Example sentences of "it [be] often [adj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in these matters it 's often helpful to have a third party present . |
| 2 | But in a large house , it 's often possible to convert a small bedroom into an en suite bathroom for a large adjoining bedroom . |
| 3 | If you 're desperate for storage space it 's often possible to build units right around a window so that the window acquires a recessed effect and becomes an essential part of the arrangement . |
| 4 | It 's often productive to limit the number of questions allowed to each group . |
| 5 | They have done this particularly because new money was made available and when budgets are tight it 's often difficult to put aside quite a substantial chunk of money , particularly if you 've got some capital investment that 's required . |
| 6 | But it 's often difficult to see for yourself how much is in your account . |
| 7 | For the outsider , however , it 's often difficult to tell whether Dublin is undergoing a prolonged rock renaissance or simply wallowing in a lazy , hand-me-down hippiedom that outlived its sell by date everywhere else . |
| 8 | Because private accommodation is usually paid a month at a time , as compared to a term in advance in halls of residence , it 's often tempting to lull oneself into a false sense of secure finances , spending money that should have been put aside for the rent . |
| 9 | Because every person 's needs are different , it 's often hard to know exactly which vehicle is suitable or what adaptations will be needed . |
| 10 | Over the last few miles to your overnight spot it 's often hard to think of much else except getting a hot meal and a drink — quickly . |
| 11 | For these young people at the Parklands Children 's Home in Whitminster , it 's often hard to find someone to talk to . |
| 12 | The people you mix with — friends and enemies ; the fact that it 's often tough to tell them apart . |
| 13 | It is often appropriate to give time for spontaneous prayers of thanks from individuals in the congregation . |
| 14 | For those businesses requiring substantial sums of cash it is often appropriate to provide these from our Cash centres . |
| 15 | To aid the overall analysis of the contractor 's programmes it is often appropriate to request at tender detailed programmes for each structure or major work area programmes for shutter , falsework and scaffolding erection and movement resource schedules against work elements , and movement charts for labour and plant . |
| 16 | It is often feasible to choose from more than one material or composite which is capable of selective transduction of the biolayer reaction ( Fig. 2 ) . |
| 17 | Example unc As you will find in algebra work , it is often useful to use a letter in place of a number that we are trying to find . |
| 18 | When writing the formulae of both covalent molecules and ionic compounds , it is often useful to use the valency of an atom , ion or group of atoms . |
| 19 | Thus an observed value ( Y ) can be modelled ( see Section 4.3 ) as and it is often useful to isolate these components . |
| 20 | There should be a decent gap between the columns and it is often useful to place a vertical line in the middle of this gap , so physically preventing the eye straying from one to the other . |
| 21 | Provided they do n't hold up the meeting too often , it is often useful to have one such man at the meeting , since he can be relied upon to ask the naive question that many others would like to ask but dare not . |
| 22 | It is often useful to have a Trashcan or Dustbin where you can dump unwanted files . |
| 23 | Should there be any doubt about the direction the hole now takes it is often useful to insert along stick up the hole . |
| 24 | It is often useful to make detailed notes after important meetings , interviews and telephone conversations . |
| 25 | In this situation , it is often useful to look back at the good things you have achieved and the good times you 've enjoyed in the past . |
| 26 | It is often effective to draw the bars in three dimensions as this lengthens the visual impact . |
| 27 | Where there are dramatic differences of incidence for different groups , where the social pattern investigated is simplex ( for example , class difference only ) , and where the differences virtually always tend in the same direction , it is often unnecessary to test for significance , because the patterns revealed are so clear that no one could believe they are the results of pure chance . |
| 28 | For this reason it is often unnecessary to disinfect saucepans , roasting trays and the like as they are disinfected as an automatic part of the cooking process . |
| 29 | We have seen by now in a good number of cases , including those immediately above , that when one takes account of the interaction between the meanings of particular words and the value of the constructions in which they may be used , it is often easy to see why certain structures are grammatical , and others are not ; this may enable us to say in turn why other related structures are ungrammatical . |
| 30 | One of the nicest things about walking around coastline peninsulas is that it is often easy to stick to the coastline without doubling back on yourself at the end . |