Example sentences of "'s often [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | There 's often a discount on purchases made with sterling notes . |
2 | Combine these two flaws and there 's often a lack of players on-screen at one time — the scanner does n't help matters as it 's too small to be of any use . |
3 | We find we do n't waste spray either ; there 's often a half to a quarter inch of spray left in bottom of the container with conventional pouring . ’ |
4 | If there are four marks for a given point , the candidate who gets it all right gets four , the candidate who gets it all wrong gets nothing , but the chap who gets it part right has a possibility of one , two or three , and it 's often a question of judgement as to what an imperfect answer is worth . |
5 | It 's often a case of people looking at a building and reading something into it . ’ |
6 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |
7 | So there 's often a contradiction as to whether programmes are addressed to their actual or potential audiences or to a hypothetical audience , which in current affairs and news broadcasts is usually assumed to be a male viewer . |
8 | There 's often a lot of hot air spoken about airbags — you know , the devices that inflate rapidly in an accident — but one things for sure , they certainly help save lives . |
9 | So the revenue themselves do er a really good information service and if you go into any tax office , you do n't have to go to the counter , there 's often a queue or you get this little card system which , number system you 're , you 're next . |
10 | ‘ Graphic designers are often asked to do a great deal in a comparatively short space of time , ’ acknowledges Peter Brigg , ‘ but that 's because there 's often no substitute for the printed document . |
11 | It 's often the way . ’ |
12 | When it was clear to each that the other would not speak , Therese said , ‘ But you do n't look happy , my darling , that 's often the way it goes . |
13 | I I hope so I think it was er er we bridged you know I mean maybe you know it 's often the way is n't it you know you think that 's something going on and you think it 's different to what it is when he realized we were all very level headed and that er . |
14 | Well that 's often the way is n't it ? |
15 | very often men abusing women and yet , you know , when you 're looking at erm attitudes to gay and lesbian people it 's often the case that they 're , you know , somehow thought of as , as suspect . |
16 | Erm , it 's quite frankly about abusing women and it 's often the case that in the eighteenth century one 's sexuality was considered to begin much earlier than we do now . |
17 | Um I think um where I 've seen things that er discussed under the heading of child sex abuse erm er it 's often the case that um y'know maybe in some families you find the situation where there 's a daughter who 's being abused by the father and then when the brother gets old enough to take an interest in sexuality , he joins in as well sort of thing and it 's er y'know it 's like there 's two blokes abusing the girl . |
18 | Okay , so it 's often the anarchist that 's erm as far as we got . |
19 | So , of course you might be running into trouble by doing too much , by being over-zealous and when you do things , or you may also be inviting criticism and inviting the , the great fickle hand of of bureaucratic power down upon you by doing too little too late , and that 's often the , that 's often the criticism which people in your profession and several other professions get accused of . |
20 | The average adult spends up to 300 hours a year in the bathroom , yet surprisingly , it 's often the room that receives the least attention . |
21 | ‘ That 's often the trouble . ’ |
22 | That 's often the trouble with thinking machines . |
23 | It 's often the result of months of chasing , and is very satisfying when that person is particularly famous , impossibly busy , or known to dislike talk shows . |