Example sentences of "[adj] [be] sometimes [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The English are sometimes accused of caring more about animals than fellow humans but it is not an accusation that can be levelled at Christine Hall . |
| 2 | While this is sometimes taught in a language spoken by their students e.g. Bengali , French often in chosen because it is the only language that most English people will have learnt at school . |
| 3 | This is sometimes caused by physical conditions ; serious diabetes can be a cause . |
| 4 | This is sometimes referred to as the domestic recycling of funds within an economy . |
| 5 | This is sometimes referred to as the comfort factor by bankers . |
| 6 | ( This is sometimes referred to as ‘ positional power ’ . ) |
| 7 | This is sometimes referred to as the critical consolute point . |
| 8 | This is sometimes referred to as the principle of minimum intervention or the presumption of no order . |
| 9 | This is sometimes said of Buddhism , but it would be more accurate to say that the question of God 's existence is a debate within Buddhism itself , and that the different forms of Buddhism are partially the product of different answers to the question of God 's existence . |
| 10 | This is sometimes done as part of Sunday worship , or , more frequently , in mid-week fellowship . |
| 11 | This is sometimes done at discotheques , and it produces some dramatic effects . |
| 12 | This is sometimes expressed as one plus one equals three because you count the ‘ plus ’ , which represents the interaction between different people , the ‘ ones ’ . |
| 13 | Once the transition had occurred , some builders expanded on the square and rectangular theme and added wild , exuberant and curvaceous forms — this is sometimes called Baroque . |
| 14 | This is sometimes called the centreboard . |
| 15 | Management 's role thus becomes a kind of balancing act ( this is sometimes called the ‘ stakeholder ’ theory ) , and it has to be even more persuasive than ever in ‘ selling ’ its proposals . |
| 16 | This is sometimes called legal or legitimate power . |
| 17 | This is sometimes called the trigger feature , and I shall shortly show you examples . |
| 18 | This is sometimes called partial indexing . |
| 19 | This is sometimes called ‘ scholarship ’ , but that term carries unfortunate overtones of separateness and aloneness . |
| 20 | This is sometimes called the ‘ management by exception ’ principle . |
| 21 | This is sometimes called a space lattice . |
| 22 | This is sometimes called the molar interpretation . |
| 23 | This is sometimes called the molecular interpretation . |
| 24 | This is sometimes called the partition law . |
| 25 | This is sometimes called a ‘ pre-test ’ and checks the feasibility of the scheme . |
| 26 | This is sometimes called the ‘ absolute income ’ hypothesis to distinguish it from other hypotheses of consumption : in particular , the ‘ relative ’ and ‘ permanent ’ income hypotheses . |
| 27 | This is sometimes regarded as old fashioned thinking , unfortunately , and it 's a shame , for although clothes do n't actually make you perform better a good comfortable appearance does give the panel a chance to see how you see yourself and how your body uses clothes . |
| 28 | This is sometimes interpreted as insubordination , crime , madness , immaturity , or ignorance ; sometimes as a sign that the speaker is foreign — and sometimes as creativity ! |
| 29 | As mentioned above , several headteachers said that during June even the more academic pupils are tempted to take time off and this is sometimes condoned by parents . |
| 30 | This is sometimes quoted as a contradiction of the central dogma , but that is a misunderstanding . |