Example sentences of "[adv] often [verb] as " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even the papacy under John XXII , who is so often contrasted as the strong man to Edward 's weakling , gained little if any significant advantage to the detriment of the king . |
| 2 | The vehement anti-US feeling in Nicaragua ( so often cited as the latest Communist ‘ gain ’ in Latin America ) has as much to do with the history of US involvement in the country ( not to mention its current support for counter-revolutionary activity ) as it does with any Marxist ‘ indoctrination ’ . |
| 3 | Anthony Andrews , so often seen as the archetypal urbane Englishman , turns in a performance of immense depth and sympathy as Miller , who is accused of spying and cast into a barbarous prison camp . |
| 4 | In 1936 the Football Association found it necessary to issue a memorandum on rough play , in an attempt to stamp out excessive violence and the ‘ professional foul ’ which is so often identified as the hallmark of the debased traditions of sportsmanship in postwar football . |
| 5 | Even music is so often used as a ‘ background noise ’ in shops and restaurants that it sometimes seems that we have forgotten how to listen to it . |
| 6 | This test , known as the " notional skilled worker test " , takes account of the complexity of technology , hence the reference to a skilled person rather than the ubiquitous " reasonable man " , so often used as a benchmark by judges . |
| 7 | With the temperament and much of the left-handed style of Larry Gomes who so often acted as foil to the dynamic stroke-makers of the early 1980s , Adams moved from 23 to 79 before running out of partners . |
| 8 | ‘ Collar ’ was thus often used as a way of asking to go outdoors , and after saying ‘ Collar ’ , the chimpanzees would often go search for them and put them around their necks while pant-hooting in anticipation . |
| 9 | It is still often known as Norfolk reed ; and in contrast to ordinary straw thatch , which has a lifetime of thirty years at most , a well-laid thatch of Norfolk reed may last as long as eighty years . |
| 10 | Fortunately for him , he is more often seen as the ‘ little boy lost ’ ( which is often just how he feels , so his suffering is considerable ) , for apart from his obvious grief and loneliness , who now will cook his meals and iron his shirts ? |
| 11 | However , the returned veteran was more often seen as the protagonist in a revenge story , typically involving drugs , crime and violence . |
| 12 | US companies , he said , generally use the AS/400 as a departmental machine , while in Europe it is more often employed as a central server in medium-sized firms . |
| 13 | US companies , he said , generally use the AS/400 as a departmental machine , while in Europe it is more often employed as a central server in medium-sized firms . |
| 14 | Although such a strategy is possible as a distinct strategy , it is more often employed as a tactic for reducing emissions as part of the air quality management strategy . |
| 15 | Though public relations features highly among the reasons for issuing a report , especially in Japan , duty to the environment is more often quoted as a motive in Europe and North America . |
| 16 | All volcanic rocks , whatever their composition , may turn up either as lavas or pyroclastics , but rocks of some compositions are more often found as lavas , while others are more common as pyroclastics . |
| 17 | Fusilli — also often described as spirals or twists . |
| 18 | Thermistor beads are also often used as the sensitive elements of resistance thermometers . |
| 19 | The struggle , however , was most often seen as a defence of traditional liberties , not of ‘ liberty ’ itself . |
| 20 | The legendary fox spirits of Japanese superstition , they can either assume human form or enter the living body of a man or woman , most often appearing as beautiful women in long white gowns . |
| 21 | Iris was most often depicted as a NYMPH with golden , winged sandals and a herald 's staff , for she was employed as a messenger for the gods . |
| 22 | H e most often appears as a ghostly mosquito who will suck the blood of any white child living nearby and use this life-force to resurrect the dead . |
| 23 | Although sometimes appearing as a short man covered in hair , it is most often identified as a wild young bogey-horse , or a cross between a horse and a bull displaying two long , sharp horns . |
| 24 | Cernunnos is most often described as The Homed One , for his head is adorned with reindeer antlers . |
| 25 | They are most often described as the offspring of fire , though some sources claim they first arose from man 's shadow . |
| 26 | What that clearly involves ( Table I.5 ) is first , a relatively stable total proportion over statutory retirement-pension age , but second , a substantial increase in the number and proportion of that retirement-age population which is over 85 , and a decrease in the number and proportion of 65 to 74 year-olds who are now often described as ‘ the young elderly ’ . |
| 27 | Precious metals are now often used as settings for both traditional and modern jewellery designs . |
| 28 | Whilst the issue of ‘ crimes of the powerful ’ , to use Pearce 's ( 1976 ) evocative phrase , is now often portrayed as a left-wing cliche , this does not make it any the less a problem . |
| 29 | Overnight stardom was largely a myth , though some climbed higher up the ladder more quickly , and quite often suffered as a result . |
| 30 | This can quite often happen as a result of the last part of the tone-unit being already ‘ given ’ ( i.e. something which has already been mentioned or is completely predictable ) , for example : |