Example sentences of "[noun] be often [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , primary eurobond operations are often categorised as " loss-leaders " , making low or negative profits to attract clients to other operations ( equity issuance , financial advice , bank lending , etc. ) or to penetrate new markets . |
| 2 | Helices are often seen because they are a particularly simple pattern of growth . |
| 3 | When they engage in partnership activities with a company or companies the commercial aspects of their activities are often overlooked or under-rated . |
| 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 | Long hours are often needed but there are many bonuses — year round sunshine for one , and a tax efficient salary package for another . |
| 6 | Meetings are often held because ‘ that 's the way things are done around here ’ . |
| 7 | Such views are often condemned as blind acceptance of authority without any reason . |
| 8 | There are some good points made here and there ; Bly points out that fathers in US sitcoms are often portrayed as incompetent , in comparison with their wives , which says something about the way the American man sees himself . |
| 9 | Tall hierarchies are often seen as bureaucratic . |
| 10 | My lips are often chapped and sore , which makes it difficult to apply lipstick as it wo n't stay on and looks unpleasant . |
| 11 | The statements made which have no legal effect are often described as being mere " puffs " ( Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball [ 1893 ] 1 QB 256 ) . |
| 12 | Scholars such as Giddings , Cooley , Mead , Thomas and Znanieki are often considered as contributors to some of the basic ideas of social psychology as well as to sociology . |
| 13 | The people who move a good deal are often described as being ‘ full of nervous energy ’ . |
| 14 | All these breakdowns of data are often presented and have a role to play in the analysis of certain questions . |
| 15 | Health Authority data are often used but their quality varies . |
| 16 | Inner city schools are often regarded as corrupt in their intentions and management . |
| 17 | Elsewhere , as in Australia , ‘ the half-trained pianist is often accepted as sufficient for the task ’ . |
| 18 | In order to enable the JPR to result in action and development , and for it to be used as a basis for discussion the following year , the interview is often summarised and stored in the worker 's personal records . |
| 19 | The parent 's intention is often to protect so they hide tears and sorrowing putting on a ghastly pretence of cheerfulness . |
| 20 | Even the work published in English by people like Norman , Halliday , Moore or Steven is often ignored or treated as misguided . |
| 21 | Mexico is often depicted as being characterised by ‘ charrismo ’ , the phenomenon of trade unions being controlled by the state , in order to keep wages down in the service of capital accumulation and accelerated economic growth . |
| 22 | Tail held erect with its whole length quivered This gentle quivering action is often seen after a cat has been greeted by its owner . |
| 23 | However , the boundary between policy and administration is often blurred and civil servants may be led dangerously close to the discussion of policy . |
| 24 | Primarily associated with fertility , so highly regarded in primitive times for the continuity of the group , this powerful force was often controlled and restricted by taboos , some of which have survived into modern times as codes of social behaviour , but deeply affected by both prudery and prurience which usually operated together . |
| 25 | And the risk is high , as permits are often refused or issued only after three to five years of arduous negotiation . |
| 26 | The meat is not eaten and has no market value , but the dried eyes and the sexual organs of the boto are often sold as amulets to increase one 's attractiveness to the opposite sex , or to increase the bearer 's sexual powers . |
| 27 | The differences between reading experiences are often perceived as being fuzzy , and so a more realistic representation of a greater number of texts would have loci at points within and between the nine prototypical nodes . |
| 28 | Vegetables and fruits are often cut and used for printing . |
| 29 | So , for instance , many kinds of diarrhoea are classified as hot , while respiratory infections are often treated as cold . |
| 30 | Promissory notes and bills of exchange are often guaranteed or endorsed by a third party of financial standing . |