Example sentences of "it is [not/n't] often " in BNC.
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| 1 | Glasser presents a full picture of the behaviour , good and bad , which he encountered in an area of maximum difficulty , and it is not often that such a picture has been presented . |
| 2 | A back fist will out-range a reverse punch performed by an opponent of equal height but it is not often scored because many referees do not consider it powerful enough . |
| 3 | They wrote : ‘ It is not often that a major British church seeks such an interview , and the conference and our 500,000 members and 1 million community can not but be offended . |
| 4 | It is not often recalled that one of the Trust 's earliest acquisitions , in 1909 , was the cottage at Nether Stowey where the poet Coleridge wrote ‘ The Rime of the Ancient Mariner ’ and began his visionary epic ‘ Kubla Khan ’ . |
| 5 | It is not often that a major commanding such a small force gets the opportunity to present his views to the Prime Minister . |
| 6 | As with most areas of sociological study , it is not often that a simple and unproblematic definition can be established . |
| 7 | Soil creep is still moving the weathered rocks down the slopes but it is not often that the changing river channel is directly below a slope to remove this rock debris . |
| 8 | With work and other commitments , it is not often possible to feed several times a day , but if you can feed twice or three times a day this will be appreciated by your fish . |
| 9 | It is not often that I receive ‘ fan'-letters , and I always acknowledge them unless they are impertinent , or have obviously been written by lunatics . |
| 10 | It is not often that social workers are given the opportunity to work closely with people at the end of their lives . |
| 11 | ‘ It is not often recognized ’ , said Maine in 1885 ‘ how excessively rare in the world was sustained legislative activity till rather more than fifty years ago ’ , but law-making had by 1880 already become the characteristic activity of the modern state . |
| 12 | It is not often that secateurs or the knife is proven to be the carrier of infection ; of course , if you know you are working on infected wood , it is only common sense to disinfect your tools with Lysol or a similar substance before moving on to plants that are clean . |
| 13 | It is not often that Britain can claim a first in the field of sports science , but this research is breaking new ground . |
| 14 | It swells and shrinks , changing its output as it does so ; the official magnitude range is from 0.4 to 0.9 , but over the past decades I have seen it matching Rigel on rare occasions , while it is not often as faint as Aldebaran . |
| 15 | It is not often that the MacQuitty tastebuds are stumped by a GH recipe . |
| 16 | However , because of the nature of the cases concerned in summary trial , it is not often given . |
| 17 | For this reason it is not often possible to achieve a reduction in space requirement by using an inverted file . |
| 18 | It is not often I can be myself . ’ |
| 19 | It is not often that the Organ publishes press releases , but an exception might usefully be made in the case of the handouts by Random House about the personnel changes there . |
| 20 | ‘ It is not often , ’ said Hugh with a rueful smile , ‘ that I must listen to you as the devil 's advocate , where a youngster in trouble is concerned . |
| 21 | When he does , he will accept that it is not often enough . |
| 22 | It is not often that the Opposition play to the Government 's strengths , but , as my hon. Friend the Member for Batley and Spen ( Mrs. Peacock ) said , the council tax is a simple and fair tax , and she was right to welcome its rebate scheme and its transitional relief . |
| 23 | I was grateful to the hon. Gentleman for raising that , because it is not often realised that such claims can be made up to three months before the person enters care , although I am aware that the circumstances do not always allow that . |
| 24 | There is a smaller bedroom and a tiny , suspiciously tidy kitchen , which looks as if it is not often used . |
| 25 | Elean : As a firm supporter of the South African People 's struggle , it is not often that we see this side of apartheid oppression coming out in the liberation literature . |
| 26 | I can be just as nasty as friendly if I must , but it is not often necessary . ’ |
| 27 | It is not often that two such good books are written within such a short space of each other . |
| 28 | It is n't often that unions have taken up issues such as racial or sex discrimination or unfair dismissal , and when workers have come out on strike they have usually been slow and reluctant to make these strikes official . |
| 29 | ‘ Father , you know it is n't often this happens . |
| 30 | It is n't often I ask anything personal of you , now is it ? ’ |