Example sentences of "these [noun] often [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dependent on governmental funding and reluctant to lose establishment goodwill , these groups often came to rely on governments with extremely negative attitudes to homosexuality . |
| 2 | She said soothingly that , really , I should n't worry as these things often took three to four weeks to sort out , and I should carry on waiting . |
| 3 | The Japanese reaction to these ambushes often showed their high standard in the martial arts . |
| 4 | In expanding their empire , the British had habitually sought out local agents through whom to impose their authority , and though these arrangements often broke down after the initial period of contact , sometimes they did not . |
| 5 | These patients often had clinically , endoscopically , and histologically active disease . |
| 6 | Serial biopsy specimens in these patients often showed variations in the intensity of inflammation and hepatocyte necrosis . |
| 7 | Because of the slight gradient , these points often gave trouble , when drivers misjudged when to cut out and sometimes ran back . |
| 8 | However , the introduction of these crops often had serious consequences for soil conservation such as the cultivation of groundnuts in Mali and Niger ( Franke and Chasin 1980 ) , and pure stand maize cultivation and cotton . |
| 9 | These complications often coexisted and with the exception of pelvic sepsis , their incidence has not fallen with increased experience with the operation . |