Example sentences of "often [verb] that [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Moreover , in contrast to the neo-classical school , Marxists have often emphasized that before any countervailing tendencies set in , the processes of growth in one region and decline elsewhere may for long periods become self-reinforcing . |
| 2 | I often say that if we thought as much about the English language and teaching it and all that that means as the French do about their language and the Alliance Francaise , we would back the British Council to the hilt . |
| 3 | The villagers often joked that if she met a German tank on the road to Berkeley , she would order it off the road and pass on as if nothing had happened . |
| 4 | It often happens that while on their southward migration in autumn , they get forced off course by westerly gales , at times arriving in Shetland in large numbers . |
| 5 | Yet it often happens that when a new kung fu student enters a kwoon , with pre-conceived ideas about fighting , and is shown basic techniques that look as though they were aimed at primary school level , he looks for more in those techniques than there actually is . |
| 6 | It often happens that when an employee enters new employment he legitimately brings with him trade connections of use to his new employer . |
| 7 | If is often said that as people get older they care less what other people think , but it has never been so true as in the last 25 years , when women who were brought up to propitiate the more powerful sex gradually realised that it was no longer necessary — or , at least , not always necessary — to do so . |
| 8 | It is often said that as one market slows down another opens up and all is not doom and gloom . |
| 9 | In fact I 've often said that if you show me a system which does n't have a performance problem then you 've shown me a system which is a failure . |
| 10 | It is often said that because the sample was so unrepresentative of humanity as a whole , Freud 's generalizations about man are unjustified . |
| 11 | Reception staff at hotels are often instructed that where they feel cautious about a prospective guest 's ability to pay the final bill , payment shall be requested in advance . |
| 12 | It is often noticed that when someone has a close relative die , it seems to be not unusual that the family pet dies shortly afterwards . |
| 13 | However , it is often argued that when barriers are taken down and teachers start to work in teams developing courses and assessing pupils ' responses , real improvements begin to occur . |
| 14 | Religious apologists have often argued that when science and religion are properly understood , they can be in perfect harmony . |
| 15 | It is often argued that if a child learned how to recode unfamiliar letter strings — printed words not previously encountered — into a phonological form , this would permit reading to be parasitic on an already established ability to access the semantics of a word from its phonology . |
| 16 | Nevertheless , it is often argued that if the same sum were derived from indirect taxation , then any net disincentive effect that did occur would be that much smaller . |
| 17 | I have often reflected that if the founders , Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst , had behaved like any other rural landowners , living it up through judicious stock-market investments , no one would have raised an eyebrow . |
| 18 | You often find that when times are hard people buy a Mills and Boon for an inexpensive treat . ’ |
| 19 | They often feel that because the relationship has finished , maybe on a sour note , or the father has shown little interest in his child , they do n't want any more to do with him . |
| 20 | Doubly authentic , because I have often observed that where , these delicate questions are concerned most listeners are more inclined than not to accept the most improbable of two or three possible explanations for the vagaries of a person 's conduct . |
| 21 | It is too often assumed that if a law is not designed to protect one man from another its only rationale can be that it is designed to punish moral wickedness , or in Lord Devlin 's words ‘ to enforce a moral principle ’ . |
| 22 | It is often assumed that because of the vulnerable status of many refugees , such a mass influx places an immense burden on the receiving area 's economy . |
| 23 | I have often missed him , often felt that if only I could talk over a particular problem with him he would help me to see the way . |
| 24 | But you see the point , so in our species and of course in most societies this is true men are breadwinners whether in an agricultural society or an industrial society erm you know one often feels that if you 're the man in the family you earn all the money your wife spends it on most of the time erm it certainly happens to me er |
| 25 | They often think that if their flying is good enough , it is safe for them to press on in any weather conditions . |
| 26 | I often think that if we dressed in old Barbours and flat caps we would n't create so much antipathy . |
| 27 | His key targets were writers such as Truman , who often suggested that when any group of people shares a common interest they will automatically or normally be able to organize themselves to achieve common goals : ‘ no group , no important common interest ’ . |