Example sentences of "often [that] it is " in BNC.

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1 When women do confront sexism , the glib reply is often that it is a joke .
2 ‘ We have a good code system and I know where the ball should be , but it 's not too often that it is where it should be .
3 The difficulty here is often that it is not clear whether the problem is meant to bear a relation to the book-work question or not .
4 The defence of a firm accused of predatory pricing is often that it is merely responding to competition : so evidence of its intentions may be quite important in deciding whether a firm 's conduct is predatory or not .
5 It can not be stressed too often that it is essential to only install commercially designed and built microwaves which conform to the international safety and performance standards appropriate for industrial use .
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