Example sentences of "often [prep] a [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Survivors of serious accidents or genetic handicap at birth could be kept alive , but often for a lifetime of expensive treatment and care . |
| 2 | Despite the fact that there are quite a number of commercial packages available , much of the software is written in-house , often as a part of the research or development project in which it will be used . |
| 3 | The independent schools inspectorate , HMI , in a report published yesterday on the ‘ rather tentative start ’ of AS levels , said a quarter of schools were using these for the wrong reasons , often as a safeguard for weaker Alevel candidates . |
| 4 | Whereas before the majority of pet dog owners would have just one dog , more and more people now decide to get a second dog — often as a playmate for their first dog . |
| 5 | Lawrence also celebrates the ‘ other ’ , but often as a foil for the integrity of self ; affirmation of one 's own pure self is presented as the precondition for recognizing the other . |
| 6 | cow goddess in animal , human or hybrid form , often as a woman with cow 's ears . |
| 7 | These commercial ventures led to many disputes , and Love was extremely litigious , appearing often as a plaintiff in Chancery . |
| 8 | This may , as we mentioned in connection with shopfloor culture , occur in spite of work conditions , and often as a form of resistance or opposition to the dominant culture of the workplace . |
| 9 | If comfort was at a premium in the average hostel , in the agricultural training centres it was entirely absent , often as a matter of deliberate policy . |
| 10 | The essentially complementary nature of contemplative and active life fully expressed in the Incarnation but experienced often as a tension for individuals could be reflected more freely in the whole society of Christians understood as the body of Christ . |
| 11 | There is also evidence that land degradation is accelerating , often as a result of incautious schemes to improve productivity , and as a consequence of overgrazing and firing . |
| 12 | This is not always so , but according to a great many sportsmen , their overconcentration on sport , often as a result of the encouragement of teachers , led to a neglect of academic work with the consequence that examination results failed to convey accurately what they felt to be their actual capability . |
| 13 | In bad organizations the objectives are decided unilaterally , very often as a result of a political trading-off process at the board and at other levels , and are perceived by those below to be quite unrealistic and impossible of achievement . |
| 14 | Even when poachers are apprehended — often as a result of expert tracking by the former bush fighters — fire-fights are rare . |
| 15 | It can be seen , therefore , that there were a number of small towns and settlements in Britain which clearly owed their origin and continued prosperity to certain specialized functions , while others acquired these functions with time , often as a result of direct imposition in accordance with central government policy . |
| 16 | On the one hand mortality and morbidity begin to show marked rises , often as a result of ‘ premature ’ illness and disease . |
| 17 | The slick continued to wreak havoc among the Gulf 's bird life , with large numbers of cormorants and grebes dying , often as a result of ingesting oil while attempting to preen themselves clean . |
| 18 | At some stages in their lives children are quite convinced that they have magical powers and often after a tussle about bedtime or a rejected request to watch a TV programme will ‘ wish ’ that the irritating adult would vanish . |
| 19 | This kind of erm usage of nuclear physics is often of a lot of interest and understandable to a child in the third form . |
| 20 | Daily life at home was often like a scene from the Rocky Horror Picture Show with transvestites and transsexuals continually visiting . |
| 21 | Quiet , steady and composed , Gavin was an ideal partner for skipper Jim Cannon at the heart of the Palace defence and , if the early '80s were a time when our back four was often under a lot of pressure , Gavin played his part in Palace 's revival at the end of the decade although , in spite of skippering our successful 1988–89 side for a few matches mid-season , he incurred yet another injury and was prevented from playing in all but the final three games . |
| 22 | Some journals routinely give the referee feedback , usually on the editorial decision and often including a copy of the other referee 's report . |
| 23 | It is true , too , that under Hitler 's occupation Croatian and Bosnian fascists butchered Serbs , Jews and Muslims , often with a nod from the Catholic clergy . |
| 24 | Benthos around the lake edge includes mats of blue-green algae and moss , often with a microfauna of rotifers , tardigrades and other scavengers . |
| 25 | He with his cheerfully avuncular man of the world bonhomie , always smartly dressed and often with a flower in his buttonhole , a connoisseur of fine wines and Havana cigars . |
| 26 | As the aircraft were left out ‘ dispersed ’ most of the time in English or in tropical rain these compartments soon became little damp boxes , often with a puddle at the bottom . |
| 27 | At 5 Woolley Street live Richard and Pamela Nadin who deal in unusual and rather strong pieces , often with a touch of the Gothicks . |
| 28 | The Suffolk 's head is big with a broad forehead , and often with a star on it or a shim or blaze down the face ; the neck deep in the collar and tapering to a graceful setting of the head ; the shoulders long and muscular and thrown well back at the withers . |
| 29 | Comprehensive redevelopment usually involved the removal of mixed land-use areas ( often with a number of buildings dedicated to industrial production ) and their replacement with property used for aspects of consumption , for example , housing . |
| 30 | Parents , often isolated and often with a view of children based only upon their experience of their own offspring , began to be able to set their child and his/her behaviour within a much broader context . |