Example sentences of "the [adj] [is] often " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bistable is often called a ‘ flip-flop ’ because you can ‘ flip ’ it into one state or ‘ flop ’ it into the other . |
| 2 | Some continuity of personnel between the new and the old is often welcomed as the most effective means of preserving the loyalty of the clients and maybe the appointment of the sole practitioner or the senior partner of the acquired business as consultant to the new firm for a limited time will be considered . |
| 3 | Indeed , the national is often a concept used deliberately to conceal conflict over the issues , to force one kind of unity around an existing status quo ( and if the arguments do not achieve unity , troops can be used to enforce it on the recalcitrants ) . |
| 4 | Drosera rotundifolia and Myrica are preferential here , although the latter is often absent . |
| 5 | The latter is often a favourite host for the uninvited cuckoo . |
| 6 | The latter is often the first symptom noticed by a young person . |
| 7 | The latter is often best left unused except where tables of figures are concerned . |
| 8 | Whilst the latter is often collected and structured for the purposes of analysis , the former are created in administrative processes where the concept of secondary use is usually absent . |
| 9 | Indeed , the militancy' of the 1920s is often compared with the relative quiescence of trade union action during the 1930s . |
| 10 | Indeed , the militancy of the 1920s is often compared with the relative quiescence of trade union action during the 1930s . |
| 11 | The first is often described as the change from a bipolar to a multipolar world , though it is debatable whether there really are multiple , more or less equal power centres as the phrase implies . |
| 12 | Mixed exhibitions tend to have rather perfunctory introductions and catalogue entries ; the same is often true of exhibitions arranged by groups of artists , though they may have statements of aim or even an artists ' manifesto . |
| 13 | The same is often true of plants , although it will be commoner to see plants intermediate between the described species . |
| 14 | In feminism , the same is often true . |
| 15 | To bring them into the open is often to see their power evaporate . |
| 16 | They suggest that the behaviour of the young is often defined as threatening by adults in positions of power and that , encouraged by media campaigns , the state can often overreact to ‘ deviant ’ behaviour and basically make matters worse ( Frith 1984 ; Muncie 1984 ) . |
| 17 | Yamaha SPX-90 MkII and SPX-900 FX units ‘ But the 900 is often out with me at other studios ! ’ |
| 18 | Humane destruction is not easy to face , but fear of the unknown is often far worse than facing the truth . |