Example sentences of "is often [verb] in " in BNC.
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| 31 | One phrase which is often adduced in support of this thesis is the phrase in the preamble to the Treaty of Rome , ‘ determined to lay the foundations of an ever closer union among the peoples of Europe ’ . |
| 32 | The optimality account of ageing has come to be known as the ‘ pleiotropy theory of senescence ’ , because it is often developed in terms of genes with effects on more than one aspect of the phenotype , in this case on survival and fertility at different ages . |
| 33 | The question whether the curriculum is relevant or not is often posed in terms of what a child may need to know , when he leaves the protective environment of school . |
| 34 | From the point of view of the TNC , the main point of managerial and technical recruitment is often posed in terms of the need to transfer technology to the host society . |
| 35 | A comparator with user-adjustable switching level is often incorporated in the encoder unit and small variations in the detected position can be obtained by adjusting this switching level . |
| 36 | When they were looked at in more detail it was found that the colonies grew from one single tube ( sicula ) which is often facing in a different direction from the tubes inhabited by the rest of the colony ( see below ) . |
| 37 | Graphemic parsing is necessary because a phoneme is often represented in English by more than one letter ( for example , PH represents one phoneme in ‘ graph ’ , OO represents one phoneme in ‘ boot ’ ) . |
| 38 | It is often represented in rugs as a cloud with a short tail , and is generally accepted as symbolizing a wish , or the hope that a wish be fulfilled . |
| 39 | In today 's accountant-led brewing industry the destiny of individual pubs is often decided in remote boardrooms by managers answerable only to corporate dogmas and next year 's profit forecasts . |
| 40 | It is often said in such circumstances that the shock of the news has been too great . |
| 41 | It is ‘ know how ’ which is often expressed in the customary or traditional way of doing things . |
| 42 | Educational expenditure is often expressed in terms of the amount spent per pupil or student . |
| 43 | The quantity B is often expressed in terms of the compressibility which is the reciprocal of the bulk modulus . |
| 44 | It should be noted that this is often expressed in a shorthand manner by saying that the clause is " void " ; however , this is inaccurate and misleading . |
| 45 | Many textile works use surface water from streams or rivers , and , to obtain a uniform supply with a substantial reserve , this is often collected in reservoirs or lodges . |
| 46 | Greek dress became more common for men after Hadrian 's enthusiastic adoption of Greek fashions , and is often seen in early Christian art . |
| 47 | The aggressive , destructive behaviour that is often seen in hyperkinetics usually develops later than the other symptoms , and may be largely a response to feelings of frustration that stem from the other symptoms . |
| 48 | It is often seen in nature , but becomes much more obvious when natural hazards are removed in captive and human populations . |
| 49 | By the mid 1980's the emergence of lower priced computer systems and the vast increase in demand had forced the price of a typeface down to around $450 , the classic ‘ generation ’ jump that is often seen in computing hardware and software pricing . |
| 50 | Contrary to what is often seen in films , very few kicks are employed . |
| 51 | It is often seen in competition , but for safety reasons the heel strike is substituted for the sole of the foot . |
| 52 | These distinctions make it important that we do not confuse , as is often done in the linguistic and philosophical literature , the categories of addressee and hearer . |
| 53 | The remark has not been much noticed , but its implications must undermine the way in which ‘ practical criticism ’ is often employed in literary education . |
| 54 | In other words the marginal social cost of provision is zero , and it is often argued in welfare economics that the ‘ efficiency ’ price should , therefore , be zero . |
| 55 | The case for island-driving is often argued in terms of efficiency . |
| 56 | The same note , perhaps struck from him by Loyola 's Exercises , is often heard in Lassus 's motets — in ‘ Infelix ego ’ and ‘ Timor et tremor ’ , both from the Sacrae Cantiones of 1566 , to take only two examples out of many — in the Lamentationes of 1585 , and in his very last composition , the already mentioned Lagrime di San Pietro . |
| 57 | Their inherent vulnerability in many societies — a condom often costs more than a prostitute — is often encouraged in political manipulations of religious precepts . |
| 58 | As a result , the conflict between health-keeping and house-keeping is often experienced in a particularly acute form in the diet she can give her children . |
| 59 | Unfortunately , difficulty is often experienced in getting fertilizer down to the roots without lifting and replanting in fresh compost or otherwise considerably fouling the water . |
| 60 | Sodium bisulphate is often included in powder toilet cleaners . |