Example sentences of "often [verb] by the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marketers will have to take into account the fact that expenditure and consumption patterns are often differentiated by the membership of social classes . |
| 2 | Therapeutic help for children is often delayed by the court process and court appearances can increase the trauma to the child and the length of therapeutic treatment subsequently needed . |
| 3 | From the surrounding dales , Ingleborough 's finer parts are often hidden by the billowing folds of its foothills , but from a distance the stepped profile is easily recognisable , and dominates the countryside of West Craven . |
| 4 | Some years ago the word ‘ psychosomatic ’ was often prefaced by the word ‘ merely ’ and was used to suggest that an illness was in some way unreal or made up . |
| 5 | Waterproofing : Cleaning operations are often limited by the risk of water penetration into mechanical or electrical systems . |
| 6 | Pied flycatcher populations are often limited by the number of nesting sites available . |
| 7 | But that was often limited by the realities of the situation . |
| 8 | The former clinic patients with anti-social behaviour were considerably more often diagnosed by the research psychiatrists as having a sociopathic personality than were the comparison group . |
| 9 | Such couples are often recognized by the loss of their first names : they become Mummy and Daddy to one another as well as to the children . |
| 10 | Their inadequacy is often disguised by the tax incentives that many governments give to institutional saving . |
| 11 | Denison was often consulted by the Civic Trust , Victorian Society , Save Britain 's Heritage and the local building preservation trusts . |
| 12 | Thus , homosexual prisoners were often tainted by the crimes of homosexual guards — even though they themselves were often the victims , ( pp. 166–7 ) . |
| 13 | Twenty years ago , a woman who reported a rape could expect to have her name splashed across the papers , her misery often compounded by the insinuation that she 'd ‘ asked for it ’ . |
| 14 | This failing , it is suggested , is often compounded by the use of obscure , abstract terminology which teachers simply do not have the time ( even if they have the inclination ) to penetrate . |
| 15 | In the Kandyan Kingdom a man convicted for assault could be handed over to the complainant to be beaten , and thefts were often resolved by the return of the stolen property , plus further compensation . |
| 16 | Spending on current health needs is often constrained by the serving of financial commitments taken on in the past to secure basic health resources . |
| 17 | The new unit will also help the other victims , the carers , who are often overwhelmed by the demands of a head injured person . |
| 18 | Discussions in student dormitories were often dominated by the ‘ Heshang ’ series at this time . |
| 19 | This was what lay at the centre of the metaphysical speculations often pursued by the Symbolists . |
| 20 | The sadness , perhaps , of the intercessor or shaman who , though in close and constant touch with the spirit world of angels and demons , is often oppressed by the thought of his own talentlessness — when set against their virtues and glamours , their hoodoos , their evil eyes . |
| 21 | This cost is often absorbed by the bidder . |
| 22 | His nightclub was often visited by the infamous Kray twins , both former boxers . |
| 23 | To reach it other than by boat or wading in low tide would have taken an hour 's drive , so it was not often visited by the women . |
| 24 | These deals are often sought by the European companies , as they are seen as a reciprocal entry ticket to the Japanese market . |
| 25 | It is significant that recent government policies have sought to give parents more power and influence in school — to elevate parenthood and , by giving parents ' views more weight , counter the claim to exclusiveness so often made by the teacher . |
| 26 | Gradually the walls collapse , a process often accelerated by the penetration of plant and tree roots between the stones . |
| 27 | It is often written by the Maker of Clouds itself . |
| 28 | Amongst nomadic and village groups the final shearing is often done by the weaver , but in workshops a specialist is normally employed . |
| 29 | He showed some incredible coloured slides giving close-up detail of petal formation and patterns not often seen by the naked eye . |
| 30 | Every lake has its kelpie or water-horse , often seen by the shepherd sitting upon the brow of a rock , dashing along the surface of the deep or browsing upon the pasture or its verge . |