Example sentences of "often [verb] that [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 | 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 . |
| 3 | This is why it is often stressed that strategic change must be supported by top managers . |
| 4 | It often happens that young children find it enormously difficult to ‘ surrender power ’ . |
| 5 | It is often said that Muslim men think it a matter of pride that their women should n't work . |
| 6 | It is often said that Japanese management concentrates on the Soft S 's whilst Western management concentrates on the Hard S's . |
| 7 | It is often said that elderly people are glad to take on the role of grandparent or even great-grandparent . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Her reading of the passions of men and women in the past so often revealed that ecstatic love ended in tragedy . |
| 11 | 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 ) . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | They are often told that gross over-ruddering is needed to spin , but this is not the case . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | It is often assumed that textual discussion must be complex to be acceptable . |
| 17 | Policy-makers and commentators in many countries of the world have often assumed that small farmers and peasants in mountainous and/or environmentally degraded areas will abandon their hillside plots if given other opportunities elsewhere , so that the state by various means can ease population pressure on steep slopes by encouraging or at least not inhibiting colonisation of new areas . |
| 18 | It is often assumed that personal contacts will push through more of your material than that of other PROs and that you will be able to ask for favourable comment here and there . |
| 19 | Because of this it is often assumed that cleaning staff are familiar with the basics especially when women are employed . |
| 20 | Critics often claim that non-offensive defence uses only complex and highly centralised technologies . |
| 21 | Politicians often claim that human life is beyond economic calculation and must be given absolute priority whatever the cost . |
| 22 | The State tried to expropriate the produce even of peasants , gardens , but native cunning — bargaining with , and even bribing , officials of dubious enthusiasm for the Party line — often meant that rural households could escape from the worst deprivations of the towns . |
| 23 | In practice this often meant that immature minds would take over Leavis 's own evaluations without relating them to their own experience of literature , resulting in the diffusion of callow or inept judgements that has been condemned from the right by C. S. Lewis and from the left by Catherine Belsey . |
| 24 | Sri Lankans did not believe that it was morally wrong to convict a known cattle thief on false evidence , and officials often complained that true cases were spoilt by complainants who added additional false evidence . |
| 25 | To have one or two strict parameters often means that other pollutants , which can remain unspecified in the consent document , are brought under control . |
| 26 | It is often stated that young children are in the concrete operational stage of development and that their experience of the adult world and their ability to understand are restricted . |
| 27 | He often said that religious fasts were bad for the health , and ate in moderation at all times . |
| 28 | In such circumstances , the counsellor will often find that invaluable help and information can be obtained from relatives and friends , who may have been aware of the personal circumstances , but perhaps unaware of their full significance at the time . |