Example sentences of "[noun] [adv] often [verb] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's only fair that you should know that the sow very often has to be slaughtered . " |
| 2 | The technology that was needed to cultivate the high-yield grains successfully often had to be imported , which led to the suggestion that food dependency was being exchanged for technological dependency . |
| 3 | The local emphasis more often needs to be on the candidate , getting his name , face , personality and position known in the community and introducing him to key groups of people . |
| 4 | There is a famous line by another Irishman , Yeates , a line too often thought to be transparent ‘ Romantic Ireland 's dead and gone ’ . |
| 5 | As a result the market structure very often ceased to be purely competitive , becoming monopolistic or oligopolistic . |
| 6 | With both types there often needs to be an offset ( or swan neck ) , to connect the outlet to the top of the downpipe , so that this can be positioned against the wall . |