Example sentences of "[pron] be often [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am often asked whether I approve of cosmetic surgery — and I do not . |
| 2 | I am often asked if exercise is essential to weight loss . |
| 3 | I am often congratulated when I draw a map for someone of how to reach somewhere |
| 4 | I 'm often asked if I get sick of making presentations and signing autographs but I always answer by saying that the time to worry is when no-one wants me to do these things . |
| 5 | We are used to it ’ , I was often told but their susceptibility to colds and other illnesses indicated otherwise . |
| 6 | Benjamin Libet of the University of California at San Francisco has been responsible for two sets of experiments which are often cited as crucial evidence in the debate about the relationship between brain and mind . |
| 7 | Loudon himself , though anxious to ‘ discard those fanciful comfortless dwellings which are often erected as ornamental cottages ’ , admits that he would ‘ scarcely have courage to pull down a fine old specimen of a picturesque cottage , unless in a case of extreme necessity ’ . |
| 8 | Starlings have been observed using greenery from a variety of sources , as well as flower petals , which are often replaced when they wither . |
| 9 | This would avoid civil actions , which are often defeated because individual victims , even when they decide to act co-operatively , are rarely a match for corporations who decide it is better to be prudent than just . |
| 10 | Some chapters look at the manifestations of urban breakdown-John Benyon and John Solomos writing about racial conflict and disorder , for example — others , like Robert Reiner , at the evidence on rising crime rates and the complex ethical dilemmas which are often presented as simple . |
| 11 | However , their powers are essentially limited to development control procedures , which are often usurped when ‘ national interests ’ are at stake ; furthermore , most agricultural activities are excluded ( Shoard 1980 ; Green 1981 ) . |
| 12 | The other features which are often claimed as defining characteristics are at once both subordinate to this and , on closer examination , clearly visible in many non-scientific enterprises . |
| 13 | Legally those having less than the minimum of 40s. in goods should have been assessed on wages or ‘ profits for wages ’ , which were often treated as interchangeable , though sometimes carefully distinguished : in Goldspur hundred on the Kentish border assessments on profits were specified in 1524 , but in the next year the assessments roped in more small taxpayers and divided them into fifty-one on wages , forty-six on profits and seven on goods . |
| 14 | The inner edge of a curtain or blind which is often bound or bordered . |
| 15 | An office which is assiduous about publication and publicity , but which is often seen as outside the dialogues of current architectural concern in the USA , deserves a more judicious appraisal then it has received , here or elsewhere . |
| 16 | We can now prove a result which is often stated and proved in a rather casual manner . |
| 17 | Lifestyle is a term which is often used but very rarely defined . |
| 18 | ‘ Form follows function ’ is a phrase which is often used when discussing organisational structures . |
| 19 | The most controversial case of this is Gilligan 's humanist call for the integration of ‘ feminine ’ and ‘ masculine ’ perspectives in psychological theory , which is often read as implying the essential rather than the social femaleness of the different voice , and , more broadly , the need for a separate or separatist , gynocentric psychology . |
| 20 | These are the people who are often quoted as enjoying good health to a ripe old age despite smoking , drinking and never taking any exercise . |
| 21 | You 're often seen as being aggressive and impatient , but you believe that your pattern of behaviour is responsible for the success that you 've had . |
| 22 | She is often represented as ‘ Our Lady of Tears ’ and shown weeping . |
| 23 | The track itself is often obliterated and a large part of a rail man 's job is hacking ice and snow away from the points or the platforms between carriages . |
| 24 | Indeed , the discipline itself was often characterized as " criticism " , and its history seen as a succession of critical paradigms or approaches . |
| 25 | We in South Cambridgeshire feel from time to time sitting on the doorstep of a university city that we are often ignored and I 'm sure that that is a very fair criticism as far as our District Council is concerned . |
| 26 | At Redland we are often seen as big , progressive and up-to-date . |
| 27 | In this part of Zurich , one is often reminded that the power of the guilds lasted until the end of the eighteenth century . |
| 28 | There are often cost and quality effects in so doing . |
| 29 | They are often written as well to support private ventures by British firms , which are showing promise , but need a Staff Target or Operational Requirement before they can be given official consideration . |
| 30 | Two other factors are worth mentioning here because they are often given as reasons for dispersals that could not obviously be justified otherwise . |