Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [is] often [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Appadurai ( 1986 ) provides a survey of some of the relevant literature , pointing out that in some respects commodities are not necessarily as divorced from wider cultural considerations as is often supposed . |
| 2 | In fact , when a hotel or catering establishment decided to update its kitchen equipment , one of the first places that is often targeted for changes is the method of cooking . |
| 3 | The muscular frame lends itself to ‘ strength ’ sports and is often defined as the ‘ pear shape ’ because of the wide hips . |
| 4 | As he explains , ‘ where the resulting self-definition , for personal or collective reasons , becomes too difficult , a sense of role confusion results : the young person counterpoints rather than synthesises his sexual , ethnic , occupational and typological alternatives and is often driven to decide definitely and totally for one side or the other . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ One of the things that is often said about the success of British athletics at the moment is that it hides an awful lot that 's wrong . |
| 6 | Coeliac disease , which causes intestinal problems and is often associated with complications of the nervous system , is treated by following a diet free from the protein gluten , found in wheat , barley and rye . |
| 7 | The conditions which encourage attack are moisture and lack of good ventilation , but the common furniture beetle , the House Longhorn , thrives in dry internal conditions and is often found in skirtings , door frames , pelmets , under stairs and around trap-doors . |
| 8 | The first half of this quotation is well known to lawyers and is often quoted . |
| 9 | However , this survey also found that women spent less time out of the labour market rearing children than is often believed . |