Example sentences of "be often [verb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Its characteristic musculature is strongly marked in crossbred offspring , especially from the age of six weeks , and it is also a colour-marking breed : reds and blacks are diluted to salmon pink and a ‘ creamy soot ’ ( pale coffee to agouti ) while whites are often diluted to off-white , but the coat pattern of the dam is often transmitted and a white dorsal stripe is dominant , though ghostly . |
| 2 | This , by the way , is something of a misnomer , since although adjectives like ‘ fiery ’ are often applied to volcanic phenomena ( count the number of times in this book ! ) it 's not strictly correct , since there is rarely any actual fire , in the sense of combustible material burning to produce flames and smoke . |
| 3 | As undergraduates they are often exposed to uninspired lecturing from academics , and subsequently many struggle to assimilate the minutiae of medicine in the ( false ) belief that this will ensure an easy passage through the membership examination . |
| 4 | Rejected manuscripts are often re-submitted to different journals , and Abelson 1 , who was editor of Science for 23 years , found that 85% of such papers , rejected by Science , appeared elsewhere within two years . |
| 5 | Rejected manuscripts are often re-submitted to different journals , and Abelson , who was editor of Science for 23 years , found that 85% of such papers , rejected by Science , appeared elsewhere within two years . |
| 6 | When the creative team has produced an idea or ideas , these are often put to suitable groups to get their reactions . |
| 7 | ECGD 's schemes are often suited to larger contracts and may take time to put in place . |
| 8 | In the non-Scottish universities , pass degrees are often awarded to marginal failures on an honours course , although in medicine they are common . |
| 9 | It may hurt to hear accusing comments like this — for highly-charged emotions are often linked to equally-highly-charged events , or a series of events , from our past . |
| 10 | In patients who undergo surgery recurrence and death are often attributed to unsuspected early metastatic disease the presence of which has been documented in necropsies performed relatively soon after surgery . |
| 11 | Bits and scraps about policy and plans are often attributed to high sources , including the highest of all in health politics , Hillary Rodham Clinton . |
| 12 | Because they lead somewhat unusual lives , college teachers are often subjected to this type of elaborate caricature . |
| 13 | We are often attracted to another person by their physical appearance and sometimes by their ideas , opinions and goals . |
| 14 | The history of the divisions of the kingdom , or Teilungen as they are often known to modern scholars , is a complex one , and it is one that has to be reconstructed from narrative sources which are not concerned to describe those kingdoms , but which provide the relevant information only in passing . |
| 15 | Specialised assignments were often given to smaller firms offering particular expertise in that sector , with generally good results . |
| 16 | Throughout 1987 , the music papers constantly referred to The Wedding Present as The Smiths ' second favourite group , and they were often compared to each other . |
| 17 | Love was strange , as Athelstan kept reminding him , and opposites were often attracted to each other . |
| 18 | He went on to point out ‘ the danger of getting the judiciary into politics ’ especially as newspapers were often linked to political parties . |
| 19 | The concept of a loss leader is often applied to internal price differentials . |
| 20 | The density of a gas or vapour is often compared to that of hydrogen and expressed as the relative vapour density |
| 21 | Diseases of the liver and digestive system , motor vehicle accidents , accidents in the home and mental disorders are all commonly related to alcohol , and drinking also impinges powerfully on the work of social services , where child abuse is often related to parental drinking , and on the work of police and probation services . |
| 22 | Starvation confers a spurious sense of control over impending bodily changes , while the ‘ pathogenic secret ’ is often related to sexual or physical misuse , which resulted in the intense sense of shame that the patient attempts to assuage by losing weight . |
| 23 | The cost of advice is often tailored to individual circumstances and situations . |
| 24 | Work is often delegated to specific working groups , which frequently co-opt specialists and experienced fieldworkers . |
| 25 | Either men or women may be homosexual : the term " lesbianism " is often given to female homosexuality . |
| 26 | However , in practice insufficient weight is often given to this aspect of a recruitment policy , so that a firm committed to an internal promotion policy will have to make do with available talent for future promotions . |
| 27 | Farmers in the DRAs have a special responsibility in this regard , not only because the land is often subjected to greater hydrological and climatic stress but also because farming is by far the major economic and social factor in such areas . |
| 28 | While the primary ethnographic accounts of life and character in such peaceful societies usually present multi-dimensional pictures of complex human beings , these pictures tend to become more and more one-dimensional as the material is employed in secondary and tertiary works , where the original complexity is often reduced to little more than caricature . |
| 29 | To block out the adults , youth is often driven to absurd behaviour and appearance . |
| 30 | It is often left to professional counsellors like social workers and therapists to help the disabled person and their family cope with reality . |