Example sentences of "[noun] [vb -s] often [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Mr Tudjman has often proposed splitting Bosnia between Croatia and Serbia , leaving a reservation around Sarajevo for Muslims . |
| 2 | The success of this fairly new treatment has led to increasing numbers of terminally ill patients being referred for consideration of transplantation , many of these being referred as a final option , when intensive support in hospital is required and when secondary end organ damage has often developed . |
| 3 | Demolition has often involved appalling social disruption where not only the fabric of the building but also families , businesses and communities have been broken up . |
| 4 | Human ingenuity has often confounded the pessimists . |
| 5 | The writer has often pondered on the manner of their selection , and likes to feel that their skill carried more weight than their religious affiliations . |
| 6 | The jinx has often centred on the simple art of mixing concrete . |
| 7 | Neil Murray has often had to come into bands and reproduce another player 's bass part , or even their bass sound … |
| 8 | Incomplete measurement of growth indices has often prevented or biased retrospective assessment of such data . |
| 9 | Another early romance , which Kylie has often spoken about , was with the infamous Grant . |
| 10 | She is also a singer and musician , and her talent as a pianist has often come in useful to teachers with specialist classes . |
| 11 | Ken has often told me the story of how Jackie came to drive single-seaters : how he had lost a driver in F3 ( Teddy Mayer 's brother Timmy ) and how John Cooper had reported to him ( belatedly , Ken says , because he 'd already spotted Jackie ) that there was some tiny Scot going around whom he absolutely must sign . |
| 12 | Precisely because the Church mistakes herself for the present form of the Kingdom , God 's rule has often had to manifest itself in the secular world outside , and frequently against , the Church ’ ( Pannenberg 1975:78 ) . |
| 13 | Georgina has often said how highly she values your … |
| 14 | In a side that trades heavily on the commitment of a classy midfield quartet , the cool defender 's ability to score vital goals has often proved a trump card for Charlton . |
| 15 | It seems fair to claim this attractive book as a product of Wales because although the author lives in Eastern England and has observed wheatears in many far-flung places , the foundation studies were made on the Pembrokeshire island of Skokholm and Peter Conder has often returned there to keep fresh the memory of his pioneering researches . |
| 16 | It seems fair to claim this attractive book as a product of Wales because although the author lives in eastern England and has observed wheatears in many far-flung places , the foundation studies were made on the Pembrokeshire island of Skokholm and Peter Conder has often returned there to keep fresh the memory of his pioneering researches . |
| 17 | Against this background , following the implications of different formulations has often proved attractive . |
| 18 | Deprived of top-class service by an inexperienced midfield , Lineker has often appeared a lonely , frustrated figure in the midst of the opposing defence . |
| 19 | His work has often incorporated a story-board-like element , smaller ‘ pictures ’ marching in squared-off boxes around the borders of his canvases or forming a predella-like frieze along the bottom . |
| 20 | Yet it is important not to confuse attentiveness with the kind of frowning application traditional academic work has often encouraged . |
| 21 | Similarly , the thesis of Western historians that Protestant Christianity was more conducive to the expansion of science than Catholicism has often carried a hidden agenda . |
| 22 | And as our Mick has often said , there 's more to Master Joe than meets the eye . ’ |
| 23 | The problem is often the worst in developing countries such as Sri Lanka , where the introduction of cheap nylon nets has often enabled coastal states to rapidly expand their fishing industries . |
| 24 | Ironically , the advent of modern telecommunications has often increased the sense of physical isolation , by demonstrating more vividly the opportunities being missed and by heightening ( Clark and Unwin , 1981 , 55 ) ‘ people 's awareness of their spatial immobility ’ . |
| 25 | But the very strength of local independence has often impeded the transition to a more globally integrated structure : past strength can prove to be a handicap when the competitive battle changes . |
| 26 | The detergent feeds often fitted are expensive ways of using chemicals . |
| 27 | In all these , especially in the production of new words , reform has often taken place without a recognition of the implications for music in worship . |
| 28 | Over the last two centuries minority unrest has often stemmed from a thwarted intelligentsia impatient for power and capable of perceiving its nationality 's relative backwardness . |
| 29 | They put the emphasis where the emphasis ought to be : not on ‘ the syllabus ’ ( which in the upper secondary years has often deadened and stereotyped the teaching process ) but on the scheme of work . |
| 30 | From the high point in 1984 , when Marks ' fortune was worth some £47 million , the group has often plunged into losses , and Marks had to bring in a new chief executive . |