Example sentences of "it is often [adj] [verb] " in BNC.

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1 It is often appropriate to give time for spontaneous prayers of thanks from individuals in the congregation .
2 For those businesses requiring substantial sums of cash it is often appropriate to provide these from our Cash centres .
3 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 .
4 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 ) .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 Thus an observed value ( Y ) can be modelled ( see Section 4.3 ) as and it is often useful to isolate these components .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 It is often useful to have a Trashcan or Dustbin where you can dump unwanted files .
11 Should there be any doubt about the direction the hole now takes it is often useful to insert along stick up the hole .
12 It is often useful to make detailed notes after important meetings , interviews and telephone conversations .
13 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 .
14 It is often effective to draw the bars in three dimensions as this lengthens the visual impact .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 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 .
18 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 .
19 With a runway it is often possible to use the centre line and a selected spot .
20 In discussions with the child it is often possible to plan a course of work to meet the individual 's needs so that the learning process is negotiated rather than dictated .
21 It may be possible to grow the causative organism in the laboratory and , failing that , it is often possible to demonstrate measurable increases in specific antibodies in the blood .
22 Furthermore , it is often possible to replicate the artefacts in order to test the hypotheses about a particular object , although in some cases several different technological methods might arrive at an identical end-product .
23 It is often possible to see the vestigial remains of rear limbs on these large snakes .
24 It is often possible to see three month interbank outside the ΒΌ per cent band with regard to base rate .
25 By shopping around and comparing prices it is often possible to save quite a bit of money , but even so , dry mixes always work out more expensive than mixing your own , although they do also cut out the preliminary stages of the mixing process .
26 By plotting the position of stray finds on a map , it is often possible to pinpoint the archaeological site from which they came .
27 It is often possible to fill these notches with hardwood wedges .
28 This can still be done , old components can still be obtained and it is often possible to restore 50/60 year old , or even older , wireless sets to their former glory .
29 It is often possible to judge pornographic books by their covers and a bookseller would probably fail if he admitted to catching sight of a provocative cover-picture or suggestive title .
30 For example , it is often possible to explain angry and hostile behaviour in terms of an individual 's love and concern for the other rather than as a straightforward expression of hostility or hatred .
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