Example sentences of "is often [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 The range of tools found on these farms is often limited and unrepresentative of the range of activities we know took place .
2 The fourth is that of definitions of legitimate knowledge : what is often taught as neutral and objective is in fact androcentric and sexist .
3 Elsewhere , as in Australia , ‘ the half-trained pianist is often accepted as sufficient for the task ’ .
4 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 .
5 Although he has lived in the UK since 1969 , Zarei was born in Iran and is often listed as Iranian , but he is officially a British athlete , and won an England vest when competing in the Milton Keynes 24-hour Championships in 1989 .
6 It is often assumed that textual discussion must be complex to be acceptable .
7 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 .
8 Because of this it is often assumed that cleaning staff are familiar with the basics especially when women are employed .
9 Although he is often characterized as retiring and eccentric , he entertained distinguished visitors in style , and studio staff were frequently welcomed to Old Place and treated with considerable generosity .
10 Cultural evolution is often characterized as Lamarckian in quality , in other words , dependent on the transmission of acquired characters , and relatively fast ; while genetic evolution is Darwinian , that is , dependent on changes in gene frequencies across generations , and slow .
11 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 .
12 Although that curriculum is often represented as diminishing teachers ' choices and initiatives , it is important for heads and their colleagues to note how matters of culture which have many facets can be handled alongside a national concern that schools should be more readily comparable with each other and should be readily accountable , not least in their pupils ' attainment levels .
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 Muslim men think it a matter of pride that their women should n't work .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 Although theft is illegal it is often regarded as normal and acceptable practice when an individual ‘ borrows ’ materials from his or her place of work for personal use — such as stationery , or makes 'phone calls on an office telephone .
19 Both nationalized industries and local authorities publish a good deal of information on their various and diverse activities ( see chapters 8 and 10 ) In Type A nonprofit organizations the level of revenue raised is often regarded as indicative of the value that recipients place on an organization 's services .
20 Gedge is often regarded as candid , but he has designed a style of lyric-writing that effectively camouflages his true self .
21 However , it is often regarded as problematic whether or not animals have mental representations , or use symbolic systems or languages .
22 Such pressure is often regarded as improper and undermining editorial sovereignty and responsibility ; undermining , in other words , ‘ press freedom ’ .
23 It is often viewed as attractive because the base is that which individuals consume ( or their revenue from the economic system ) rather than a reflection of what they contribute , i.e. income .
24 What is to be understood as female is something vague ; indeed the Spirit is often designated as neuter .
25 However , the boundary between policy and administration is often blurred and civil servants may be led dangerously close to the discussion of policy .
26 The phrase wilderness is often overused and misplaced .
27 However , the moral status of the victim is often portrayed as ambivalent in murder trials .
28 This is why it is often stressed that strategic change must be supported by top managers .
29 The role of pension funds in this outflow is often taken as indicative for , since the mid-1960s , pension funds have become the main channel for employees ' long-term savings and their overseas investment is sometimes seen as a ‘ diversion ’ of savings that could otherwise have been used to finance productive investment in British industry .
30 Thus aggression is often taken as synonymous with violence ; violent behaviour being taken as proof of the existence of an inner state called aggression .
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