Example sentences of "[conj] be often " in BNC.
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| 1 | Kundera asks us to join together two things that are often kept apart : lyrical effusions and public poetry . |
| 2 | Dabs , flounder and whiting are three species that are often caught in great numbers from the shore yet often fail to make the measure . |
| 3 | The Vauxhall ( remember it 's actually an Opel ) suffers from ugly digital gauges that are often hard to interpret and a digital speedometer that only reads in even numbers . |
| 4 | But it is not only the general practice units that are often mismanaged . |
| 5 | Radio , television and films project images of sophisticated living that are often presented as being available to all who work hard enough . |
| 6 | It should perhaps , like type B hepatitis , be added to the list of diseases that are often or even usually passed on in this way . |
| 7 | After all , despite the joys of companionship , in any close relationship there is usually the debit side , the compromises and sacrifices that are often made to fit in with another person 's wishes and way of life . |
| 8 | The common use of bearer shares outside the UK exacerbates the lack of information on ownership and also increases the power of depositories that are often banks , especially in the Netherlands and Germany . |
| 9 | I would like to test the perception question by looking at two ideas that are often debated : the rotation of auditors and the provision of non-audit services by auditors . |
| 10 | Then there are the cupboards and drawers , both inside and out , top and bottom and all the shelves too — areas that are often out of sight and out of mind . |
| 11 | This slant on the topic has been deliberate , in order to draw out connections that are often ignored or , if they are recognised , swept aside as too uncomfortable to contemplate . |
| 12 | HAMISH BROWN DESCRIBES A GROUP OF HILLS THAT ARE OFTEN ADMIRED , BUT SELDOM CLIMBED |
| 13 | cover areas that are often carefully hidden from users ( such as document structures , font information , and page description languages ) ; |
| 14 | Moreover , research in this context has demonstrated the existence of misleading stereotypes of the abilities of black workers , with images that are often contradictory as between employers , and which reflect a willingness to generalize about ethnic characteristic on the basis of very limited experience ( Lee and Wrench , 1983 ; Jenkins , 1986 ) . |
| 15 | Life , as it is lived in classrooms and on the terraces , has almost none of the characteristics of anarchy and impulsiveness that are often attributed to it . |
| 16 | According to Wells , the data from his research contradicts crude generalizations that are often made about some children as being ‘ deprived at home ’ of those language experiences that will prepare them for schooling , and assumptions that the school is a ‘ rich language environment ’ . |
| 17 | The second section of the reader outlines some of the diverse phenomena that are often lumped together and explained by the single category of racism . |
| 18 | Nevertheless , it is the economic change in rural areas , and especially the decline in agricultural employment , that are often stressed as root causes of depopulation ( Drudy and Wallace 1971 ) . |
| 19 | It is unfortunate , therefore , that launching such trials can be a lengthy affair because of protracted discussions on ethical issues that are often misunderstood . |
| 20 | The difficult ethical issues that are often raised by screening programmes will also be grasped . |
| 21 | As a result historians have developed a stock of general labels that are often used for convenience . |
| 22 | Note the different types of historical evidence that are often ( incidentally , perhaps ) depicted in slides and T.V. programmes . |
| 23 | The systems approach is now explicitly used in biogeography and Simmons ( 1978 ) , for example , in discussion of the ecosystem scale distinguishes two approaches that are often made : one which is synoptic and develops from intuitive perception of an ecosystem to studies of ecological cohesion including , where relevant , the significance of human activity ; and another approach which is more analytical whereby measurements are made of the flow and partitioning of energy through the ecosystem and of the cycles of mineral nutrients within the system . |
| 24 | A familiar example of interference in the case of light is the colors that are often seen in soap bubbles . |
| 25 | Questions that are often asked about networks of this type are : what is the fastest route from A to B ? |
| 26 | Manufacturing — Two typical constraints that are often experienced in manufacturing industry are shortages of particular labour skills and space for machinery . |
| 27 | Improved mechanical lithotripters that are often effective and reasonably cheap are now available and may reduce the temptation to cut too far when attempting removal of large stones . |
| 28 | Material characteristic of medieval Latin writing that is widely exploited in the fabliaux in ways that are often both entertaining and probing is the dogma of antifeminist traditions : traditions which present woman , the daughters of Eve , as generally morally reprehensible and dangerous to man ; insatiable and extravagant sexual sirens with their bodies , and perjurers , temptresses or endless naggers with their tongues . |
| 29 | To the adult mind , the shifts of logic that are often involved do not come easily ; but children accustomed to personification in fairy tales , or to the surreal and fantastic , can accommodate elephants who do house-work , or noisy peanuts , and the occasional Dali-esque touch : What is soft and yellow and goes round and round ? |
| 30 | Calls for the increased ‘ internationalization ’ of the economy , of society and of political attitudes suggest that many of the postwar changes may be less substantive than are often imagined . |