Example sentences of "often [that] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | When women do confront sexism , the glib reply is often that it is a joke . |
| 2 | Even when you have a rib transfer carriage , you will still need to transfer a stitch by hand sometimes ; this is much easier if you 've done it so often that it 's automatic . |
| 3 | The broadcaster who gave a complicated radio talk on a technical subject was wasting his time , for no one listened to him — a point which came over in interviews so often that it became indisputable . |
| 4 | In newspapers I 've been called bland and ‘ smoothy-chops ’ so often that it almost goes over my head now , and people go on about my baggy eyes as if I made them that way myself — which I suppose I did , in a way . |
| 5 | ‘ We have a good code system and I know where the ball should be , but it 's not too often that it is where it should be . |
| 6 | It is , of course , impossible to foresee the future , but the effective demise of the Catholic Church has been prophesied so often that it seems wiser to conclude that the vast movement of transformation begun by Vatican II will not be easily ended either internally or externally . |
| 7 | A characteristic of such an organization is often that it has a very large board . |
| 8 | The door was smashed in so often that it had to be bricked up . |
| 9 | She feared often that it might not fill the House , but it was true and strong and she 'd been told it was pleasing . |
| 10 | The difficulty here is often that it is not clear whether the problem is meant to bear a relation to the book-work question or not . |
| 11 | The defence of a firm accused of predatory pricing is often that it is merely responding to competition : so evidence of its intentions may be quite important in deciding whether a firm 's conduct is predatory or not . |
| 12 | A word or phrase used so often that it becomes a slogan . |
| 13 | The right hon. Member for Manchester , Gorton ( Mr. Kaufman ) and his team are always ingenious in defending whatever the policy of the moment is ; it is just that that policy is changed so often that it leaves a little bit of a question mark over whether they have any plan or direction at all . |
| 14 | It can not be stressed too often that it is essential to only install commercially designed and built microwaves which conform to the international safety and performance standards appropriate for industrial use . |
| 15 | I suppose you could say David had it so often that it be nice for him to get it . |