Example sentences of "it was often [verb] that " in BNC.

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1 He explained the detailed attention which was paid to the background of a child appearing before the Panel and pointed out that it was often revealed that the children concerned came from large families , which were poor and in which there was an absence of adult male guidance .
2 In the past , it was often assumed that all babies who could not tolerate milk were lactase-deficient , and this idea is still current in some quarters .
3 It was often assumed that the ‘ natives ’ were unable to protect themselves from dangerous animals , thus justifying the intervention of the white man with his rifle .
4 With regard to the first , it was often argued that Afro-Caribbean family and child-rearing patterns harmed the intellectual and educational development of black children , but the misleading assumptions about these patterns and consequences have now been effectively contested ( Cross , 1978 ; Reeves and Chevannes , 1983 ) .
5 In the 1960s , for example , it was often argued that the prospects of developing a car industry in Latin America were poor because the small size of the local market meant that small local plants could never compete on cost with imported cars .
6 It was often said that her new-found reputation was a bubble that would burst once people realized it was just the raunchiness of her work that got her a wide readership .
7 For example , it was often said that the sky was full of stars .
8 In the early days of Everyday Electronics it was often suggested that it was a good idea to double-up on the cheaper components when buying a set of components for a project .
9 It was often rumoured that Ceauşescu intended the palace to be not only his home and the centre of his power , but also his mausoleum .
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