Example sentences of "it often [verb] that [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 In industry it often happens that a great deal of thought goes into the design of a project , when the real problem is finding the right person to run the project .
2 It often happens that a particular cat finds itself betrayed by a friendly human hand .
3 This is an important topic ; it often happens that an approximate reciprocal of a matrix A is known : perhaps from a rough calculation , or one in which an error has been made , or even that belonging to a neighbour matrix of A. Refinement of this approximate reciprocal is then required .
4 It often happens that the greater the area of choice , the less clear cut are the guidelines .
5 In the course of such conversations it often happens that the bereaved person is not only troubled by thoughts that they might be going mad but by the notion that they are very bad .
6 It often happens that the initial choice of weights is poor , and the program should learn improved weights .
7 Ipswich have used the new rolling substitutes rule to their advantage this season but it often means that the first choice players are only off the pitch for five or ten minutes at a time .
8 It often seems that the New Ager has invented his ‘ science ’ independently of any authority except the optimistic inner influences , and that of lumps of matter whizzing through space .
9 In the 1980S , as the communications industries multiplied and expanded , and the number of policy-actors and centres of decision ( local and regional as well as national ( proliferated , it often appeared that the right hand did not know what the left was doing .
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