Example sentences of "be often [adj] [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Building Societies say they 're often unaware that tenants have moved in to properties until they 've been repossessed . |
| 2 | I think they 're often afraid that they 're the only ones feeling that way . |
| 3 | ‘ Families are often unaware that they can request a jury for an inquest , for example . ’ |
| 4 | Consultants are often fearful that these new styles of service will lead to the quality of care of acutely ill patients on the wards suffering ; they believe that the focus of community work is away from those who are most in need or are concerned that if they work in the community they will lose the professional day-to-day support of consultant colleagues . |
| 5 | Those wishing to set up are often afraid that they will lose entitlement to benefit and so not be able to meet their families ' basic expenditure . |
| 6 | You were often surprised that that same assumed frailty might result in a more human , more tolerant superior . |
| 7 | In marital therapy it is often noticeable that although a couple are asking for help to sort out their problem , so that they may have the closeness and intimacy for which they yearn , fear overcomes hope , and whenever things start to improve one of them can be relied upon to start up the next quarrel . |
| 8 | It is often true that the oppressed tend to accept the thinking of those who oppress them , Celie told her step-son to beat his overpowering wife for she resented her pity and independent ways . |
| 9 | She was often thankful that her husband had not felt the call to serve in a slum parish or on a new housing estate . |