Example sentences of "often [verb] [conj] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In order to express their concern for equality and individual autonomy , liberals often insist that certain rights should be fundamental to the framework of society . |
| 2 | A large number of grassroot groups are keen to see community radios fulfil their vital role of helping to develop and sustain communities in areas where people are often marginalised and denied access to media which are relevant to their needs . |
| 3 | Recently , however , it has been pointed out that mansi absi were often registered as owing dues , which were always in cash rather than labour services . |
| 4 | Loudon himself , though anxious to ‘ discard those fanciful comfortless dwellings which are often erected as ornamental cottages ’ , admits that he would ‘ scarcely have courage to pull down a fine old specimen of a picturesque cottage , unless in a case of extreme necessity ’ . |
| 5 | All too often banqueting and other forms of large scale catering are associated with disappointing , dried out and lacklustre food . |
| 6 | Shipbuilding contracts often provide that technical disputes about the construction of a ship and the materials and workmanship are to be referred to an expert for determination . |
| 7 | This is why it is often stressed that strategic change must be supported by top managers . |
| 8 | Steel windows are often forgotten when new windows are being considered , but may be the perfect replacement for houses originally built with them . |
| 9 | It often happens that young children find it enormously difficult to ‘ surrender power ’ . |
| 10 | This often happens where old-fashioned ballvalves have been fitted . |
| 11 | My new friend and I had picked up two mad women , I said , and we 'd taken lots of this and that and one thing had led to another , as often happens when young people get together . |
| 12 | It is often said that Muslim men think it a matter of pride that their women should n't work . |
| 13 | It is often said that Japanese management concentrates on the Soft S 's whilst Western management concentrates on the Hard S's . |
| 14 | It is often said that elderly people are glad to take on the role of grandparent or even great-grandparent . |
| 15 | It is often said that unfettered insider dealing does not hurt shareholders ; that insiders ' profits are not outsiders ' losses , but rather evidence of a more efficient allocation of resources ; Just because an investor does not make as much money on the sale of his shares as he would otherwise have done , does not make him a victim in the true sense , as nothing has been stolen from him . |
| 16 | In particular , it is often said that indirect taxes are less visible ( than direct ) , being to some extent hidden in the quoted price of the good . |
| 17 | Her reading of the passions of men and women in the past so often revealed that ecstatic love ended in tragedy . |
| 18 | This would avoid civil actions , which are often defeated because individual victims , even when they decide to act co-operatively , are rarely a match for corporations who decide it is better to be prudent than just . |
| 19 | With regard to the first , it was often argued that Afro-Caribbean family and child-rearing patterns harmed the intellectual and educational development of black children , but the misleading assumptions about these patterns and consequences have now been effectively contested ( Cross , 1978 ; Reeves and Chevannes , 1983 ) . |
| 20 | Eighteenth-century observers often argued that naval battles between opponents of more or less equal strength were almost certain to be indecisive , that naval warfare was by its nature unlikely to produce victories of the kind which might be expected on land . |
| 21 | In principle , repetitive work is best left to automatic machines but the flexibility of human performance is often needed because slight changes are required either to modify the product or to cope with different materials . |
| 22 | The probable reason that indexed sequential files are so often used when direct files would perform better is the ready availability of software . |
| 23 | The truth is that they 're so often used as fast turnover test beds for review equipment , and new fishkeeping ideas , that they are probably less interesting than the majority of our readers ' tanks . |
| 24 | They are often told that gross over-ruddering is needed to spin , but this is not the case . |
| 25 | is often sold as dried seeds but is really more useful in powder form , when it is a vital ingredient in many curries . |
| 26 | All the plants mentioned are likely to be available from good garden centres , but cannas are not often sold as growing plants , and Perilla frutescens may be difficult to find as plants ( seed is widely available ) . |
| 27 | The plants are often preserved as dark markings on shales , and were less than half a metre in length . |
| 28 | It 's often thought that previous attempts have failed because there are n't enough well-trained classical actors in the USA to make such a repertory company feasible , but this is increasingly not the case : American drama students are eager to train in the UK , and the percentage of successful auditions held is relatively high . |
| 29 | Proponents of this definition often assume that criminal law is closely related to the consensus , although they accept that law may be tardy in reacting to changing attitudes . |
| 30 | Even without any extra funding , the scheme hopes to help crèches with the information and advice that is often lacking when new crèches are set up . |