Example sentences of "often [vb -s] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these cases the practitioner often receives a telephone call from the local police asking for information regarding one of his ( or her ) clients , followed by a request to come round and see them . |
| 2 | To some extent the work might be categorised as a study in the various possible kinds of orchestral glissandi ; or indeed as a specious of tuba concerto , for that instrument , so evocative of whales and fog-signals and ships ' sirens , often plays a quasi-obbligato role . |
| 3 | It often stings a man into awareness , which is partly why he fears the feminine so much . |
| 4 | Not only does this help people to understand the problems of deafness , but it often produces a lot of fun . |
| 5 | Because this treatment is a holistic therapy , the person as a whole will be treated rather than a specific problem area and this treatment often involves a combination of techniques , such as dietary therapy , water treatment , hot or cold water packs and massage . |
| 6 | Not only then do they come from a professional sub-culture which permits and often encourages a range of physical contact ( quite apart from the obvious sporting activity , PE departments in schools often administer their own disciplinary code ) but they also have the physical self-confidence to undertake the risks that are present in these encounters . |
| 7 | 6.1 Quiet enjoyment To permit the Tenant peaceably and quietly to hold and enjoy the Premises without any interruption or disturbance from or by the Landlord or any person claiming under or in trust for the Landlord [ or by title paramount ] This covenant quite often contains a provision that it is dependent upon the tenant paying the rent reserved by the lease and performing and observing the covenants on its part and the conditions contained in the lease , but these words have no practical effect , and do not render payment of the rent and performance of the covenants conditions precedent to the operation of the covenant ( Edge v Boileau ( 1885 ) 16 QB 117 ) . |
| 8 | No difference was found in the aspartate aminotransferase levels at the start of the two courses ; however , both courses seemed to induce a peak of aspartate aminotransferase values that often preceeds a response to therapy . |
| 9 | Nevertheless , the press often has a role in providing new ideas , maintaining the momentum and quite simply continuing to ask the questions . |
| 10 | In writing a program , one often has a lot of freedom in the use of bound variables : not only in where they are declared , but also in whether to declare a new variable or re-use an old one . |
| 11 | ‘ She often has a shovel in one hand and a pen in the other ’ said manager . |
| 12 | Analysis on these lines often has a basis in lexical studies ( the Chubin & Moitra paper suggests subject analysis of reference contents from titles cited ) , and since metaphor plays such an important part in descriptions of the citation process ( Cronin 1981 ) , there is a danger that the models may be descriptive of a meta-reality which does not truly model the actual use of citations by authors and readers . |
| 13 | A catarrhal remedy ; catarrhal headaches ; often has a headache with eye complaints or coryza ; a bursting , bruised headache with dazzling from bright lights ; headache in the evening . |
| 14 | Consistent poor aim often has a reason . |
| 15 | The design of Victorian village schools often manifests a concern for the use of local building materials and the desire to create a picturesque silhouette . |
| 16 | He says that Dodo often uses a shoe as a loo . |
| 17 | A woman , or his anima , often leads a man into new consciousness . |
| 18 | In view of all this it is perhaps not surprising that current practice often includes a system of settlement , under which the member is asked to admit some or all of the charges without a formal hearing . |
| 19 | The leaf-blade , which is up to 12ins ( 30cms ) long and 4ins ( 10cms ) wide , is borne on a very long , robust stalk , which often reaches a length of up to 20ins ( 60cms ) . |
| 20 | A democratic constitution , not supported by democratic institutions in detail , but confined to the central government , not only is not political freedom , but often creates a spirit precisely the reverse , carrying down to the lowest grade in society the desire and ambition of political domination . |
| 21 | Banning importation , for example , often creates a market and demand for something else . |
| 22 | This often creates a confusion in estimating the number of school age mothers , as a sixteen-year-old can be counted both in the school age group and in the sixteen to nineteen-year-old group , depending on whether her birthday falls before or after the end of the school year . |
| 23 | It pecks at the keyboard , asks a lot of questions and often gets a story in reply . |
| 24 | In fact a written contract often violates a Moslem 's sensitivities because it challenges his honour . |
| 25 | The fact that the interpretation of a sentence often requires a listener or speaker to go beyond literal meaning was first highlighted in psycholinguistics by Johnston , Bransford and Solomon ( 1973 ) . |
| 26 | It 's suitable for even the most advanced fishkeeping , and often forms a part of more complicated systems , when it can be fed from an external or internal filter . |
| 27 | one often finds a simplification , even elimination of social structure in the British sense , and an amplification of structure in Lévi-Strauss ' sense . |
| 28 | It would be an interminable occupation were it not for the fact that what one learns about the landscape of one town often throws a flash of light upon a topographical puzzle in another . |
| 29 | For this reason , an increase in population density often precipitates a round of emigration . |
| 30 | This rational presentation often follows a period of ingratiation through which the subordinate aims to get superiors to like him as a charming but intelligent expert . |