Example sentences of "it often [verb] that [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the Federation took up a case , it often meant that the worker in question was dismissed on some pretext , accused of robbery for example . |
| 2 | In the past , it often seemed that the fines were too small to be effective — the maximum fine a magistrates court can impose is £2,000 . |
| 3 | It often happens that a particular cat finds itself betrayed by a friendly human hand . |
| 4 | SIR — It has already been reported that , contrary to official policy , the scientific merits of candidates for academic promotion in Italy are not given primary consideration by the members of the judging commission , so it often happens that a loser has a curriculum vitae ( c.v. ) clearly superior to that of a winner . |
| 5 | In industry it often happens that a great deal of thought goes into the design of a project , when the real problem is finding the right person to run the project . |
| 6 | This is an important topic ; it often happens that an approximate reciprocal of a matrix A is known : perhaps from a rough calculation , or one in which an error has been made , or even that belonging to a neighbour matrix of A. Refinement of this approximate reciprocal is then required . |
| 7 | In the course of such conversations it often happens that the bereaved person is not only troubled by thoughts that they might be going mad but by the notion that they are very bad . |
| 8 | For it often happens that the things we take for granted are the very things that need most explaining , but to which we give least attention because we are barely conscious of them ourselves . |
| 9 | The fact is , that though strong natural genius is always accompanied with strong natural tendency to its object , yet it often happens that the tendency is found where the Genius is wanting . |
| 10 | It often happens that the greater the area of choice , the less clear cut are the guidelines . |
| 11 | It often happens that the initial choice of weights is poor , and the program should learn improved weights . |
| 12 | In practice , however , it often happens that the operating thrust of different , parts of the organisation are not aligned since the structure has evolved with reference to one part rather than the whole . |
| 13 | For example , it often happens that the ability to compete/canvass arises from a breach of duty committed during employment . |
| 14 | Ipswich have used the new rolling substitutes rule to their advantage this season but it often means that the first choice players are only off the pitch for five or ten minutes at a time . |
| 15 | It often seems that the New Ager has invented his ‘ science ’ independently of any authority except the optimistic inner influences , and that of lumps of matter whizzing through space . |
| 16 | In the 1980S , as the communications industries multiplied and expanded , and the number of policy-actors and centres of decision ( local and regional as well as national ( proliferated , it often appeared that the right hand did not know what the left was doing . |