Example sentences of "is often [verb] [adv] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A wife , although an integral member of her husband 's family , is often treated badly and with suspicion , especially while she is young . |
| 2 | Nevertheless , such a link is often made even when this is not the case . |
| 3 | ESC C16 is often applied so that any distribution before dissolution is treated as capital on the recipients for tax purposes . |
| 4 | Nevertheless , it is good to see a film about a region which is often written about but rarely filmed . |
| 5 | Most of these courses are too short , merely providing the beginnings of a new competence or a new viewpoint that is often swept away when people return to their hectic routines . |
| 6 | It is often pointed out that the long-running set of victimization data in Britain , the General Household Survey 's regular measurement of the extent of burglary victimization since 1972 , indicates that most of the increase in recorded burglary is a reporting phenomenon . |
| 7 | Economic issues are real enough and it is often pointed out that politics is about priorities . |
| 8 | It is often pointed out that higher education was centrally seen in this way in the nineteenth century , but that very different models were on offer . |
| 9 | Thus , it is often pointed out that the statistics of murder include many domestic killings , the implication being that the figures are not therefore quite as grave as they seem . |
| 10 | It is often pointed out that chemists have failed in their attempts to duplicate the spontaneous origin of life in the laboratory . |
| 11 | It is often pointed out that governments manipulate the economy to engineer booms in periods immediately preceding elections , to the detriment of the economy , often by manipulating the money supply . |
| 12 | When this acceptance is combined with positive visualization , the cycle is often broken so that past fruitless attempts play no further part in the prospect of future achievement . |
| 13 | This kind of thing is often signalled non-verbally and certainly with students from one cultural tradition coming to study within another culture the non-verbal signals , as well as the verbal , may well be misinterpreted . |
| 14 | ( E is often skipped over because by ‘ happy ’ coincidence , the next letter is the initial letter of failure ! ) |
| 15 | The scenario repeats itself again and again : the rainwater gutters are choked with leaves and self-seeded grass ; damp seeps through the roof and , as the building is often boarded up and not properly ventilated , perfect conditions soon exist for an outbreak of dry rot . |
| 16 | Shortened spelling is often read faster than conventional spelling by beginners , backward readers and foreigners . |
| 17 | In practice , infra-red is often used rather than visible light . |
| 18 | Notice this latter illustration concentrating on the externals of a still picture and then having selectively to use a ‘ public voice ’ , carried less risk of inadequate work than if the group had gone straight into dramatic playing , a mode which is often used indiscriminately and without any kind of rigour . |
| 19 | ‘ Playing to the referee ’ is often used pejoratively but , in modern international rugby , you fail to do so at your peril . |