Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] is often [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I referred to it and you oddly enough in a handwritten letter to my father the other night after referring to Lord XXXXX one of whose contemporaries and friends is coming to stay here a couple of nights next week , and who has been a pillar in the fabric of my life , a man for whom consistency , continuity and courtesy are all — and who is often concerned at the unhappiness which is my ? ? ? ? ? ? ? it is in anything other than a bit of paper , which most of my old friends who wish me well , doubt ) … |
| 2 | However , the grain of this behavioural notation is unbelievably coarse and one is often surprised by the extent to which two performances of the same written utterance can differ — even when the actors in question are apparently following the same instruction with respect to intonation , facial expression or manual gesture . |
| 3 | This principle applies in full force in dealing with the harmonic idioms of the present day , in which discords are approached and quitted with the utmost freedom , and there is often little or no feeling of resolution at all , for there must always be ‘ part-writing ’ and the notes must ‘ go somewhere ’ and not be left in the air , so to speak , even if the progressions are not in accord with nineteenth-century harmonic notions . |
| 4 | When the forest is felled , however , and replaced by monocultures of , for example , fruit trees , with a much reduced number of leaves per hectare , the system breaks down and there is often widespread crop damage . |
| 5 | Of course , not all who attend a clinic have guilty secrets , and it is often useful for the doctor and both the sexual partners to have a joint consultation . |
| 6 | There should be a decent gap between the columns and it is often useful to place a vertical line in the middle of this gap , so physically preventing the eye straying from one to the other . |
| 7 | Thus an observed value ( Y ) can be modelled ( see Section 4.3 ) as and it is often useful to isolate these components . |
| 8 | Machine detergents : Comparative costing is a little more difficult as two or more chemicals are involved , such as detergent and rinse additive , and it is often necessary to compare powders with liquids . |
| 9 | The term ‘ rich ’ implies that the pictures should contain a wealth of information relevant to the study ; however , trying to include too much detail can result in them becoming extremely cluttered , and it is often necessary to summarise the detail ( using the interview analysis technique if required ) and redraw them as the study progresses . |
| 10 | Many aspects of the site , including dating , are revealed by its finds , and it is often necessary to compare finds with those discovered elsewhere . |
| 11 | Of course , this is a very simple case , and it is often necessary to consider many more AOs and MOs . |
| 12 | They seem built into human nature and it is often impossible to imagine a society without them . |
| 13 | The demands of people at risk of suicide or of harming others must always take precedence over the quietly distressed but passive long-term sufferer , and it is often better , therefore , to relieve mental health workers dedicated to the particular needs of people with long-term problems from having to cope with the emergency short-term demands of new patients . |
| 14 | For example ‘ the ’ is signalled by two fingers placed together in the shape of a T , touching the ear indicates ‘ sounds like ’ , patting your hand on your head means ‘ name ’ , and it is often helpful to indicate the number of words by fingers . |
| 15 | It is true that many people cling to office , or are permitted to do so , and it is often that barnacle-like permanence which gives committees and boards a sense of dull sameness and an unwillingness to reform . |
| 16 | After symptoms of infection have disappeared , the virus may stay around the body for some considerable time , and it is often possible to grow it as long as one year after the infection has taken place . |
| 17 | This can still be done , old components can still be obtained and it is often possible to restore 50/60 year old , or even older , wireless sets to their former glory . |
| 18 | It is the poor who fare worst in relation to housing facilities , heating and indoor playspace for their children , and it is often single-parent families that are particularly hard hit in this respect ( Townsend , 1979 , Chapter 13 ) . |
| 19 | And it is often those who suffer abuse who are capable of horrendous acts of violence , storing up their hatred for release in an act of revenge against the world . |
| 20 | Only with marriage are young people expected to put aside the freedom of childhood and assume adult responsibilities , and it is often several years after marriage before young people ( especially young men ) finally settle into domesticity . |
| 21 | The third outcome is to fail to reconcile the discrepancy between personal goals and achievement , and it is often this failure which leads to retirement becoming a problem . |
| 22 | They have since run into some problems and it is often easier to invent a new theory than to repair yesterday 's novelties . |
| 23 | Getting the solder of a new fitting to flow can be difficult if there is some water left in the pipe , and it is often easier to replace a leaking capillary fitting with a compression fitting . |
| 24 | Designs are quite difficult to convert and it is often easier to start with designs for this type of knitting . |
| 25 | On a good rug , the design should be clearly visible on the back , and it is often easier , particularly in long-pile carpets , to see any faults in the symmetry or articulation of the motifs . |
| 26 | The insurers now have groups of approved repairers and it is often easier for a customer to use those , than to go off and find their own repairer . |
| 27 | For more demanding purposes still more is required , and it is often hard to decide just where to fix the borderline . |
| 28 | Relevant costing features in many of the questions set in the Financial Decisions paper at Conversion Course , and it is often these questions that receive the poorest answers . |
| 29 | Individual weaving groups may adopt slightly varying methods of construction , particularly in the type of knot used to form the pile , and it is often these slight differences in weaving and structure , taken in conjunction with their appearance , that enable carpet experts to attribute individual rugs correctly . |
| 30 | They can be irritatingly slow to publish , and it is often difficult to know how they spend their time . |