Example sentences of "so often a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked the sort of girl who is so often a trademark of California — a girl who could dance all night , yet play tennis or golf , ride or swim the next day without the slightest effort . |
| 2 | So often a person 's hands , twisting a tissue , smoothing a garment , will say more about inner tension than any words . |
| 3 | Every so often a rabbit would make a desperate , lung-bursting bid for freedom , only to provide an easy target for the twelve-bores . |
| 4 | This concern is so often a feature of social service intervention ( O'Hagan , 1986 ) . |
| 5 | Fantasies of being poisoned , so often a feature we carry into adult life from the inevitable conflicts of infancy , are the most common , although pollution offers a reality base for our fears . |
| 6 | Spaniards remain insouciant about their currency ( so often a country 's virility symbol ) partly because , during Franco 's dictatorship , the state-owned press used to spend half its time explaining why the latest devaluation was a good thing . |
| 7 | Even the most casual visitor can not fail to notice the quality of homesteads , the increased personal incomes , the efficiency and comfort of transport systems and the pride in culture and heritage , which is so often a reflection of economic security . |
| 8 | You do n't need to be a programmer ; there 's no code to write , and you do n't even have to adopt the programmer 's mindset that is so often a prerequisite for building advanced database applications . |
| 9 | But while as host her father can make a speech or toast to his new son-in-law , it would be a bit immodest for him to sing the praises of his own daughter , so often a friend of the family is chosen to make a speech and toast to both bride and groom , particularly if the father is going to speak later . |
| 10 | Abrams argued that traditional neighbourliness will not survive and that its passing is not to be deplored , because it was so often a reaction to adverse social conditions . |
| 11 | Once more , such a situation is not necessarily incestuous but since love and sexual partnership are so often a matter of emotional dependence it is often hard to differentiate it from a quasi-marital partnership . |
| 12 | With four minutes remaining until half time McCoy , so often a match-winner and making his second appearance after a prolonged lay-off with a groin injury , darted down the left flank , crossed and Ferris with a hurtling header of power beat the hapless Eachus . |
| 13 | Every so often a mongrel dog would run from a mud-brick farmhouse and race the train furiously . |