Example sentences of "often [verb] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some pupils expressed strong negative views on having to deal with the two systems , and several tasks were tried out in two versions , one with metric units and one with Imperial units , the version with Imperial units often proving to be easier . |
| 2 | Rural institutions and local government in rural areas often tend to be dominated by a powerful and unrepresentative minority which represents its own interests rather than those of the majority . |
| 3 | Third , in many cases policies are not evaluated because they often tend to be unsuccessful . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , such feelings often tend to be both unpleasant to experience and to hinder behaviour . |
| 5 | ( Perhaps for the cost of a few ‘ rescue ’ digs , in fact , which by their random nature all too often tend to be repetitive or fragmentary in their findings and which further our understanding of the past less than would the establishment of evidence confirming prehistoric alignment practices . ) |
| 6 | A lot of foods we make from wheat flour often tend to be very high in calories , seem to be almost irresistible to hungry slimmers , and are often used as ‘ binge ’ g=foods by compulsive eaters . |
| 7 | In addition , the important research and development activities of many technologically advanced industries often tend to be concentrated in " core " as opposed to peripheral economies with the latter frequently assuming a " branch-plant " nature . |
| 8 | It had often proven to be a disastrous , or at best weakening , influence upon the stability of the realm , as the inevitable feuds between factions arose from such divisions . |
| 9 | Families whose incomes are not more than 40 per cent above the sb level are often considered to be ‘ living on the margins of poverty ’ ; in 1985 , seven in ten of all one parent families had incomes below this level compared with two out of ten two parent families . |
| 10 | Also known as Minch Men or Blue Men of the Minch , these are evil-natured , blue-skinned mermen ( see MERMAID ) , often considered to be fallen angels . |
| 11 | Wordsworth is often considered to be cold , egotistical and self-sufficient , but what he writes about here is the warmth of a stranger 's greeting and how it increased his pleasure in the sunset . |
| 12 | The existence of successful black sportsmen in Britain is not the recent phenomenon it is often considered to be , though the upsurge in the post-war years makes it appear that way . |
| 13 | Indeed , they are often considered to be so routine that they are taken to be ‘ normal ’ . |
| 14 | Spoken discourse is often considered to be less planned and orderly , more open to intervention by the receiver . |
| 15 | In non-western countries the model of health care which has been imported and which is still often considered to be optimal is one based on the same medical model . |
| 16 | ( The privately rented sector has low values for a number of reasons : it contains a larger non-married proportion , and the form of stock is often considered to be less suitable for childrearing . |
| 17 | Congenital abnormalities are often considered to be defects that cause disability without the hope of a complete recovery . |
| 18 | History books are often considered to be out of date on the day of publication ! |
| 19 | Well these sort of languages often considered to be the central pillar to group attachment and er official agencies like government an and things like historically support group language purity . |
| 20 | Items such as happily , out and sometimes are often considered to be members of this class . |
| 21 | Arithmetical skills are often considered to be ‘ basic skills ’ , and the implication is drawn that such skills are relevant to everyday life . |
| 22 | The fact that researchers in the psychology of driving have not stressed the potential effects of such arousal is particularly surprising given that feelings of risk are often considered to be one of the most important variables in the control of normal driving . |
| 23 | Returning to Menard 's definition of science as ‘ the content of these [ scientific ] journals ’ , the scientific literature itself can be measured in a number of ways , and growth in literature is often considered to be concomitant with growth in the subject . |
| 24 | A random process is often considered to be the sum of a large number of small , independent processes so this reasoning is acceptable . |
| 25 | Nationalism and dealings with governments are often considered to be the major problems facing a firm trying to sell overseas . |
| 26 | ‘ Great Expectations ’ was one of his last three novels and was published in 1861 , and is often considered to be his greatest novel . |
| 27 | Um so er but nevertheless those sort of things are n't often considered to be child sex abuse . |
| 28 | In the widest sense , a survey consists of a number of organizational steps which need not occur in the order given below , which may often need to be retraced and which must usually be related to a preceding sequence of research or to comparable contemporaneous studies . |
| 29 | Such behaviour is hardly the ultimate manifestation of anarchy that it is often depicted to be . |
| 30 | The route concludes with a descent into Borrowdale which is often claimed to be the most beautiful valley in the whole of England . |