Example sentences of "often [verb] an [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , one country 's legal system often constitutes an impediment to another country 's attempts to gather information necessary to pursue a domestic case against a transnational corporation . |
| 2 | Elite performers often launch an attack as soon as the switch-change occurs , suddenly darting forwards with a powerful attack before the opponent has time to re-calculate your distance from him . |
| 3 | Art histories often make an attempt to keep to chronology , although the difficulties include the crucial fact that in art there is no clear sequence of events . |
| 4 | The prognathous condition often involves an inclination of the occipital foramen or the latter may retain its transverse position owing to an elongation of the ventral region of the head . |
| 5 | The situation is not that we always have confirmed hypotheses , and sometimes or often lack an enumeration of the elements of a causal circumstance . |
| 6 | Against this monologic Amis can be set , by way of alter ego , the modernistic Amis of Barbara Everett 's discussion of Difficulties with girls , which occurred in the course of an essay on Hugh Kenner 's fantasy of a British betrayal of Modernism , and which springs the surprise of conveying that Amis , so often supposed an enemy of Modernism , is really a Modernist . |
| 7 | A report is similar to an essay but often contains an account of a discussion , the summary findings of a piece of research or of the literature on a given theme . |
| 8 | Contracts are drawn up with an eye to flexibility and a contract is often considered an agreement to enter into a general course of conduct rather than something fixing precise terms . |
| 9 | Similar principles apply in the case of bonuses , which often involve an element of profit sharing . |
| 10 | Such training often has an emphasis on features such as style and quality rather than mere speed of activity . |
| 11 | The numbers of bands in the spectra of initial , intermediate and final samples will often give an indication of the numbers and relative positions of CO ligands . |
| 12 | Senior state officials , and to some extent political leaders , very often receive an education in political history , constitutional law , and administrative practice ; political scientists and sociologists ( though less frequently than economists ) become advisers to government departments and agencies ; sociological research is carried out to assist in making policy decisions . |
| 13 | ‘ Many companies , however successful , tend to be somewhat inbred and for this reason people often welcome an injection of new thinking into their affairs . ’ |
| 14 | As a consequence of the difficulties of poverty in which many working-class children were raised , education did not often provide an escape route for them and many , particularly in towns like Jarrow , faced the prospect of juvenile unemployment . |
| 15 | The establishment of a new academic library often affords an insight into the way collections measure up to such standards as exist . |
| 16 | Jacobite pamphlets often reflected an awareness of the mixed nature of their support . |
| 17 | Lecturers often give an overview at the start of a lecture and a summary at the end . |
| 18 | But this does not excuse the many artificial and unnecessary barriers put up by hearing people — barriers that often betray an ignorance and prejudice about deaf people 's capabilities and needs . |
| 19 | ‘ We do n't face the problems we have with some experimental animals , such as heartworms in dogs , which can often ruin an experiment before it really gets underway . ’ |
| 20 | Yet you can often recognize an adult by the way he or she walks . |
| 21 | These have contained a mixture of languages and music , and have often employed an interpreter . |
| 22 | This often forms an exception to the normal turn sequence , because the enemy may move to within 8″ during his turn . |
| 23 | The Empress was particularly fond of the gondola and often spent an hour drifting about on the water accompanied by one of her guests . |
| 24 | A particular feature of the archaeology degrees is the final-year dissertation , in which students often find an opportunity to engage in real archaeological research . |
| 25 | The NUM is firmly based within a definite branch of the division of labour , although it cuts across enterprise ( i. e. colliery ) boundaries and although its political interventions often find an echo in other branches . |
| 26 | It is true that cats often nibble an irritation , rather than scratch it , but unfortunately some of the most urgent scratching requirements are in the region of the head , mouth , neck and especially the ears . |
| 27 | As do some mainstream poets , both groups of submerged poets often manifest an awareness of the body and of the physical world in which it lives . |
| 28 | A number had come from scientific backgrounds , fathers ( usually ) were nuclear physicists , engineers , doctors or maths lecturers , and often provided an impetus to study science through discussion of it at home or through help with homework . |
| 29 | Mainstream psychology often attributes an agency to working-class , gay and black women that it does not allow to men in these groups . |
| 30 | Such companies often use an umbrella title such as ‘ commercial , to designate a group including a specialist marketing activity among its responsibilities . |