Example sentences of "often [vb base] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | American poets can be so thunderstruck by the sheer oddity of being a poet in America at all that they often deny to the poet , in advance , any claim to represent a people or even a social class ; and classic New York drama in this century , as in the plays of Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller , has concentrated painfully and insistently on the pre-eminence of family ties and the ineluctable need of everyone in that world to be loved , as they continuously imply , by their closest relatives . |
| 2 | Students often object to the expense of textbooks , but remember that all your friends will be trying to borrow the best textbooks from the college library . |
| 3 | Patrick , much better but still weak , had become a paying guest ( Jack paid ) at Moxie 's house , where Moxie had a self-contained flatlet , often let to a student , and where she could ‘ keep an eye ’ on Pat . |
| 4 | Politicians often succumb to the danger of talking down the economy . |
| 5 | For these women , regular 2 in 1 's often add to the problem , over-conditioning the hair to leave it looking lank and lifeless or stripping the hair of its natural oils , leaving it dry and brittle . |
| 6 | Psychologists often refer to a list of generally used defences : repression , denial , displacement , splitting , projection and reaction formation are the most commonly used . |
| 7 | We often refer to the output as ‘ disposable typesetting ’ , it 's ideal for things with a short shelf life like magazines but not really up to being used for presentation material such as a company report . |
| 8 | Lenders often refer to the need for ‘ audited accounts ’ when referring to the affairs of unincorporated businesses . |
| 9 | It is interesting to note that we often refer to the training rather than education of language teachers . |
| 10 | But ill-articulated as many people 's thoughts sometimes are in substance , they often amount to an assumption of semi-voluntary performative submission to an authority , because it is a morally worthwhile attitude to have . |
| 11 | ‘ Oh , I often go to the cinema now . |
| 12 | I often go to the canteen at but as I 'm working late I 'll see what my wife can rustle up in the microwave at home . |
| 13 | It is a fact that when people grow old they often turn to the church of the teachings of their early lives as a source of comfort . |
| 14 | These countries often agree to the Japanese forming joint ventures with local companies . |
| 15 | College staff often contribute to the management of local enterprise agencies , to small business clubs and sit on the committees of Chambers of Commerce . |
| 16 | WRITERS often come to the problem of dialogue in fear and trembling . |
| 17 | Processes along continental-margin subduction zones often lead to the formation of massive granite batholiths which play an important part in orogenesis . |
| 18 | Bodies often float to the surface , but you of all people must know that those who drown in the Thames can disappear altogether and are probably taken by undercurrents down through London and out to sea . ’ |