Example sentences of "be often [verb] [conj] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These are often displayed when the horse is fresh or feeling rather well : shying and pulling . |
| 2 | Even using secondary sources alone , the amount of information involved is usually too great to be encompassed by a single person , and so of necessity such studies are often undertaken as a team project . |
| 3 | The participants are often quarrelling before the day is out , their only consolation being that they have not been left out in the cold . |
| 4 | Space in rural bureaux is often short , hours are often limited and the portability of the microfilm system has many advantages when the information system can not be permanently stored . |
| 5 | In the European Community , minimum periods of notice are often required before a strike in an essential service can take place and a minimum level of service is required during industrial action . |
| 6 | The hotel boasts high standards of comfort and a full range of facilities , including free sauna and Turkish bath , massage solarium ( payable locally ) , a bar , a reading/sitting room , a TV room where English videos are often shown and a garden . |
| 7 | Prior to the P. & C.E. Act applications were often made where a person had been arrested but not charged . |
| 8 | A master at Millfield — who admitted that destinations were often chosen because a member of staff was keen to go there — said : ‘ There are still enough takers to justify organising these trips . |
| 9 | Traditionally these personnel functions were regarded as quite separate from design functions and indeed they were often left until the hardware design and commissioning was virtually complete . |
| 10 | The suggestion is often made that a couple should not be treated as if they were living as husband and wife unless the man is actually giving the woman financial support . |
| 11 | A condition of payment into court is often imposed where a judgment is to be set aside but other terms and conditions are imposed sparingly . |
| 12 | Monotony is often caused because the voice is ‘ all on one note ’ and has no change of tone . |
| 13 | The second muddle concerns murder and manslaughter specifically , namely , that since there is no workable defence of insanity , it is often assumed that the existence of the mandatory penalty for murder is the essential reason for the section 2 defence . |
| 14 | When computerised personnel systems are discussed , it is often assumed that the kind of thing in question is interrogating personnel records , salary modelling and manpower planning . |
| 15 | It is often assumed that the world of desktop publishing begins and , for some people , ends with the Apple Macintosh . |
| 16 | The golfer who tops the ball is often beaten before the driver is taken from the bag . |
| 17 | Style , however , is often misused if the approach is ill-founded or unsystematic , and such failures have tended to give it a rather poor reputation . |
| 18 | It is often stated that the detective story was an impossibility before there was an established order in society and a more than rudimentary police force to support it . |
| 19 | It is often said that an assault can be committed only by an act and that an omission is not sufficient . |
| 20 | Although Christianity is the ‘ state religion ’ of Britain , it is often said that the majority of people who are nominally Christian will go to a church only on a very few occasions in their lives — for a Christmas or Easter service maybe , or a family christening . |
| 21 | It is often said that the North East was populated by successive generations of industrial scabs . |
| 22 | It is often said that the agenda of the Justice Model , although originally proposed by liberals and radicals who wished to reduce the overall harshness of punishment , was ‘ co-opted ’ in the late 1970s and 1990s by the political Right ( eg Bottoms , 1990a : 11 ; Hudson , 1997 : 72 ) . |
| 23 | It is often said that the tonic syllable can be identified because it is the only syllable in the tone-unit that carries a movement in pitch ; this is in fact not always true . |
| 24 | It is often said that the aikido adept resembles the eye of a hurricane . |
| 25 | It is often said that the hammer axle bushing in the Kapsel , or fork in which the hammer shank is mounted , absorbs enough of the energy of the returning hammer to act as a check . |
| 26 | IT IS often said that the collapse of the Soviet Union left the US as the only superpower . |
| 27 | Tail held erect with its whole length quivered This gentle quivering action is often seen after a cat has been greeted by its owner . |
| 28 | The Commissioner herself is the only legally qualified person in her office , and it is not surprising to learn that Treasury solicitor 's advice is often sought before a decision is made to grant assistance or not |
| 29 | Consent to a change of control is often required if a company has authorisation under statute , such as the Banking Act 1987 , Consumer Credit Act 1974 , Financial Services Act 1986 and the Civil Aviation Act 1982. ( 2 ) Government grants . |
| 30 | It is often suggested that the issue of the ordination of women is a major obstacle to progress . |