Example sentences of "often [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are three common grades of olive oil : extra virgin , which is thick and green , and cold-pressed with an acidity of less than 1% ; virgin , which is green and cold-pressed but with up to 4% acidity , and fine olive oil , for general cooking , which is heat treated during the second pressing to extract the maximum oil from the fruit and often blended with other olive oils . |
| 2 | Sulphamic acid is often blended with a non-ionic detergent for use in descaling expensive equipment such as dishwashing machines and as an acid wash in ‘ clean-in-place ’ systems after the use of an alkali machine detergent . |
| 3 | Marketers will have to take into account the fact that expenditure and consumption patterns are often differentiated by the membership of social classes . |
| 4 | While she noted the advantages of this : ‘ Indeed , the post combining staff and training responsibilities is a fairly successful combination since both jobs require an overall view of the entire system and neither job is particularly attached to any of the service functions ’ , ( as opposed to designated training officers also being attached to any particular aspect of the service ) , lack of sufficient time to devote to training was often commented on by the named training officers in our sample . |
| 5 | I spent my working life in an international chemical company and this confusion was often commented upon by my French , German , Dutch and Italian colleagues . |
| 6 | This is much less often commented upon , probably because he mentions it in a rather throwaway fashion , losing it in a section almost entirely devoted to the argument that noblemen should receive the same punishments as people of the lower orders . |
| 7 | The threatening nature of school self-evaluation , especially in the case of mandatory LEA schemes which require schools to submit a report , is often commented upon in the literature on school self-evaluation . |
| 8 | The man so often pilloried for fouling up on the big occasion was determined to make no mistake this time , racing to the front immediately to keep out of trouble and defying his opponents to get past . |
| 9 | With the development of Imperial architecture and the need for large public gatherings in baths and basilicas the space was more often vaulted with brick and concrete . |
| 10 | Goodman 's Thirties portraits taken in the studio often relied on specially-painted backdrops , such as John Banting produced for his work with Ker-Seymer , or echoed the classic compositional motifs pioneered by Hoyningen Huene and adapted by Wildman . |
| 11 | But considered in the context of the two years spent in Paris jazz clubs , exploring a musical genre that has often relied on experimental vocal contributions , it all begins to make sense . |
| 12 | Nonetheless , it is inescapably true that the familial ideology was accompanied by , and often relied on , a vast underbelly of prostitution , which fed on the double standard and an authoritarian moral code . |
| 13 | This often relied upon their so-called ‘ gut reaction ’ to evaluate children 's work , with the Head of Department freely admitting that he found it difficult to break down and assess different aspects of work . |
| 14 | These are so often fastened by those who , in the name of love , secure our chains daily in case we have any notions of escape . |
| 15 | Even if the walker or climber has an ice axe they only have two or three seconds to stop themselves before their bodies , often clad in slippy waterproofs , pick up speed . |
| 16 | Maturity brings new perspectives and the idea that they are often manipulated for their sporting prowess brings with it a clarity of perception , a perception succinctly summarized by Birchfield 's sprinter Lincoln Asquith : ‘ I was used by school teachers 'cause I was good at sport . |
| 17 | By 1975 , this had all changed : reports , features and editorials now concentrated on protecting the Army 's image and portraying the IRA as ‘ criminals or mindless psychopaths often manipulated by Godfathers behind the scenes ’ ( ibid.:39 ) . |
| 18 | Police are often delayed through having to seek permission to enter places such as shopping malls , and the law needs to be enforced in pubs and clubs . |
| 19 | Therapeutic help for children is often delayed by the court process and court appearances can increase the trauma to the child and the length of therapeutic treatment subsequently needed . |
| 20 | The summer sun , to which he was so often exposed during his many sporting pursuits , had accentuated his freckles . |
| 21 | Bone and pellets preserved at an owl 's nest site are often exposed to trampling by the owls themselves . |
| 22 | Students in schools are too often exposed to 19th century technology ( paper-bound administration systems , blackboards and chalk ) yet in their homes many have learnt to become competent in the technologies of the 20th century . |
| 23 | At the major shows , winners are often exposed to the glare of television lights , and expected to parade for the cameras as well , before journeying back home after a long day . |
| 24 | As undergraduates they are often exposed to uninspired lecturing from academics , and subsequently many struggle to assimilate the minutiae of medicine in the ( false ) belief that this will ensure an easy passage through the membership examination . |
| 25 | Thus a cultural region is often circumscribed by a set of administrative boundaries , a practice which fails to conform with other attempts to define the country 's cultural regions . |
| 26 | However , since so few children attended some of these types of school , d is often calculated from proportions at the extremes of the scale ; if we rank the class exclusivity of schools on the basis of the magnitude of the d s , we seem to be told that the secondary moderns were the most selective , followed by the grammar schools . |
| 27 | Answer guide : As the cost of the goods sold , especially with a small business , is often calculated by taking the opening stock plus purchases less closing stock , the effect would be to reduce the cost of sales figure and thereby increase profit . |
| 28 | It may be , for example , that youngsters will pick up from this programme some hint of the rich variety of occupations all of which are often hidden under the umbrella heading of science . |
| 29 | Clearly the task of separating out these different strands of historical change is an enormous one but the mere outlining of these problems reminds us that the sociologist must always be sensitive to the differential cultural and historical experiences often hidden under such general and abstract labels as ‘ industrialization ’ , ‘ migration ’ , ‘ urbanization ’ , ‘ capitalism ’ and so on . |
| 30 | I also like the accessibility of the truss rod cover screw , all too often hidden behind the strings on spiky-headed guitars . |