Example sentences of "[am/are] frequently [vb pp] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Unfortunately , some fit and healthy ( and lazy ? ) drivers take these spaces and I 'm frequently forced to use an ordinary space . |
| 2 | However , the numbers recorded are always small , parties of more than 10 birds being exceptional ; single birds are frequently noted . |
| 3 | Voice transmissions are frequently relayed on the VOR frequencies ; you should not rely on these transmissions to identify a VOR station , because they are often simultaneously relayed on other VOR 's . |
| 4 | They are frequently denied the choice of living in the village in which they were born and brought up or in the village close to their employment . |
| 5 | Supplies of this pretty little wrasse are frequently received from the Maldives . |
| 6 | The petition can be signed by the parliamentary agent himself , and this is of value because last-minute instructions are frequently received , and I have known cases where the client has not even seen the petition until after it was deposited , although he has of course cleared the content by telephone . |
| 7 | VOR fixes and VOR DME are frequently designated for localiser I/C , particularly where no NDB is positioned at the outer marker . |
| 8 | Embroidery is taught to many of the girls at various centres established by ‘ Families for Children ’ and very high standards of craftsmanship are frequently achieved . |
| 9 | This diversity accounts for the mutually contradictory complaints that are frequently voiced by village locals : that the newcomers come in and try to run everything or that they take no part in village life and are not ‘ involved ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ I ’ , ‘ me ’ or ‘ mine ’ are words that are frequently heard in the classroom , as a child proudly announces that he has ‘ built a big tower ’ or ‘ got one like that ’ , or as he asserts himself by virtue of possession , ‘ That 's mine ’ . |
| 11 | Artefacts are frequently reconstructed before they are put on display , which may involve little more than repair work , such as sticking pieces of pot together and filling any remaining gaps . |
| 12 | The particularities of post-revolutionary Mexico are frequently subsumed by the decorativeness of the ethnic , by the generalised attractiveness of the radical avant-garde . |
| 13 | Conventional machine tools , such as lathes and milling machines , are frequently operated by highly skilled craft workers . |
| 14 | Flowers are frequently given as a sign of affection or as an integral part of an important occasion , such as a wedding or anniversary . |
| 15 | Their nests are frequently threatened by fast moving craft as they are built on the water 's surface , anchored only by reeds or branches . |
| 16 | He is resigned to a fairly high turnover of the younger foreign waiters , who he claims only come to learn English and are frequently tempted away to city-centre establishments . |
| 17 | Instead of looking carefully at the specific conditions in which particular women live , we are frequently tempted to appeal to some common denominator of female experience ( domesticity and motherhood are the commonest choices ) that is false to the facts of many women 's experience and — to the degree that we wish to eliminate such common denominators — politically counterproductive as well . |
| 18 | While it is possible that some of these exceptions result from the differing energetic requirements of males and females and attendant selection pressures affecting the relative size of the two sexes ( Selander , 1972 ; Downhower , 1976 ) , the common association between sex differences in size and the development of male weaponry suggests that selection pressures associated with breeding competition are frequently involved . |
| 19 | The prayer field is sometimes left open , or undecorated , but vase , tree-of-life and other motifs are frequently incorporated . |
| 20 | In the widely-read Saints ' Lives of the period , sinners are frequently struck with madness , to be restored to sanity when they have repented and been absolved . |
| 21 | I think it explains in large measure why as we read the novel we are frequently struck by its quite special ring of truth , by its memorable rendering of the physical world , by a profound insight into human experience . |
| 22 | In both these species this is because the mandibular processes are frequently broken , but with no other damage except to these vulnerable processes . |
| 23 | The heartfelt promises of the morning are frequently broken by nightfall . |
| 24 | Since most theses are lent for a period of one month , it could be that most borrowers are able to digest the contents of theses within this period , but , due to the widespread availability of photocopiers , it is suspected that the regulations on thesis copying are frequently broken . |
| 25 | Thus rather than adopting the language of coercion and hence drawing parallels between corporate officials and , say , soldiers at the front in World War I compelled to go over the top at dawn to meet the German machine-gun bullets or be shot as ‘ deserters ’ , it might be more realistic to argue that corporate officials are frequently placed in a position where they are required to choose between impairing their career chances or being a loyal organizational person . |
| 26 | The mental and emotional consequences are frequently misdiagnosed as causes of the disease . |
| 27 | Historical data , on which budgets are frequently based , may not be valid and may perpetuate inherent inefficiencies and bad practice . |
| 28 | The teacher daily makes decisions about which register to teach , which lexical items to emphasise , whether to teach colloquialisms , and such decisions are frequently based more on instinct than knowledge . |
| 29 | In the writings and arguments of ‘ experts ’ these problems are frequently represented as technical ones , and too specialised for the ordinary person to grasp . |
| 30 | No recognizable remains of Minoan ships have yet been identified on the sea-bed , but they are frequently represented on seals . |