Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] it [be] often [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This paradoxical situation arose notwithstanding great endeavours to retain the strong links between physical and human geography and it was often thought ( e.g. Fisher , 1970 ) that a revival of the regional approach still offered the only method of recementing the two parts of the subject . |
| 2 | Visions of heavy counselling sessions come to mind and it is often felt that the grieving person must be helped to ‘ come to terms with it ’ , whatever ‘ it ’ might be . |
| 3 | Supermarkets seldom have time to nurture the cheese to full maturity and it is often sold with a large , hard ‘ chalk ’ in the centre of the paste , which is flavourless and most unpleasant to eat . |
| 4 | It is most common in older people and it is often believed that there is no cure because it is a sign that the body is wearing out . |
| 5 | The ability to draw on such knowledge is an essential aspect of discourse interpretation and it is often employed by subjects in the kind of memory experiments which we have just described . |
| 6 | Developing countries have their own specific economic , political and social requirements and it is often felt that the media should ‘ carry out positive development tasks ’ ; that they should accept restrictions if the state so desires and that they should be subordinate to the needs ( economic , cultural , political ) of a developing state . |
| 7 | He 'd walk me home from school and it 's often said that he carried my ballet shoes , which sounds kind of romantic , but he actually did sometimes , if I was carrying a whole load of things . |
| 8 | It 's effectively isolated from the rest of the country and it 's often forgotten in conversation when people say well I was at Bristol , in your part of the world er at the weekend . |
| 9 | The name of this caput is usually the same as the whole estate and it is often recorded very early on . |
| 10 | The army undertook to transport film and copy but it was often delayed or lost . |