Example sentences of "[coord] it [be] often [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 Thus an observed value ( Y ) can be modelled ( see Section 4.3 ) as and it is often useful to isolate these components .
2 There should be a decent gap between the columns and it is often useful to place a vertical line in the middle of this gap , so physically preventing the eye straying from one to the other .
3 Machine detergents : Comparative costing is a little more difficult as two or more chemicals are involved , such as detergent and rinse additive , and it is often necessary to compare powders with liquids .
4 Many aspects of the site , including dating , are revealed by its finds , and it is often necessary to compare finds with those discovered elsewhere .
5 Of course , this is a very simple case , and it is often necessary to consider many more AOs and MOs .
6 The term ‘ rich ’ implies that the pictures should contain a wealth of information relevant to the study ; however , trying to include too much detail can result in them becoming extremely cluttered , and it is often necessary to summarise the detail ( using the interview analysis technique if required ) and redraw them as the study progresses .
7 They seem built into human nature and it is often impossible to imagine a society without them .
8 For example ‘ the ’ is signalled by two fingers placed together in the shape of a T , touching the ear indicates ‘ sounds like ’ , patting your hand on your head means ‘ name ’ , and it is often helpful to indicate the number of words by fingers .
9 This can still be done , old components can still be obtained and it is often possible to restore 50/60 year old , or even older , wireless sets to their former glory .
10 After symptoms of infection have disappeared , the virus may stay around the body for some considerable time , and it is often possible to grow it as long as one year after the infection has taken place .
11 Getting the solder of a new fitting to flow can be difficult if there is some water left in the pipe , and it is often easier to replace a leaking capillary fitting with a compression fitting .
12 They have since run into some problems and it is often easier to invent a new theory than to repair yesterday 's novelties .
13 Designs are quite difficult to convert and it is often easier to start with designs for this type of knitting .
14 For more demanding purposes still more is required , and it is often hard to decide just where to fix the borderline .
15 No one can predict the sales success of an ad , and it is often difficult to measure the success even afterwards .
16 Some delays are inevitable , and it is often difficult to get round them , but that is no one 's fault .
17 Membership is gained consciously or unconsciously and it is often difficult to determine the time when a person becomes a member .
18 It must be remembered that hyperlipidaemia in a well-controlled diabetic may also represent a primary familial disorder , and it is often difficult to differentiate between this and diabetes complicated by hypertriglyceridaemia .
19 They can be irritatingly slow to publish , and it is often difficult to know how they spend their time .
20 Other income came from the calves we had to spare and everyone would lose quite a bit of sleep when the cows were calving since the event would invariably happen in the middle of the night and it was often necessary to play midwife in case of complications .
21 Soil pipes from downstairs WCs may be connected to the main soil stack of a single-stack system , but it is often better to connect them directly to the underground drains .
22 They fry can be left with the parents until they attain anything up to one inch in length , but it is often advisable to remove the parents long before this .
23 A chance finding , outside the mainstream of scientific research , can sometimes be very valuable , but it is often difficult to see its potential .
24 But it is often difficult to judge .
25 Other places were also hit savagely from time to time , but it is often difficult to tell from the registers which particular disease was responsible for an unusually high number of deaths .
26 By changing the excitation frequency we can probe the upper-state vibrational levels , but it is often difficult to identify the ν'=; 0 level , which may have low probability of excitation or emission .
27 This can be done in the bath or the garden , but it 's often better to send your tent to the experts .
28 But it 's often difficult to see for yourself how much is in your account .
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