Example sentences of "often [vb base] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Elementals often appear as a moving light or a change in temperature , or they may take the form of an animal or bird and make it behave oddly for a period of time . |
| 2 | The same argument can explain why different functions often decline at a similar age : synchronous collapse does not imply a single mechanism of senescence ( J. Maynard Smith , personal communication ) . |
| 3 | Singles released by major , established artists often benefit from a substantial marketing campaign , with posters and media advertising . |
| 4 | The resuscitated patients often speak of a great sense of disappointment and loss on waking . |
| 5 | The compositions often focus on a single tree , placed in the foreground , usually off centre , the pattern of its branches mirroring the network of roots below . |
| 6 | Regular mulches of compost keep down annual weeds within the borders , and perennial invaders within the ornamental lawns often succumb with a careful spot treatment of salt . |
| 7 | Furthermore , when we do not notice an example , we often begin with a vague feeling that the text is poorly written and have to work quite hard to say just what is wrong with it . |
| 8 | One is that I often stay at a first-class hotel to merge into the background . |
| 9 | In relation to the sentence stem ‘ A girl and her mother … ’ , girls often produce responses like ‘ often go through a bad patch for a year but once they learn to understand each other , become the best of friends ’ or ‘ can help each other with their problems ’ . |
| 10 | Teachers ' perceptions about reading instruction often derive from a pragmatic approach rather than from a theoretical background . |
| 11 | In most pop music for instance , the verse sections of a song often end with a Dominant chord ( ex D7 , D11 etc. ) which creates tension . |
| 12 | But when we observe two or more elements and we wish to define a relationship between them , we often turn to a third form of abstraction : we project a feeling quality onto the relationship . |
| 13 | In practice , legislation generally forbids such data being held thus and distributed in anything other than area aggregate form ; the cross-tabulations commonly employed ( e.g. to give tables of population numbers broken down by age and sex ) often result in a great multiplication of the data volumes . |
| 14 | Given that most aspects of humankind 's quest for entertainment and stimulation often result in a quick visit to the casualty unit , one is prone to ask whether or not this particular pursuit of the pleasure principle is bad for you . |
| 15 | Kinsbourne ( 1975a ) argued that " both hemispheres draw upon and often compete for a finite amount of attention invested in the organism as a whole " . |
| 16 | Overseas financial institutions often come from a far different system in which rules and regulations are far more explicit , and tend not to be fully conversant with a less transparent form of control as operated by the Bank . |
| 17 | The senior nurse now acts as a support , resource and coordinator and a flattened hierarchy results : the senior nurse is the key to the professional development of staff who often come from a traditional nursing culture , where they have had little accountability . |
| 18 | It is one I often serve before a simple meat dish , beef , lamb or veal , which is probably already cooking in the oven before the vegetable dish goes in . |
| 19 | Policies on ‘ race ’ and gender often work within a compensatory model of education . |