Example sentences of "[coord] [pron] is often " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | Other significant ‘ go-betweens ’ are the domestic workers hired by the more affluent newcomers — ; the ‘ little woman ’ who comes in to ‘ do ’ twice or three times a week , and who is often the wife of a local farm worker grateful for the money . |
| 3 | I referred to it and you oddly enough in a handwritten letter to my father the other night after referring to Lord XXXXX one of whose contemporaries and friends is coming to stay here a couple of nights next week , and who has been a pillar in the fabric of my life , a man for whom consistency , continuity and courtesy are all — and who is often concerned at the unhappiness which is my ? ? ? ? ? ? ? it is in anything other than a bit of paper , which most of my old friends who wish me well , doubt ) … |
| 4 | However , the grain of this behavioural notation is unbelievably coarse and one is often surprised by the extent to which two performances of the same written utterance can differ — even when the actors in question are apparently following the same instruction with respect to intonation , facial expression or manual gesture . |
| 5 | And one is often left with a feeling that in this area of the law judges rely almost entirely on their own sense of justice or on their own personal conception of what is best . |
| 6 | Particularly in the case of a heart attack or stroke , a whole family 's way of life can be drastically altered overnight ; and there is often a need for emotional support as much as practical advice . |
| 7 | Once a dispute arises relationships tend to sour , and there is often a noticeable effect on the works if they are not complete . |
| 8 | Their presence makes it difficult for the roof void to be used in the same way as traditional roofs , and there is often a temptation to remove some of them to gain extra space . |
| 9 | Something comparable , and no less surprising , had happened a century earlier with the art-criticism of John Ruskin , and there is often something unnerving in the spectacle of an activity once thought of as specialist and tedious catapulted into sudden acclaim . |
| 10 | How sites and finds come to be buried depends on a number of factors , and there is often more than one reason why they are now beneath the ground . |
| 11 | If a church is large enough it may support artistic performing groups and there is often a sense of responsibility for the education of that community 's children in language , traditional customs , crafts , music and dance . |
| 12 | This principle applies in full force in dealing with the harmonic idioms of the present day , in which discords are approached and quitted with the utmost freedom , and there is often little or no feeling of resolution at all , for there must always be ‘ part-writing ’ and the notes must ‘ go somewhere ’ and not be left in the air , so to speak , even if the progressions are not in accord with nineteenth-century harmonic notions . |
| 13 | When the forest is felled , however , and replaced by monocultures of , for example , fruit trees , with a much reduced number of leaves per hectare , the system breaks down and there is often widespread crop damage . |
| 14 | And there is often a " wolf-whistle " tacked onto the end of each hoot , as we shall see . |
| 15 | He may agree , and he is often the one who decides what issues will be dealt with and when . |
| 16 | He and Leslie have regular lessons with Dorothy Willis , mainstay of Ginny Leng 's team at Ivyleaze , and he is often schooled over showjumps at the local Hartpury College where the facilities are excellent . |
| 17 | Most of the youngsters know him by name and he is often called to Hendon police station when they get into trouble with the law . |
| 18 | Poetry demands a form of reading that , though rewarding , is unusually intensive , and it is often avoided in sixth-form English teaching . |
| 19 | They can be irritatingly slow to publish , and it is often difficult to know how they spend their time . |
| 20 | Tuberculosis spreads easily and it is often passed on from older members of the family to the children . |
| 21 | Supermarkets seldom have time to nurture the cheese to full maturity and it is often sold with a large , hard ‘ chalk ’ in the centre of the paste , which is flavourless and most unpleasant to eat . |
| 22 | They have since run into some problems and it is often easier to invent a new theory than to repair yesterday 's novelties . |
| 23 | I have already drawn attention to the power there is in weakness and it is often the case that God is able to take ordinary weak things of this world and make them powerful for him . |
| 24 | Visions of heavy counselling sessions come to mind and it is often felt that the grieving person must be helped to ‘ come to terms with it ’ , whatever ‘ it ’ might be . |
| 25 | Getting the solder of a new fitting to flow can be difficult if there is some water left in the pipe , and it is often easier to replace a leaking capillary fitting with a compression fitting . |
| 26 | There are many factors that must be taken into account , and it is often the use of different survey methodology that can cause politicians and others to disagree over particular surveys that claim to show growing poverty or increased prosperity . |
| 27 | Machine detergents : Comparative costing is a little more difficult as two or more chemicals are involved , such as detergent and rinse additive , and it is often necessary to compare powders with liquids . |
| 28 | Owners will usually see the value of their property increase and it is often a selling point in estate agents ’ particulars that a house stands in a conservation area . |
| 29 | After symptoms of infection have disappeared , the virus may stay around the body for some considerable time , and it is often possible to grow it as long as one year after the infection has taken place . |
| 30 | Of course , not all who attend a clinic have guilty secrets , and it is often useful for the doctor and both the sexual partners to have a joint consultation . |