Example sentences of "be often [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rights of way are often played down by vendors and appear dormant but once negotiations have been legally completed , or work commences on site , are vigorously enforced by the beneficiary . |
| 2 | Turning points in relationships , too , are often mapped out in this way — a quarrel , a meeting , a reconciliation may mark the moment of ‘ conception ’ ; one knows that a new phase is beginning but it does not become openly apparent until this nine-month span has past . |
| 3 | In terms of American provenance , we have sent so much material across the Atlantic over the years that we are often called up by someone who has discovered our label on their piece with a view to our buying it back . |
| 4 | Search consultants are often called in when an organisation is considering going into a new business sector , as Marks & Spencer did when they went into financial services with their credit card ; as when BP were trying to diversify their business and spot winners by developing new technology ; as financial services institutions do when they wish to launch a new product or enter new markets . |
| 5 | Again , because of the confidentiality and the need to attract the best possible talent , executive search firms are often called in . |
| 6 | This study will concentrate on South Asian-ancestry patients where misunderstandings in the medical situation are often compounded by there being no shared language and little appreciation of differences in custom and outlook . |
| 7 | Bach remedies are often given along with homoeopathic remedies and any other therapies such as acupuncture , magnetic field therapy , neural therapy and so on can be added in as indicated . |
| 8 | The banks are often built up in this manner above the level of the surrounding marsh , rather like the levees of a meandering river being built up above the level of the floodplain . |
| 9 | Unemployed women are often defined out of the labour market by structures and ideologies which regulate that market . |
| 10 | There were no French madrigalists but , beginning in the 1560s , the native polyphonic chanson was given new life by the immensely popular example of Lassus , whose chansons are often shot through with madrigalian techniques . |
| 11 | ( This also gives the texts of the statutes , but they are often broken up between different titles in rather an inconvenient way , which is one of the reasons why the text in Statutes in Force is preferable . ) |
| 12 | Fall-rise and rise-fall tones , however , can be quite difficult to recognise when they are extended over tails , since their characteristic pitch movements are often broken up or distorted by the structure of the syllables they occur on . |
| 13 | In such places , ditches , which have a critical job to do in carrying away flood-water , are often filled up to the top with loose soil , following a ‘ blow ’ . |
| 14 | Most simply give themselves up , and , in the case of those who have done no more than poach the odd buck for a little bushmeat , are often let off with a caution . |
| 15 | The crumb-spreading area of the lawn still attracts its full quota and the statutory trio of dunnocks is perennially on view and a pair of jays are often hopping around . |
| 16 | Furthermore , these giant corporations possess such wealth and power that they not only affect our lives , limbs , health , and property from the forceps to the grave , but they also bend the political democratic process in such a way that their interests are often prioritized over those of the electorate , consumers , employees , and shareholders . |
| 17 | The arts are especially important and effective in arousing spiritual awareness because they can speak directly at a feeling level , as well as being free from any slavish dependence on religious ideas which are often rejected out of hand by secularists . |
| 18 | The set-up costs for mass media channels are often bid up by media corporations using oligopolistic tactics to exclude new entrants to competition . |
| 19 | Loosely-woven textured varieties are often made up into a heavier type of unlined sheer curtain . |
| 20 | The idea is that large , complex systems are often made up of a single , simple shape repeated over and again . |
| 21 | Be warned , however , that while outputting slides is relatively cheap skilled operators are often charged out at up £50 per hour ! |
| 22 | Girls are often pulled out of school to look after younger children , especially in urban areas , since there is no childcare for many children under school age . |
| 23 | Today , when facing the outside world , the strategy of senior civil servants is also frequently one of hedging ; programmes are often put up to three donors simultaneously , so that the influence of one can be offset against the influence of another . |
| 24 | If you are over-weight , and must cut down the amount you eat , you will repeatedly lapse , to satisfy your cravings. persistent minor symptoms , such as headaches , aching limbs or a lack of energy are often put down to nerves or stress but they can be caused by a reaction to food . |
| 25 | On the whole , most of us lead very sedentary lives these days and are often put off by the thought of taking exercise . |
| 26 | Children with poor appetites are often put off when faced by a large mound of food on their plates . |
| 27 | Second , the scope of what New Historicism involves is continuously changing , and the conflicts between contending views are often localised over a few issues . |
| 28 | Figures for the frequency of CSA [ child sexual abuse ] are often quoted out of the context of the study from which they are derived . |
| 29 | Such views are often picked up and repeated by non-finance specialists ( e.g. Hill , 1985 ) . |
| 30 | For Tagalogs , it is a rather amoral possibility : violent individuals are respected , but there is a less than human quality about them and violent acts are often carried out under the cover of a real or assumed drunkenness . |