Example sentences of "[pron] [be] often [vb pp] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am often asked the difference between a psychologist and a psychiatrist . |
| 2 | ( d ) Motivate and encourage the directly employed labour force who are often given the less straightforward , more difficult or dirty tasks which have been rejected by labour-only sub-contractors . |
| 3 | In most universities , he or she is often called the vice-chancellor — the title " chancellor " being reserved for another notable figure who fills that largely ceremonial and dignified office . |
| 4 | When pupils complain that they ‘ do n't see the point of doing all these ’ , they are often given a remote justification — ‘ you 'll need it when you buy a carpet ’ . |
| 5 | It 's often said the best way to pack for a holiday is to lay everything out you think you 'll need — and then leave half the things behind . |
| 6 | A leasehold estate is measured by a fixed period of time ; it is often called a term of years , though a tenancy for weeks or months is equally a leasehold . |
| 7 | For this reason it is often called a back e.m.f . |
| 8 | It is often called an eclipsing variable , though it should more properly be described as an eclipsing binary . |
| 9 | It is often called the god from the sea , and this may have encouraged the identification as Poseidon . |
| 10 | It is often called the appel à la Résistance , which is an apt term because it implies an analogy with the speech of 18 June 1940 . |
| 11 | It was used by American therapists , before being banned in 1985 , for marital problems as it encourages empathy and dispels hostility ; it is often called the ‘ hug ’ or ‘ love ’ drug . |
| 12 | It is often nicknamed the Northern Cross , and certainly it is much more cruciform than the Southern Cross . |
| 13 | Levels of investment are important to economic growth , and it is often considered a ‘ good thing ’ to stimulate growth by inducing a higher level of investment . |
| 14 | In rural areas it was often labelled the most important crime . |
| 15 | This is where one sets off for what are often called the Loch Lochy Munros : Sron a'Choire Ghairbh and Meall na Teanga , and the no less worthy Corbett of Ben Tee . |
| 16 | Considerations such as these would seem to lead inevitably towards what is often called a ‘ representational theory of the mind ’ . |
| 17 | And , and the issue is , question is is what is often called a problem of social order . |
| 18 | Will they feel empty on the last child 's departure and give substance to what is often called the ‘ empty nest ’ syndrome of marriage ? |
| 19 | In the following section we shall examine the changes that have occurred in the UK economy in the decades leading up to the latest period of structural change , the changes over the post-war period culminating in what is often called the deindustrialization of the UK . |
| 20 | A second explanation may lie in what is often called the ‘ Rule of Taste ’ . |
| 21 | Between 1168 and 1174 , Barbarossa spent what is often termed the middle period of his reign in Germany . |
| 22 | In order to achieve this the colonial authorities had to engineer a switch from subsistence production of basic food crops to the production of cash crops for the international market and to replace what is often termed the ‘ natural ’ economy of non-industrial societies with the ‘ money ’ economy of industrial societies . |
| 23 | The rapid development of social movements during the 1960s depended in part upon sustained economic growth , full employment , the expansion of higher education , and a general feeling that these societies had entered what was often called a ‘ post-scarcity ’ era in which the fundamental problems of production had been solved and the conditions created for the development of a new society of leisure and enjoyment . |