Example sentences of "often [vb pp] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Straight tracks up to fifty miles ( 80 km ) in length , often aligned to a mountain top , were still in use by local inhabitants . |
| 2 | The wife is the means through which a man transmits his lineage to his son ; she is often compared to a field in which her husband sows his seed for the continuation of his lineage . |
| 3 | The two sets of metaphors have persisted side by side , not only in the West since the ancient Greeks , but in other civilizations as well ( Chinese ming ‘ bright ’ is the ordinary word for the enlightenment of the sage , which is often compared to a mirror reflecting things exactly as they are , while te ‘ get ’ is used of insight ; ‘ I 've got it ! ’ says the disciple to his master as he catches on to the Tao ) . |
| 4 | Language is often compared to a code , and we have also used this analogy in earlier chapters . |
| 5 | There is also the tendency when comparing the past with the present to draw too sharp a distinction between ‘ then and now ’ , a tendency often linked to a view of the present as either vastly superior or inferior to the past . |
| 6 | Not least has been the impact upon staff , often reduced to a warehousing role in conditions of acute stress . |
| 7 | After reaching this stage there are still opportunities for movement from small houses to large houses and on to Travel Inns which are often attached to a Beefeater Restaurant . |