Example sentences of "[adj] [pron] [is] often " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hurry up — this one is often learnt from our parents . |
| 2 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 3 | Because of this it is often assumed that cleaning staff are familiar with the basics especially when women are employed . |
| 4 | Even with a classification as complex as this it is often difficult to place a coast , because the division between A and B is not easy and is very subjective . |
| 5 | Remember that no two births are the same , and a second one is often more straightforward . |
| 6 | They have done this particularly because new money was made available and when budgets are tight it 's often difficult to put aside quite a substantial chunk of money , particularly if you 've got some capital investment that 's required . |
| 7 | With these it is often initiated by acute tail-biting which gets out of hand ‘ and then the attacking pig or pigs continue to eat further into the back . |
| 8 | Firstly there are what are usually termed onomatopoeic phonetic sequences : with these it is often difficult to define their exact limits . |
| 9 | Once the L3 is present there is often a lag period before hatching occurs , the duration varying according to the species . |
| 10 | In rural Third World communities the average transit time is one and a half days ; in Western countries it is about three days in young healthy adults ; among the elderly it is often over two weeks . |
| 11 | Because the knot lies flat it is often used in bandaging . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | When the great globular nest is complete there is often , therefore , a layer of gravel and little pebbles at the bottom of the chamber . |
| 14 | From this age group , the level began to increase first slowly ( infant mortality at the maternal age group 30–34 was lower than in the age group 20–24 ) and from age 35 more rapidly , although the mortality of infants born to women in the 35–39 years old group was not much higher than in the age group 20–24 which is often considered as the prime time for reproduction . |
| 15 | Because he 's articulate he 's often perceived as a serious intellectual who thinks out every step and nuance of Smashing Pumpkins , but he 's actually quite aware of the stupidity of rock star posturing and this come out in self-deprecation . |
| 16 | Thus far , for instance , accuracies of land cover ( let alone what is often needed , i.e. land use ) determined from Landsat and SPOT imagery for the UK have rarely been higher than 70 per cent unless trivial classifications ( e.g. built/unbuilt land ) have been used . |
| 17 | Sensible of the fact that maths is not a popular subject among children in general there is often an attempt to show how the ‘ everyday ’ can be viewed mathematically . |
| 18 | If no faster device is available it is often beneficial to use a separate device of the same sort . |
| 19 | It is also confusing to the inhabitants in that it is often difficult to ascertain which council has responsibility for the particular matter which concerns them . |
| 20 | Yet , as we remarked in Chapter 1 , it is the agriculturally marginal which is often , by prevailing urban aesthetic standards , the most picturesque . |
| 21 | Bentley — He 's a very strange character , if you find his room open he 's often there waiting to lure you in . |
| 22 | ‘ It 's not surprising it 's often difficult for them to develop a strategy which extends outside their individual project . |
| 23 | Debt repayment was helped by the German economic boom of the 1950s which is often identified with Economics Minister Erhard . |