The phrase "administrations has often" is not correct in written English.
The subject "administrations" is plural, so it should be "administrations have often."
Example: "Various administrations have often struggled to implement effective policies."
Alternatives: "governments have frequently" or "administrative bodies have often".
In the past prefectural administrations have often siphoned off money destined for their subordinate counties.
It has agreed to shed tobacco companies and recently decided to avoid investments in countries that restrict press and political freedoms and lack protections for workers' rights (though the Clinton and Bush administrations have often favored economic engagement to promote civil liberties).
Another factor that can undermine productivity of presidential second terms is the fact that re-elected administrations have often been impacted by scandals in recent decades (although the events that trigger the scandals can happen during first terms).
While symbolically important — especially because similar reform efforts by previous administrations have often failed — the specific consolidations being proposed would barely dent the number of workers and the amount of spending in the country's 2.1 million-employee federal bureaucracy.
The report said the committee, under the Clinton and Bush administrations, had often construed national security too narrowly, looking only at such factors as the control over technology exports, classified contracts and specific derogatory information about a company.
Previous administrations have often left career officials in place until their successors are named.
Indeed, over the past half-century, Republican administrations have often been more supportive of significant scientific investments than Democratic administrations.
Such rules only apply to contracts involving federal money, rather than the private sector at large, but left-leaning administrations have often used procurement rules as a way to set standards in the broader economy.
It's a recipe for success, as survey experiments in my new book demonstrate, because spouses in the most recent three administrations have often been more effective on average than their vice presidential and presidential counterparts in attempts to persuade public opinion.
