Example sentences of "it is [not/n't] often [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It is not often recognized ’ , said Maine in 1885 ‘ how excessively rare in the world was sustained legislative activity till rather more than fifty years ago ’ , but law-making had by 1880 already become the characteristic activity of the modern state .
2 It is not often recalled that one of the Trust 's earliest acquisitions , in 1909 , was the cottage at Nether Stowey where the poet Coleridge wrote ‘ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ’ and began his visionary epic ‘ Kubla Khan ’ .
3 I was grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that , because it is not often realised that such claims can be made up to three months before the person enters care , although I am aware that the circumstances do not always allow that .
4 However , because of the nature of the cases concerned in summary trial , it is not often given .
5 A back fist will out-range a reverse punch performed by an opponent of equal height but it is not often scored because many referees do not consider it powerful enough .
6 There is a smaller bedroom and a tiny , suspiciously tidy kitchen , which looks as if it is not often used .
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