Example sentences of "is often [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This information can be practical , and is often gained from studying maps or books on geology . |
| 2 | However , since so few children attended some of these types of school , d is often calculated from proportions at the extremes of the scale ; if we rank the class exclusivity of schools on the basis of the magnitude of the d s , we seem to be told that the secondary moderns were the most selective , followed by the grammar schools . |
| 3 | Answer guide : As the cost of the goods sold , especially with a small business , is often calculated by taking the opening stock plus purchases less closing stock , the effect would be to reduce the cost of sales figure and thereby increase profit . |
| 4 | ( An additional consideration is that alcohol is often rationed on safety grounds , which many skiers of my acquaintance would judge to be an unjustifiable infringement of their liberty . ) |
| 5 | Thus a cultural region is often circumscribed by a set of administrative boundaries , a practice which fails to conform with other attempts to define the country 's cultural regions . |
| 6 | While it is true to say that the best wine each year is often reserved for vintage wines , non-vintage blends are not necessarily inferior . |
| 7 | But when it comes to ensuring that public bodies act reasonably and within their powers , it is often felt to be much less clear how the law ought to be enforced . |
| 8 | The second part is often charged as a single count embodying such words of the sub-section as are appropriate to the facts : Deakin [ 1972 ] 3 All ER 803 ( CA ) , Bloxham . |
| 9 | The right to park is often limited to " private " motor vehicles . |
| 10 | The direction of gaze is often noted in the description of Polygnotos 's work , and its importance can be seen on the Niobid Painter 's vase . |
| 11 | Moreover , science is often taught in terms of equations . |
| 12 | This is often justified on the grounds that law is not a distinct and important element in understanding systems of government , but there are professional reasons too . |
| 13 | Chapman is often condemned as the instigator of this decline : he ‘ invented ’ the stopper centre-half , it is said , and so fathered the growth of negative , defensive football . |
| 14 | This remedy is often selected on its emotional picture : |
| 15 | In some cases ( eg Blackbirds , Turdus merula ) the mutation is often killed by normal individuals . |
| 16 | The household is often treated as a unit of consumption , and it is frequently assumed that all members of a household have equal access to its resources . |
| 17 | It seems that buying and selling remainders is the lowest form of bookselling , and is often treated as such . |
| 18 | The sun is often treated as an animate in English : to refer to its warm breath is to extend the metaphor . |
| 19 | To enable this type of dirt to be removed it is often treated with a chemical to convert . |
| 20 | In the late landscapes of Cézanne the sky is often treated in much the same way — as a complicated system of small , thickly painted facets or planes inextricably fused , and having a quality of weight and material existence . |
| 21 | Braque 's interest in space gives his work an ‘ overall ’ quality , which has ever since remained one of the main features of his style , whereas in Picasso 's painting the attention is usually riveted on the subject while the background or surround is often treated in a simpler or more cursory fashion . |
| 22 | A check of the water 's temperature is often made on the spot and smaller samples may also be taken and treated immediately to enable a measurement of dissolved oxygen to be made , or to fix for the presence of certain substances such as cyanide . |
| 23 | Though these may be plain , use is often made of paper of a different texture , and even of colour , from that of the main text . |
| 24 | The mistake is often made of leaving too much to the insurance broker — not giving him sufficiently clear instructions and then , most importantly , not checking with him that the policy taken out does cover the risks which need to be insured against . |
| 25 | The issue is often made for the par value of the debt and the debt will be redeemed at the same amount . |
| 26 | Many lay clerks are themselves former choristers , and the case is often made for retaining boys ' voices in order to ensure a future supply of altos , tenors and basses . |
| 27 | A distinction is often made between the ‘ young elderly ’ — aged 65–74 — and the ‘ old elderly ’ — those aged 75+ or 85+ . |
| 28 | A distinction is often made between representatives and delegates . |
| 29 | In section 2.3.2 we made a distinction which is often made between the activities of banks or , more strictly , ‘ institutions comprising the monetary sector ’ and the activities of NBFIs . |
| 30 | Reference is often made to Britain 's honourable and proud tradition of welcoming refugees , but in those days they consisted mainly of persecuted individuals . |