Example sentences of "it is often a " in BNC.
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| 1 | In a case like this it is often a matter of assessing quickly ‘ Am I sure that I can reach the field , or if I get more sink will I fail to get there ? ’ |
| 2 | Yet it is often a hidden disability , which isolates both the people who suffer from it and their families . |
| 3 | Miss Caroline Crawford , the authority 's spokesman , said : ‘ We can all sneer at people who are caught out by outrageous offers , but it is often a case of the triumph of hope over experience . |
| 4 | It is often a matter of difficulty to find out exactly what will have to be paid for haulage , toll and wharfage , and this fact increases the office labour in sending out tenders . |
| 5 | Even when it is not it is often a good way of generating conventions . |
| 6 | Owners will usually see the value of their property increase and it is often a selling point in estate agents ’ particulars that a house stands in a conservation area . |
| 7 | It is often a good idea to write up your own notes of a disciplinary interview immediately afterwards . |
| 8 | Today it is often a top-cross sire in dairy and suckler herds , especially to Friesians and Holsteins . |
| 9 | The memory begins to dim a bit after one concentrated day 's interviewing and after 48 h it is often a question of ‘ what candidate was that ’ ? |
| 10 | True , it is often a manifestation of courage and masculine strength . |
| 11 | And yet , when an event for all ages is organised , it is often a great success . |
| 12 | It is often a by-product of intensive livestock rearing and is created by large quantities of animal slurry which is disposed of inadequately . |
| 13 | It is often a matter of trying to rationalise an individual 's request to go on courses rather than a positive management attempt to meet real training needs . ’ |
| 14 | It is often a good idea to make the positive and negative power supply conductors as thick as possible to avoid any noise or ripple being induced on the power supply lines when thin conductors could create an unwanted electrical resistance . |
| 15 | It is often a dynamic and developing process . |
| 16 | In the electronics industry that Wild and Hill studied particularly , female turnover rates showed a high relationship with job satisfaction/dissatisfaction : many women , like many men , express a need for personally satisfying work and the failure to find it is often a reason for changing one 's job . |
| 17 | It is often a good idea to have several small aquaria instead of one larger one , as it is easier to see the animals and to study them when they are in a small volume of water : they can not swim so far or so fast . |
| 18 | It is often a good thing to be somewhat anarchic , never rigid in your opinions , and always open to new ideas if you want to be a planner . |
| 19 | It is often a problem for the teacher . |
| 20 | It is often a good idea to use an unexpressive language . |
| 21 | For the pregnant girls it is often a real eye-opener to see the other girls go off , deliver their babies and come back , having survived it all . |
| 22 | Tools are expensive , but it is often a false economy to go for the cheapest . |
| 23 | Owen was an older contemporary of Forbes and Darwin , but lived far longer than either of them ( 1804–92 ) ; it is often a good idea to outlive one 's opponents , but Owen 's bête noire was Huxley ( who outlived him ) , and by 1892 the world had become Darwinian and Owen seemed like a living fossil . |
| 24 | Unless you have a particular pretty beamed or coved ceiling it is often a good idea to lower the ceiling area in a kitchen . |
| 25 | And it is often a transnational company that determines which products are manufactured or available in Mexico . |
| 26 | It is often a matter of history repeating itself from generation to generation and , under this Government , even within a single generation . |
| 27 | My experience tells me that we do not all have all the necessary skills to do all these jobs well — it is often a hit and miss affair , with much poor practice . |
| 28 | If , after taking all this into account , the drama lesson begins to go wrong , it is often a good idea to ask the children to help in analysing why . |
| 29 | It is often a combination of these . |
| 30 | Along mid-oceanic ridges and subduction zones it is often a problem distinguishing between ‘ normal ’ and anomalous volcanism . |