Example sentences of "[conj] it often [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | SIR — It has already been reported that , contrary to official policy , the scientific merits of candidates for academic promotion in Italy are not given primary consideration by the members of the judging commission , so it often happens that a loser has a curriculum vitae ( c.v. ) clearly superior to that of a winner . |
| 2 | Ipswich have used the new rolling substitutes rule to their advantage this season but it often means that the first choice players are only off the pitch for five or ten minutes at a time . |
| 3 | According to this school of thought there is neither the domination of an officer nor a member elite but rather the domination of an officer-member elite ( see Saunders , 1980 ) but this joint-elite model can be criticized because it often assumes that , important as leading officers and councillors are , they have a monopoly of decision-making influence . |
| 4 | For it often happens that the things we take for granted are the very things that need most explaining , but to which we give least attention because we are barely conscious of them ourselves . |
| 5 | " For it often happens that in such discussions , in order to promote the common good , talk has nevertheless centred on a single individual . " |