Example sentences of "[vb -s] often [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ironically , the government really has been true to its policy of noninterference in the ‘ free market ’ where women 's opportunities are concerned , though in other areas it has often recognised the paradox that non-interventionist policies require intervention to make them work . |
| 2 | The problem is often the worst in developing countries such as Sri Lanka , where the introduction of cheap nylon nets has often enabled coastal states to rapidly expand their fishing industries . |
| 3 | Wright , who also publishes the almanac , has often voiced his dislike of one-day cricket in the pages of Wisden but denies being a ‘ a fuddy-duddy , ’ declaring : ‘ I 'm fairly easy-going and I like rock and roll . ’ |
| 4 | It has often achieved less than that — by keeping corrupt governments and their economy-wrecking policies in place . |
| 5 | And as our Mick has often said , there 's more to Master Joe than meets the eye . ’ |
| 6 | As she has often said , her inspiration is French but her realisation is American . |
| 7 | Georgina has often said how highly she values your … |
| 8 | If British Rail goes ahead with the building of this station at a cost of £1.4 billion , what sort of income will it need to secure from the capital developments to service the loan , bearing in mind the fact that the Minister has often said that the Government will put no money into the project ? |
| 9 | Anna Ford has often said that she believed that a woman should have had a role on our Election Night programmes . |
| 10 | Bon has often said that we 're supposed to finish at |
| 11 | Mansell has often courted controversy and complaints but to the fans … to the people he 's a folk hero … a friend … the cheers of the crowd are his turbo charge … |
| 12 | The same acute musical intelligence is brought to bear on the rest of the performance : the second movement is a ‘ Dumka ’ which has often received rather heavy-handed treatment in the past . |
| 13 | Demolition has often involved appalling social disruption where not only the fabric of the building but also families , businesses and communities have been broken up . |
| 14 | They are able to pursue a ‘ global strategy ’ , and this has often involved the closure of older plants in inner-city areas , with large losses of employment and of income to the local population . |
| 15 | The south of the region , South Durham , Cleveland and North Yorkshire , has often felt neglected by the Tyneside emphasis on news coverage , perhaps more by the BBC than by Tyne Tees , and the promise of a £1m investment into a local news service from Middlesbrough is long overdue . |
| 16 | His work has often incorporated a story-board-like element , smaller ‘ pictures ’ marching in squared-off boxes around the borders of his canvases or forming a predella-like frieze along the bottom . |
| 17 | Labour , with its reasonable and historic fears of parties within the party , has often rejected the idea of separate black and Asian sections . |
| 18 | From the high point in 1984 , when Marks ' fortune was worth some £47 million , the group has often plunged into losses , and Marks had to bring in a new chief executive . |
| 19 | In fact , media education has often developed in a very explicit way concepts which are of general importance in English . |
| 20 | Clearly the firm has to be known , and a well-informed personnel director or even chief executive has often developed a number of relationships with executive search firms . |
| 21 | The success of this fairly new treatment has led to increasing numbers of terminally ill patients being referred for consideration of transplantation , many of these being referred as a final option , when intensive support in hospital is required and when secondary end organ damage has often developed . |
| 22 | But with our increased intake of animal fat in the last couple of generations , our bodies ' capacity to adapt has often broken down and the cholesterol level has simply risen higher in many individuals . |
| 23 | Furthermore , selective isolation of vesicles from basolateral and apical membranes has often revealed a polarised distribution of these transport systems between the two membranes ( Figs 1–3 ) . |
| 24 | He has often argued that one of Microsoft 's key competitive advantages is precisely that his firm is not like the old computer giants , offering customers everything from chips and computers to software and service contracts . |
| 25 | It has often struck me that remedial classes everywhere in the school system are heavily populated with boys needing help with their language development , yet when able girls slide down in mathematics , that is generally considered as something ‘ natural ’ about which no active steps need be taken . |
| 26 | Educational practice in this country has acknowledged the cognitive side of learning but has often neglected the affective side . |
| 27 | I believe firmly that John McEnroe is not lying when he says he sees the small print on a tennis ball , and Jackie himself has often referred to his vision as a paramount essential in driving . |
| 28 | Mark Tansey , he of the sly sense of humour , has often explored landscapes , sometimes building them up from what appear to be lines of typography . |
| 29 | Since he took power in 1959 Mr Castro has often disagreed with the Russians . |
| 30 | The history of the past ten years has seen Labour consistently oppose any change inside the health service and , even more regrettably , has often seen groups inside it resist reform on the grounds that their vested interests are being challenged . |