Example sentences of "often [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now Sebastian is dead , long dead , and Alix is married to Brian Bowen , son of a saw polisher , grandson of a furnaceman , and often sits with him on an old settee in her stockinged feet . |
| 2 | Drake often sits on water with tail cocked up . |
| 3 | Nor can his late nights : he often sits till three in the morning watching a film on TV . |
| 4 | Mushroom polyps will often reproduce in the aquarium under good conditions . |
| 5 | There are three common grades of olive oil : extra virgin , which is thick and green , and cold-pressed with an acidity of less than 1% ; virgin , which is green and cold-pressed but with up to 4% acidity , and fine olive oil , for general cooking , which is heat treated during the second pressing to extract the maximum oil from the fruit and often blended with other olive oils . |
| 6 | Sulphamic acid is often blended with a non-ionic detergent for use in descaling expensive equipment such as dishwashing machines and as an acid wash in ‘ clean-in-place ’ systems after the use of an alkali machine detergent . |
| 7 | We need not worry about families or superfamilies in this book , but classes often correspond to everyday groups of animals . |
| 8 | The points used most often correspond to the Hegu ( L14 ) and Zusanli ( St36 ) points . |
| 9 | These views often correspond to the political views of their holders : conservative and left-wing , respectively . |
| 10 | On the other hand , stretches of Creole embedded in a London English turn often correspond to the most salient parts of the utterance , those which the other parties to the conversation respond to . |
| 11 | Marketers will have to take into account the fact that expenditure and consumption patterns are often differentiated by the membership of social classes . |
| 12 | While she noted the advantages of this : ‘ Indeed , the post combining staff and training responsibilities is a fairly successful combination since both jobs require an overall view of the entire system and neither job is particularly attached to any of the service functions ’ , ( as opposed to designated training officers also being attached to any particular aspect of the service ) , lack of sufficient time to devote to training was often commented on by the named training officers in our sample . |
| 13 | I spent my working life in an international chemical company and this confusion was often commented upon by my French , German , Dutch and Italian colleagues . |
| 14 | This is much less often commented upon , probably because he mentions it in a rather throwaway fashion , losing it in a section almost entirely devoted to the argument that noblemen should receive the same punishments as people of the lower orders . |
| 15 | The threatening nature of school self-evaluation , especially in the case of mandatory LEA schemes which require schools to submit a report , is often commented upon in the literature on school self-evaluation . |
| 16 | The man so often pilloried for fouling up on the big occasion was determined to make no mistake this time , racing to the front immediately to keep out of trouble and defying his opponents to get past . |
| 17 | With the development of Imperial architecture and the need for large public gatherings in baths and basilicas the space was more often vaulted with brick and concrete . |
| 18 | Goodman 's Thirties portraits taken in the studio often relied on specially-painted backdrops , such as John Banting produced for his work with Ker-Seymer , or echoed the classic compositional motifs pioneered by Hoyningen Huene and adapted by Wildman . |
| 19 | But considered in the context of the two years spent in Paris jazz clubs , exploring a musical genre that has often relied on experimental vocal contributions , it all begins to make sense . |
| 20 | Nonetheless , it is inescapably true that the familial ideology was accompanied by , and often relied on , a vast underbelly of prostitution , which fed on the double standard and an authoritarian moral code . |
| 21 | This often relied upon their so-called ‘ gut reaction ’ to evaluate children 's work , with the Head of Department freely admitting that he found it difficult to break down and assess different aspects of work . |
| 22 | These are so often fastened by those who , in the name of love , secure our chains daily in case we have any notions of escape . |
| 23 | Even if the walker or climber has an ice axe they only have two or three seconds to stop themselves before their bodies , often clad in slippy waterproofs , pick up speed . |
| 24 | Maturity brings new perspectives and the idea that they are often manipulated for their sporting prowess brings with it a clarity of perception , a perception succinctly summarized by Birchfield 's sprinter Lincoln Asquith : ‘ I was used by school teachers 'cause I was good at sport . |
| 25 | By 1975 , this had all changed : reports , features and editorials now concentrated on protecting the Army 's image and portraying the IRA as ‘ criminals or mindless psychopaths often manipulated by Godfathers behind the scenes ’ ( ibid.:39 ) . |
| 26 | We often got into trouble with foreign seamen that came there and they started making up to the Chinamen 's wives . |
| 27 | Police are often delayed through having to seek permission to enter places such as shopping malls , and the law needs to be enforced in pubs and clubs . |
| 28 | Therapeutic help for children is often delayed by the court process and court appearances can increase the trauma to the child and the length of therapeutic treatment subsequently needed . |
| 29 | The summer sun , to which he was so often exposed during his many sporting pursuits , had accentuated his freckles . |
| 30 | Bone and pellets preserved at an owl 's nest site are often exposed to trampling by the owls themselves . |