Example sentences of "[Wh det] be often [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | Starlings have been observed using greenery from a variety of sources , as well as flower petals , which are often replaced when they wither . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 ) . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The inner edge of a curtain or blind which is often bound or bordered . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | We can now prove a result which is often stated and proved in a rather casual manner . |
| 12 | Lifestyle is a term which is often used but very rarely defined . |
| 13 | ‘ Form follows function ’ is a phrase which is often used when discussing organisational structures . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The fourth is that of definitions of legitimate knowledge : what is often taught as neutral and objective is in fact androcentric and sexist . |
| 16 | This analysis does much to elucidate what is often dismissed as Nkrumah 's plunge into Communist ( or was it Fascist ? ) dictatorship . |
| 17 | What is often overlooked because of Cuba 's active ( although never particularly substantial ) support for armed struggle in Latin America later in the 1960s is that , initially , the Castro regime made consistent attempts to build diplomatic relations with its hemispheric neighbours . |
| 18 | The reward reduces the horse 's anxiety and negative feelings , and replaces them with more positive feelings instead — what is often described as ‘ ending on a good note ! ’ |
| 19 | Behind what was often voiced as concern for ‘ what parents want ’ is the fundamental issue of what constitutes mathematics . |
| 20 | What was often described as South Yemen 's perestroika continued meanwhile with the release of political prisoners , changes in press laws and in education , and the holding of multi-candidate local council elections . |