Example sentences of "are often [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Because non-Porsche parts are often of a lower quality than the real thing .
2 In Western society , other important agencies of socialization include the educational system , the occupational group and the ‘ peer group ’ ( a group whose members share similar circumstances and are often of a similar age ) .
3 Notes on a lesson are often of a vague and impressionistic kind , which makes it almost impossible to draw the kind of inferences needed for our purposes , while those particular instances that are recorded are often atypical , having caught the observer 's attention for that very reason .
4 ( b ) winter aggregations comprising animals of all age classes ( but with the older ones arriving first and departing last ) are often of a larger size and crowd several layers deep in crevices and pools .
5 Culture , on the other hand , refers to more deep-rooted assumptions , beliefs and values which are often on a preconscious level , things that are taken for granted .
6 The steeples are often in a later style , partly Renaissance and reminding the onlooker of Wren 's designs of the city churches of London .
7 Patients like Peter Dawson are often in an agitated state when they first come into hospital … their first port of call may be the seclusion room .
8 Since kitchens tend to be positioned at the back of the house , they are often in an ideal situation for extending into the back garden , or knocking through into a corridor or back room to create a more useful space .
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