Example sentences of "[coord] it is often [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words the marginal social cost of provision is zero , and it is often argued in welfare economics that the ‘ efficiency ’ price should , therefore , be zero . |
| 2 | This system is also used by fish to find food , and it is often tuned to the body vibrations of prey . |
| 3 | We go further , and it is often said that God has revealed his Spirit as much in Buddhism and Hinduism as in Christianity ; indeed , as much in atheism as in theism . |
| 4 | The ability to draw on such knowledge is an essential aspect of discourse interpretation and it is often employed by subjects in the kind of memory experiments which we have just described . |
| 5 | People listen quietly , and it is often balanced by a concluding piece at the end of the service during which the congregation remains quietly seated . |
| 6 | And it is often made even harder to understand by the jargon of psychiatry : ‘ schizophrenia ’ , ‘ psychosis ’ and the like . |
| 7 | The name of this caput is usually the same as the whole estate and it is often recorded very early on . |
| 8 | Economic issues are real enough and it is often pointed out that politics is about priorities . |
| 9 | It is most common in older people and it is often believed that there is no cure because it is a sign that the body is wearing out . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Developing countries have their own specific economic , political and social requirements and it is often felt that the media should ‘ carry out positive development tasks ’ ; that they should accept restrictions if the state so desires and that they should be subordinate to the needs ( economic , cultural , political ) of a developing state . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Tuberculosis spreads easily and it is often passed on from older members of the family to the children . |
| 14 | And most important of all and it is often forgotten is that in South Africa the regime and the western powers were facing a real hot revolution and that hot revolution could have destroyed the country for all its people . |
| 15 | But even in democratic societies knowledge of the past changes as historical scholarship develops and it is often found that the official record of the time under study contains errors or even deliberate falsification . |
| 16 | Poetry demands a form of reading that , though rewarding , is unusually intensive , and it is often avoided in sixth-form English teaching . |
| 17 | Levels of investment are important to economic growth , and it is often considered a ‘ good thing ’ to stimulate growth by inducing a higher level of investment . |
| 18 | Since Chaucer 's day this has been referred to as CATERWAULING , but it is often recorded not as an aggressive sound but as a sexual one . |
| 19 | But it is often assumed that so doing is to be following in the footsteps of Marx , when he gave his example of luxury goods production , basing himself on the premise that the sub-department lib produced only goods for capitalist consumption . |
| 20 | Local knowledge in other industries certainly exists , but it is often ignored . |
| 21 | This may seem obvious advice , but it is often ignored . |
| 22 | Strictly speaking the peak static torque is a function of phase current , but it is often quoted as a single value corresponding to the rated phase current . |
| 23 | The word ’ perceptron ’ can mean just one isolated computational node , like a single neurone ; but it is often taken to mean an entire device with many layers and many nodes in each layer . |
| 24 | This metaphor of the stage or the world as a place for performance and pretence is familiar , but it is often misinterpreted as a criticism of the theatre . |
| 25 | But it is often implied that these were the result of particular social and political circumstances . |
| 26 | But it is often forgotten that even less physical sports such as bowls , and even snooker , where the same movement is repeated many times , can cause problems , too . |
| 27 | Apart from the statue within , sculpture is not a necessary part of this design , but it is often added , always in certain set positions : akroteria , freestanding statues above the three angles of the gable ; and reliefs on the metopes and in the pediments . |