Example sentences of "of [noun] [vb base] often [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Computer-assisted studies of style have often attempted to settle questions of chronology in the work of authors whose works are undated . |
| 2 | At sixteen Green converted to Catholicism , and his subsequent literary taste for religious questions and his novel about St Francis of Assisi have often led to his being characterised as a ‘ Catholic ’ writer . |
| 3 | In contrast with feelings of subjective risk , authors dealing with estimates of risk have often regarded estimated risk as a multidimensional concept ( Glendon , 1987 ; Hale , 1987 ; Johnson & Tversky , 1984 ) in which context can influence the relevance of different dimensions . |
| 4 | Even those who do not condemn democracy out of hand have often contrived more subtle ways of disparaging it . |
| 5 | Groups of actors have often provided the focus of stories about the victimisation of innocents by totalitarian forces ( examples include To Be or Not to Be , Privates on Parade , The Last Metro and the recent Spanish film Ay , Carmela ! ) , so it 's interesting to see such a relatively early variation on the theme as this . |
| 6 | These different visions of land have often come into conflict , most strikingly shown " in the white man 's inability to comprehend the indian 's reverence for the land " ( Donald W. Large , " This Land is Whose Land : Changing Concepts of Land as Property " ( 1973 ) 4 Wisc . |
| 7 | THE people of Castlerock have often wondered when the horror of sectarian slaughter would come to their peaceful , seaside village . |
| 8 | Students of language have often concurred with Edward Sapir when he wrote , ‘ The ‘ real world ’ is to a large extent unconsciously built upon the language habits of the group . |