Example sentences of "it [be] often [verb] [conj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that 's true , but it 's often forgotten that some of us on this side of the fence also play professionally — they say teachers are failed musicians and I suppose many people see music journalists as those not good enough even to teach ! |
| 2 | It 's often thought that previous attempts have failed because there are n't enough well-trained classical actors in the USA to make such a repertory company feasible , but this is increasingly not the case : American drama students are eager to train in the UK , and the percentage of successful auditions held is relatively high . |
| 3 | It is often assumed that personal contacts will push through more of your material than that of other PROs and that you will be able to ask for favourable comment here and there . |
| 4 | It is often assumed that textual discussion must be complex to be acceptable . |
| 5 | Because of this it is often assumed that cleaning staff are familiar with the basics especially when women are employed . |
| 6 | Although it is often assumed that these were one and the same battle , there is no evidence that Clovis fought at Zülpich , and it is possible that they were separate events . |
| 7 | Although theft is illegal it is often regarded as normal and acceptable practice when an individual ‘ borrows ’ materials from his or her place of work for personal use — such as stationery , or makes 'phone calls on an office telephone . |
| 8 | However , it is often regarded as problematic whether or not animals have mental representations , or use symbolic systems or languages . |
| 9 | It is often stated that young children are in the concrete operational stage of development and that their experience of the adult world and their ability to understand are restricted . |
| 10 | Sometimes , with older children , it is often advocated that all refused instructions are dealt with this way but this is not always a good idea . |
| 11 | It is often viewed as attractive because the base is that which individuals consume ( or their revenue from the economic system ) rather than a reflection of what they contribute , i.e. income . |
| 12 | It is often said that Muslim men think it a matter of pride that their women should n't work . |
| 13 | It is often said that many young people lose interest in poetry , and even stories , as they go through secondary school . |
| 14 | It is often said that Japanese management concentrates on the Soft S 's whilst Western management concentrates on the Hard S's . |
| 15 | It is often said that elderly people are glad to take on the role of grandparent or even great-grandparent . |
| 16 | It is often said that one of the problems with antiracism is that it knows what it is against , but not what it is for . |
| 17 | It is often said that one of the objectives of a commercial contract is to allocate risks between the contracting parties and the drafter 's client will generally wish to throw as many of the risks as possible onto its trading partners . |
| 18 | It is often said that more damage is done inside the hangar than out ! |
| 19 | In particular , it is often said that indirect taxes are less visible ( than direct ) , being to some extent hidden in the quoted price of the good . |
| 20 | It is often said that this is just an example of Swiss discretion in business , but in my view we have begun to believe that works acquired abroad are somehow superior . |
| 21 | It is often said that most congenital abnormalities are untreatable , but this overlooks the great contribution of tertiary prevention , and surgical techniques are constantly improving . |
| 22 | It is often said that unfettered insider dealing does not hurt shareholders ; that insiders ' profits are not outsiders ' losses , but rather evidence of a more efficient allocation of resources ; Just because an investor does not make as much money on the sale of his shares as he would otherwise have done , does not make him a victim in the true sense , as nothing has been stolen from him . |
| 23 | But it is often implied that these were the result of particular social and political circumstances . |
| 24 | This is why it is often stressed that strategic change must be supported by top managers . |
| 25 | It is often thought that these are supported by the arguments in Book 2 for the view that all ideas , the materials of knowledge , come from experience . |
| 26 | It is often recommended that such work is coordinated by a ‘ key worker ’ . |
| 27 | The most important ingredient in the construction stage is time but , although this is sometimes a source of worry at the beginning , in practice it is often found that this stage is less time-consuming than the planning stages . |
| 28 | Thus , while Richard Johnson refers to the counter-education challenge to traditional education by the student movement , and the women 's movement in the early 1970s , it is often forgotten that another site of opposition was in community-based education and action in working-class communities . |
| 29 | It is often claimed that one of the most conspicuous shortcomings of Keynesian macroeconomics lies in its lack of a coherent theory of aggregate supply . |
| 30 | Indeed , it is often claimed that some family firms preferred to avoid being profit-maximisers and take a safe return from past investments . |