins to tail off above 120mph , but the Chrysler engine lacks ultimate finesse at high revs , becoming noisy and slightly strained , while the power delivery is too often spoiled by a hesitation or jerk after a sudden lift-off or application of power . |
| 13 | The negotiation of the contractual terms of such relationships is all too often regarded as a contest in which the supplier attempts to exclude the maximum possible liability to the customer , and the customer to impose the maximum possible liability on the supplier ; the only rules are those imposed by the Unfair Contract Terms Act , and the contest is finally decided by the relative bargaining power of the two parties . |
| 14 | Given that ear-training is too often struck from a guitar student 's personal agenda , and moreover the value of such training is consistently understated in most ‘ play rock guitar by numbers ’ type books , then units like this could prove indispensable in putting things right . |
| 15 | Perhaps hindered by the unflattering acoustic of the concert hall , the result was all too often lost in a welter of sound and over-stressed consonants with all the control of a recalcitrant Sunday school outing . |
| 16 | For example , the experimental style of psychology is very often treated as a precondition of effective theorising . |
| 17 | Treatment directed specially towards either stopping or reducing drinking on a long-term basis is very often thwarted by a patient 's denial of the extent of the problem or by lack of motivation to do anything about it . |