Example sentences of "[am/are] often [adj] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( Bank loans , of course , are often subject to a personal interview , at the bank rather than at home . ) |
| 2 | Members of staff are often available for an informal chat , and this can be a golden opportunity to absorb the general atmosphere and the attitudes of prospective colleagues . |
| 3 | The firms involved are often multinational in a way that is atypical of most other financial markets . |
| 4 | Again , we are reminded too late that the risks associated with high short-term rewards are often unacceptable for a public company . |
| 5 | His letters to friends are often funny in a less self-conscious way , and he will ramble in a high-spirited or nonsensical manner about nothing in particular . |
| 6 | These are often vital for a beginner , because they give meaning to the tasks involved . |
| 7 | Comments already cited from the forty interviews have demonstrated that women are often aware of a link between their own ways of doing housework and those of their mothers . |
| 8 | Having failed to deter the murderer or rapist , these dogs are often eager for a second bite of the cherry . |
| 9 | But as yet no feature of parenting has been convincingly established as being a causal factor in the first onset of the disorder despite observations by numerous investigators that parent-child relationships are often atypical in a number of ways . |
| 10 | She pointed out that smacking is particularly problematic for childminders who are often alone with a child . |
| 11 | ‘ The finest views are from the bottom , and at some places a little above it , but few dare venture to the bottom particularly those females whose pedestrian excursions have chiefly been upon level ground ; nay the male sex are often appalled with a view of the way , and many a Bond-street gentleman , in his stable costume , would rather hazard his neck four-in-hand , than risk it by having his arms precariously supported by the twigs and branches he may find in his way to the gulph below . ’ |
| 12 | The eyes of other animals are often sensitive to a slightly different band . |
| 13 | The eggs , which are often stuck to a plant , eventually hatch into larvae . |