Example sentences of "[pers pn] is often [verb] " in BNC.

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1 She is often rejected by the Catholics , because she will not conform to their religion : the local priest says that she will immediately burn in Hell , when she dies .
2 She was the first British prime Minister to mount a sustained challenge to post-war consensus politics and , more than any other post-war Prime Minister , she is often regarded as a figure apart from her Cabinet .
3 The wife is the means through which a man transmits his lineage to his son ; she is often compared to a field in which her husband sows his seed for the continuation of his lineage .
4 She is often represented as ‘ Our Lady of Tears ’ and shown weeping .
5 She is often seen as the ‘ unofficial interpreter ’ of life in South Africa .
6 In most universities , he or she is often called the vice-chancellor — the title " chancellor " being reserved for another notable figure who fills that largely ceremonial and dignified office .
7 She is often criticized for exercising a weaker voice than she ‘ should ’ but replies that those critics who live ‘ safe from midnight arrests and solitary confinement ’ are unreasonable in the extreme in calling for those in oppressed lands to take risks the critics themselves would avoid .
8 In art , she is often depicted with a cat 's head while carrying a shield and rattle , to frighten away thunder-storms , and a basket to carry grain .
9 She is often segregated in a hut outside the house .
10 The clinical teacher must also be involved in planning timetables , since she is often required to teach in the classroom .
11 She is often shown with doves perching on her ; sometimes birds are shown perched on sacral horns or on a double-axe , as if to suggest the invisible presence of the goddess .
12 Such products are known by the general term ultramarinos , ‘ from across the ocean ’ , and to emphasise that Mariana herself is also an ultramarina , she is often accompanied in Gironella 's tableaux by tins of sardines .
13 It is most common in older people and it is often believed that there is no cure because it is a sign that the body is wearing out .
14 It is often desire to include a budget limit within the terms of reference , taking into account time and quality criteria .
15 Indeed , it is often assumed by Continental and North American commentators that there has never been any significant literary theory in England .
16 The second muddle concerns murder and manslaughter specifically , namely , that since there is no workable defence of insanity , it is often assumed that the existence of the mandatory penalty for murder is the essential reason for the section 2 defence .
17 It is often assumed that winter is the most suitable time for training yet only 43% indicated that any time during winter would be suitable .
18 In a commercial or industrial setting it is often assumed that organisations try to maximise profits as their main goal .
19 Because these three associated religions appear to have in common the belief in one transcendent personal creator , it is often assumed that they all believe in the same God .
20 Because of this it is often assumed that cleaning staff are familiar with the basics especially when women are employed .
21 Indeed , it is often assumed that women are the ‘ natural ’ carers , and that such work is n't quite suitable for a man .
22 But it is often assumed that so doing is to be following in the footsteps of Marx , when he gave his example of luxury goods production , basing himself on the premise that the sub-department lib produced only goods for capitalist consumption .
23 It is often assumed that clients interfere with their ulcers between treatments to ensure the community nurse will revisit and meet their need for social contact .
24 It is often assumed that Wordsworth himself was responsible for the fame of the area as a holiday centre , but this is only partly true .
25 It is often assumed that the Second World War had a more radicalizing impact on British politics than the First .
26 In the field of clinical linguistics , there are many conditions which , it is often assumed , have similar causes and which can be treated in similar ways .
27 It is often assumed that employers take advantage of the demand for positions where interesting work , pleasant conditions and a high degree of job satisfaction are reckoned to make up for low pay .
28 It is often assumed that Foucault is simply the philosopher of discontinuity , merely substituting it where previously there had been continuity ; but the discontinuous is emphasized only because so much stress is normally placed on the continuous .
29 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 .
30 For example , it is often assumed that multiculturalism is methodologically individualist , and reduces racism to an individual pathology of prejudice , whilst antiracism is radically holist and insists on the primacy of structural processes .
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