Example sentences of "[adv] it is often " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thus it is often argued that statutes punishing cruelty to animals can only be explained in that way . |
| 2 | Thus it is often convenient to treat it as the claim that no complex synonym can be provided which brings out the meaning of ‘ good ’ as say ‘ parent 's brother ’ brings out the meaning of ‘ uncle ’ . |
| 3 | Thus it is often erroneously supposed that a provision of the Convention which merely prevents it from displacing or affecting a particular legal right thereby effectuates that right , whereas in truth the sole consequence of the provision is to leave the matter to be determined under the applicable national law . |
| 4 | In the current , probably mistaken assumption that reunification is only a matter of weeks or months away it is often forgotten that a united Germany as such existed for only around 75 years , between 1870 and 1945 , from Bismarck 's ascendancy to Hitler 's descent into suicide and defeat . |
| 5 | Moreover it is often difficult to specify every objective in precise enough terms , and sometimes hopeless to devise ways of ensuring that the objectives have been achieved . |
| 6 | Hence it is often seen as primarily normative , in contrast to a more scientific Realism . |
| 7 | In matters relating to the social sciences , the number of variables is large and hence it is often difficult to establish valid theories of cause and effect . |
| 8 | To diagnose and intervene appropriately it is often necessary to be able to evaluate the complete gastrointestinal tract . |
| 9 | Equally it is often used to explain why national leaders are better placed to mobilize collective effort in the national interest such as in the response to the second oil crisis in 1979 . |
| 10 | Today it is often a top-cross sire in dairy and suckler herds , especially to Friesians and Holsteins . |
| 11 | These processes are often interlinked and although they will be discussed separately here it is often the case that measures to combat one problem may lead directly to another , or that desertification results from soil erosion and/or salinisation . |
| 12 | Unfortunately it is often the case that writers do not allow themselves to be so free in autobiographical disclosures as to say exactly how they felt on seeing some work of art . |
| 13 | By then it is often too late and too expensive to turn back . |
| 14 | If the patina has been stuck on , then it is often possible to detect the organic binder or glue quite easily , either by application of various solvents , or by exposure to ultra-violet radiation . |
| 15 | Where they indubitably have a pair , then it is often only patience that is required , though sometimes incorrect pH may be causing problems . |
| 16 | About Miss Mary Anne Thomson — the shadowy Scottish equivalent of Emily Faithfull- it is certainly hard to find much information , but then it is often hard to find much out about women in Scotland , even those who were quite prominent in public life . |
| 17 | The response of the system has to be experienced to be believed , indeed it is often too sensitive , especially if the game is written for use with the conventional types of joystick . |
| 18 | Indeed it is often the case that a powerful person is not necessarily somebody who is physically strong but will depend upon the extent to which that person can get others to do as he or she wishes . |
| 19 | Yet it is often a hidden disability , which isolates both the people who suffer from it and their families . |
| 20 | Yet it is often those who have been told of their own imminent death who are most able to come to terms with the idea . |
| 21 | Yet it is often the students who have failed an assessment who receive most attention . |
| 22 | In elaborating such proposals there is admittedly a strong temptation to indulge in political rationalism : they are by nature proposals which give an important role to action on the part of a ‘ socialist government ’ or the ‘ state ’ within which a socialist government is installed , yet it is often unclear what such a socialist government would look like , how it might come into being and from where it would draw its mass support . |
| 23 | Likewise it is often not sufficiently recognised that the ‘ state ’ which would supposedly execute the progressive measures might be very much disinclined to do so and anyway may be the object of considerable public mistrust . |
| 24 | Therefore it is often preferable to select materials that do not have such a tight-knit structure ; when appropriate , the teacher can extend the enquiries and discoveries with these along the lines of the structured material . |