Example sentences of "[is] often a " 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 | You learn to recognise them through experience ; it 's often an indefinable something that 's lacking . |
| 16 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 17 | This is often a sign of nervousness and usually means that more spin training is needed . |
| 18 | There is often a tendency for pilots to think that , because they are solo and have managed a few soaring flights and their Bronze C , they should be allowed to go cross-country . |
| 19 | Sex is often a central and vital element of a committed relationship , founded on love , caring respect , honesty and faithfulness . |
| 20 | There is often a rush to create something new without enough thought being given to the physical problems they may cause . |
| 21 | This latter method is often a good way of wiring outside lights . |
| 22 | Emulators are available for the major DSP chips and their facilities can show considerable variation — getting inside the processor to determine its state , especially during interrupts is often a necessary requirement . |
| 23 | ( And at the risk of labouring the obvious , let it be said that Pound is often a very funny writer , in verse and prose alike . ) |
| 24 | However , previous studies in the sociology of policing stress that , irrespective of the management 's goals in introducing some innovation , there is often a disjuncture between official organizational policy and its implementation by ordinary constables . |
| 25 | Research has shown that in relation to many basic industrial commodities , such as paper , glass and cement , there is often a close relationship between total consumption ( market demand ) and GNP . |
| 26 | Damp This is often a problem with sleeping bags . |
| 27 | Yet it is often a hidden disability , which isolates both the people who suffer from it and their families . |
| 28 | But the point remains : retail ownership is often a move in a worse direction , not a better one . |
| 29 | The best economic incentive to achieve environmental goals is often a tax , for it brings home to consumers the external cost of their consumption without clumsily trying to regulate it away . |
| 30 | This is ‘ practical ’ in the sense that the prosecution need not rely on members of the public to come forward and give evidence , which there is often a reluctance to do . |