Example sentences of "often as a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Despite the fact that there are quite a number of commercial packages available , much of the software is written in-house , often as a part of the research or development project in which it will be used . |
2 | The independent schools inspectorate , HMI , in a report published yesterday on the ‘ rather tentative start ’ of AS levels , said a quarter of schools were using these for the wrong reasons , often as a safeguard for weaker Alevel candidates . |
3 | Whereas before the majority of pet dog owners would have just one dog , more and more people now decide to get a second dog — often as a playmate for their first dog . |
4 | Likewise , football was to be consumed like any other consumer product — only if it offered the prospect of excitement — often as a TV spectacle in the comfort of one 's own home . |
5 | William Hyatt had been told too often as a child that ‘ the sins of the fathers ’ shall be visited on the ‘ third and fourth generation of them that hate Him ’ . |
6 | How often as a girl had she and her father and brothers deserted their looms and raced out to watch the hunt ! |
7 | Lawrence also celebrates the ‘ other ’ , but often as a foil for the integrity of self ; affirmation of one 's own pure self is presented as the precondition for recognizing the other . |
8 | However , in the past this isolation was experienced more often as a community , rather than individually . |
9 | cow goddess in animal , human or hybrid form , often as a woman with cow 's ears . |
10 | These commercial ventures led to many disputes , and Love was extremely litigious , appearing often as a plaintiff in Chancery . |
11 | This may , as we mentioned in connection with shopfloor culture , occur in spite of work conditions , and often as a form of resistance or opposition to the dominant culture of the workplace . |
12 | If comfort was at a premium in the average hostel , in the agricultural training centres it was entirely absent , often as a matter of deliberate policy . |
13 | After the initial course it is advisable to have an occasional lesson every so often as a reminder and a check that you are not falling into any bad habits without realizing it . |
14 | In the three decades before the First World War , the great house appears more and more often as a picture , with a dream-like , self-sufficient existence of its own . |
15 | Mahathir also suggested that ASEAN leaders should meet more often as a group . |
16 | However , in the early days of a band 's existence it operates more often as a partnership . |
17 | The essentially complementary nature of contemplative and active life fully expressed in the Incarnation but experienced often as a tension for individuals could be reflected more freely in the whole society of Christians understood as the body of Christ . |
18 | There is also evidence that land degradation is accelerating , often as a result of incautious schemes to improve productivity , and as a consequence of overgrazing and firing . |
19 | This is not always so , but according to a great many sportsmen , their overconcentration on sport , often as a result of the encouragement of teachers , led to a neglect of academic work with the consequence that examination results failed to convey accurately what they felt to be their actual capability . |
20 | In bad organizations the objectives are decided unilaterally , very often as a result of a political trading-off process at the board and at other levels , and are perceived by those below to be quite unrealistic and impossible of achievement . |
21 | Even when poachers are apprehended — often as a result of expert tracking by the former bush fighters — fire-fights are rare . |
22 | It can be seen , therefore , that there were a number of small towns and settlements in Britain which clearly owed their origin and continued prosperity to certain specialized functions , while others acquired these functions with time , often as a result of direct imposition in accordance with central government policy . |
23 | On the one hand mortality and morbidity begin to show marked rises , often as a result of ‘ premature ’ illness and disease . |
24 | The slick continued to wreak havoc among the Gulf 's bird life , with large numbers of cormorants and grebes dying , often as a result of ingesting oil while attempting to preen themselves clean . |
25 | Ninety-three per cent of the discordant family subgroup had a child ( often as a teenager ) compared to 51 per cent of those remaining in the institution , and 30 per cent of those going to harmonious families . |
26 | Radishes : best sown little and often as a catch crop among other vegetables . |