Example sentences of "[is] often [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We find we do n't waste spray either ; there 's often a half to a quarter inch of spray left in bottom of the container with conventional pouring . ’ |
| 2 | So there 's often a contradiction as to whether programmes are addressed to their actual or potential audiences or to a hypothetical audience , which in current affairs and news broadcasts is usually assumed to be a male viewer . |
| 3 | There 's often a discount on purchases made with sterling notes . |
| 4 | Combine these two flaws and there 's often a lack of players on-screen at one time — the scanner does n't help matters as it 's too small to be of any use . |
| 5 | But frankly when people marry it 's often a far better thing if they do n't love each other . |
| 6 | It 's often a case of people looking at a building and reading something into it . ’ |
| 7 | PFK TIP : It 's often a good idea to buy small = young fish which should live longer in your tank . |
| 8 | Advantages : Maybe Babies are far more common under the age of three months than over , so it 's often a short-lived phase , connected with development rather than personality . |
| 9 | So the revenue themselves do er a really good information service and if you go into any tax office , you do n't have to go to the counter , there 's often a queue or you get this little card system which , number system you 're , you 're next . |
| 10 | There 's often a lot of hot air spoken about airbags — you know , the devices that inflate rapidly in an accident — but one things for sure , they certainly help save lives . |
| 11 | It could be of course , that we 're too near to them , because if you think about it , this has happened to most great pioneers in , in science , they were , for the first erm , certainly for the first century , there 's often a tremendous er , rejection . |
| 12 | If there are four marks for a given point , the candidate who gets it all right gets four , the candidate who gets it all wrong gets nothing , but the chap who gets it part right has a possibility of one , two or three , and it 's often a question of judgement as to what an imperfect answer is worth . |
| 13 | I think if you go and buy a secondhand car erm it 's often a big investment , two , three , four , five thousand pounds or even more . |
| 14 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |
| 15 | ‘ Graphic designers are often asked to do a great deal in a comparatively short space of time , ’ acknowledges Peter Brigg , ‘ but that 's because there 's often no substitute for the printed document . |
| 16 | It 's often the way . ’ |
| 17 | It 's astonishing , but it 's often the last thing couples discuss when they get married ’ , says Jane Hawksley , a counsellor for Relate in Birmingham . |
| 18 | Cutting the mids helped knock out the troublesome frequencies , but the sound did suffer , since it 's often the mid frequencies that you need to increase at higher volumes to prevent that harsh , trebly electro-acoustic sound . |
| 19 | We all surround ourselves with people who share our beliefs so that we feel comfortable , so it 's often the ‘ obvious truths ’ which we most need to question . |
| 20 | The average adult spends up to 300 hours a year in the bathroom , yet surprisingly , it 's often the room that receives the least attention . |
| 21 | It 's often the result of months of chasing , and is very satisfying when that person is particularly famous , impossibly busy , or known to dislike talk shows . |
| 22 | When it was clear to each that the other would not speak , Therese said , ‘ But you do n't look happy , my darling , that 's often the way it goes . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's often the trouble . ’ |
| 24 | That 's often the trouble with thinking machines . |
| 25 | And so your lungs get a bit of fluid on the lungs , you get a bit breathless with it , and that 's often the first sign . |
| 26 | I I hope so I think it was er er we bridged you know I mean maybe you know it 's often the way is n't it you know you think that 's something going on and you think it 's different to what it is when he realized we were all very level headed and that er . |
| 27 | Erm , parent involvement , there is no mention in this report about parent involvement , and I think this is absolutely essential that the , it 's often the families who are poor parenting , because they 've been poor parent people , and you have succession , and we 've gone somewhere along the line , we 've got to go down that road . |
| 28 | I mean that 's a , a thing that er I remember seeing a TV documentary and there was this bloke , I du n no if he was from the Terence Higgins Trust , I do n't think so , but erm er anyway he was going on about this , this very thing that there 's often the homophobic imagination er has this sort of slippage between you know , consenting adult activity and if you 're gay , if you 're homosexual then this probably means that you 're also interested in seducing children , you 're also interested in sado-masochistic activity er you 're also interested in , you know , a whole variety of other , you know , things which |
| 29 | very often men abusing women and yet , you know , when you 're looking at erm attitudes to gay and lesbian people it 's often the case that they 're , you know , somehow thought of as , as suspect . |
| 30 | For the baby it 's often the best start in life ; for the mum , the best she can give to her child . |