Example sentences of "are often a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small , little-known groups do n't generally muster a large audience , of course , but they are often a good way of commanding interest from future employers . |
| 2 | In shape , such apertures were roughly square , although circular openings began to appear in the early nineteenth century and are often a conspicuous feature of the brick-built Victorian estate barns of Cheshire . |
| 3 | Announcements in newspapers are often a way of communicating information and people write letters and send flowers in return . |
| 4 | Old people are often a source of fascinating information and opinion about the past that young people are being taught as history ! |
| 5 | Parent governors and those parents that help around the school are well motivated and are often a great source of feedback on how well the school is doing in the eyes of its adult audience . |
| 6 | In liquid form these products are often a more concentrated version of solvent based hard surface cleaners . |
| 7 | The clowns of this world are often a sad and sorry lot in real life , yet Dr Leacock was seldom dour in our sketches . |
| 8 | Letters are often a hoped-for source of descriptions of events or of personal feelings about certain things ; and one source of written information which , though not in letter form but not wholly dissimilar , can be useful for the researcher , is the description written by children or young people of events in which they have taken part , or about given social situations . |
| 9 | ( Non-verbal aspects are harder to control so they are often a ‘ window ’ on the ulterior transaction ) . |
| 10 | They are often a cry for help . |
| 11 | But these attitudes to sex are often a reflection of attitudes to bodies generally , indicating the lack of joy in body experienced many years before . |
| 12 | When children come into a strange house they are often a little shy , so give them a warm welcome . |
| 13 | Many do not successfully complete this journey as anemones are often a limited resource on the reef and most of the fry are eaten by predators before they can reach protection . |
| 14 | Such postures are often a pointer to some deeply suppressed emotion or past traumatic episode . |
| 15 | We can not see that power can be held in different ways , and that personal and professional relationships that work effectively are often a delicate balance see-sawing on power shifts . |
| 16 | Less than half these Vs have had repeats , and the names of the first ascensionists are often a better guide to a route 's difficulty than its published grade . |
| 17 | Although Governments do not always adopt their recommendations , specialist committees are often a necessary device to investigate the practical implications of proposals for change . |
| 18 | Work pressures are often a major factor . |
| 19 | Long hours are often a reflection of an organization 's bureaucratic inefficiency . |
| 20 | The historical associations of the object of art noted by Benjamin ( 1973 ) pertain almost inevitably to any object which can be said to have passed through the hands of the ancestors , and are often a pivot around which social identity is constructed . |
| 21 | These are often a combination of personal and peer-group interests ; and pursuing them can lead to the development of a wide range of knowledge and skills . |
| 22 | For the MOH personnel providing the information , they are often a waste of time . |
| 23 | The teaching of learned gesture could be approached in a systematic , comparative way , at least with monolingual groups , where differences between learned gesture in the students ' own culture and in the target culture are often a subject of considerable interest . |
| 24 | Of course , it would be naive to claim that all gifts are made with no thought of any benefit that might accrue to the individual or his or her family at some future time , or to deny that gifts are often a reflection of gratitude for past services rendered to a member of the family or the donor him or herself . |
| 25 | Specialist mortgage brokers are often a useful source of advice if you have a CCJ . |
| 26 | Cuttings and embankments are often a haven for wildlife . |
| 27 | Gender factors are seen to be an integral part of mental illness in women and a woman 's limited resources are often a significant factor in her ability to extricate herself from oppressive , unsupportive environments . |
| 28 | By contrast , in " pre-industrial " societies there are often a variety of media of exchange which circulate in different social spheres but which are not interchangeable in any straight-forward fashion . |
| 29 | As usual in most rooms , corners are often a wasted area . |
| 30 | The big , dark backs slice the water and are often a sign that feeding will begin . |