Example sentences of "[prep] it is often " in BNC.
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| 1 | birth and as we 've said before it is often found in abnormal presentation like a breach , bottom first . |
| 2 | But as Hurst has emphasised ( 1976 , pp. 292 ) such pottery ‘ presents a serious problem ’ for it is often so fragmentary or ‘ unstratified ’ , so as to make study difficult ; he also describes them as ‘ cooking-pots ’ . |
| 3 | This is a broad , catch-all term which ‘ gatecrashed the literature , thereby avoiding the entrance fee of a definition ’ ( Blackaby , 1979 , p. 2 ) ; the question of definitions is taken up in Chapter 2 but for the moment it is important to note that it is a misleading term for it is often used to describe the relative decline of manufacturing industry rather than industry as a whole which includes primary industries like mining , quarrying and oil and gas production and also includes construction and transport . |
| 4 | In any event , as we shall shortly show , this ‘ toxic mix ’ can not always be implicated in causing riots for it is often simply not present in prisons which experience disorder . |
| 5 | If British evidence is anything to go by it is often large and relatively dated production units that tend to be the first to close in periods of rationalisation . |