Example sentences of "often [vb -s] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Drake often sits on water with tail cocked up . |
| 2 | I should perhaps say the " so-called Cenomanian transgression " for it often differs in age by a stage or so , but nevertheless , it was the most startling event of Cretaceous times . |
| 3 | AN AQUIFER often lies on top of a layer of less permeable rock . |
| 4 | This often results in confusion about the committee 's precise remit and a lack of focus in its operations . |
| 5 | He often acts as secretary of the local authority responsible for convening all the meetings of the local authority and its committees . |
| 6 | The Joint Women 's Programme , which is a corporate member of WACC , is deeply concerned about the wrong portrayal of women in the media , particularly since this often leads to violence against women and emphasises their inferior status . |
| 7 | Since it is more expensive to install pollution control devices in existing installations than in new ones , this strategy often leads in practice to the specification of different requirements for new and existing units . |
| 8 | Commitment to the development often varies in relation to the extent of internal or external steering of such a change . |
| 9 | The tenor of Goody 's general statements on literacy often seems at variance with such caveats , but even couched in these terms the argument is overstated . |
| 10 | The value of the latter often comes from relevance to managerial concerns , but its immediacy can often drive out its usefulness as a source of learning . |
| 11 | The problem often arises in response to marital disharmony ( Douglas 1981 ) . |