Example sentences of "it [verb] often [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the other hand , since nearly 80 per cent of the nation were illiterate in early NEP , consisting of a disorganized and fragmented peasantry , it has often been assumed that the actions of this class have been both unreflective and ineffective . |
| 2 | It has often been noted that while barbarians fight with hatchets , civilised men fight with gossip . |
| 3 | For instance , it has often been thought that the progress of a military campaign , such as the invasions of the Germanic peoples into the northern Roman empire of the third and fourth centuries , could be plotted from the locations of hoards , or that areas with large numbers of hoards must have been relatively rich compared with other areas . |
| 4 | It has often been said — indeed I have said it myself — that the importance of the central dogma is that it provides a molecular explanation for Weismann 's theory of the independence of germ line and soma . |
| 5 | It has often been said that the majority of European farmers live poor , but die rich . |
| 6 | Stealth will prove to be a valuable asset ; it has often been so in the past . |
| 7 | In biological writing it has often been said that a character is advantageous or detrimental to a species . |
| 8 | It has often been pointed out , and in my view with justice , that the school curriculum has in the past been overwhelmingly in the power of the universities . |
| 9 | It has often been stated that the coloration , if not the breed type , suggests Scandinavian origins for the White Park and for the British White , in that the pattern is quite common , especially in the Swedish Mountain cattle . |
| 10 | Nor does a coat pattern make a breed ; indeed it has often been remarked that the only common factor among the various old park herds in Britain was their colouring . |
| 11 | The cottage which they eventually discovered at Clevedon , on the Somerset coast south of Bristol , was not quite the ‘ honeymoon cottage ’ it has often been called . |
| 12 | It has often been precipitated by a period of considerable exposure to cold , especially very cold dry weather and then ill the same day , that is soon after the exposure . |
| 13 | It has often been said that heads are recruited largely on the basis of having been successful classroom teachers and are therefore appointed to a new task on the basis of their ability in a different job . |
| 14 | There is no record of any laboratory tests on the substance though it has often been photographed . |
| 15 | The insidious growth of statutory planning restrictions , since the.first real control was introduced forty years ago , has increased with such rapidity that it has often been difficult to keep abreast of new legislation without concentrating exclusively on this aspect of the development process . |
| 16 | It has often been said that the non-neurotic person is one whose repressive mechanisms work well . |
| 17 | It has often been the haunt of famous cricketers ( the West Indies team has stayed here ) , and the memorabilia of these visits adds an unusual touch to the decoration of the public rooms . |
| 18 | It has often been said that Tony played a guitar with the crucifixes upside down , for a more sinister and satanic embellishment , but John Diggins is adamant that he never built one like that and he 's pretty certain that no such thing exists . |
| 19 | It has often been pointed out that even if he had written nothing before this stage he would still be regarded as an important poet . |
| 20 | Fletcher said : ‘ In the past it has often been an unfair battle between batsmen and spinners in indoor nets , many surfaces have been straight up and down and the ball has n't turned . |
| 21 | It has often been said that the family kept the process secret , but this seems unlikely , since it is known that pearl ash was used to secure the transparency . |
| 22 | It has often been observed that , whilst old age is not an illness , it does bring with it an increased susceptibility to illness and disease . |
| 23 | It has often been pointed out that in less developed societies , old people were seen as the repository of wisdom needed for daily living as well as for spiritual guidance . |
| 24 | It has often been said that the decisive development since Darwin was a new synthesis , in the 1920s and 1930s , of Mendel on heredity and Darwin on selection . |
| 25 | It has often been said that he did not really have any very clear idea of what he wanted from his Council ; and as far as content goes , that may be true . |
| 26 | I am unaware of any allegations of malpractice at the prison I visited , but it has often been claimed elsewhere that frauds are common among both staff and prisoners responsible for storing , weighing and distributing food , and that the actual consumption per prisoner can be up to 20 per cent below that laid down in the regulations . |
| 27 | In textbooks on criminology it has often been used to distinguish the specific school of thought of the original founding fathers of criminology : Lombroso , Garofalo and Ferri . |
| 28 | It has often been a surprise to discover the presence of an extensive spread of buildings well beyond the enclosure , this lack of awareness has led occasionally to their discovery all too late , whilst they were being ravaged by development . |
| 29 | It has often been stressed that there should be more interaction between Forum and Project sectors . |
| 30 | It has often been said that because of the restrictions on discovery , interrogatories and cross-examination under Ord. 53 , the AJR is not a suitable vehicle for resolving factual disputes , and this provides a justification for not requiring collateral attacks to be made by way of an AJR . |