Sentence examples for often mainly from inspiring English sources

In the Greater Manchester force I heard the word "queer" often, mainly from sergeants about prisoners.

The target's shareholders, often mainly domestic, may not want foreign shares and might quickly dump them.

It has all been done before, often, mainly in the novels of James Ellroy and the films of Martin Scorsese, but few of those featured simplicity.

In Europe and other parts of the world where racing is conducted less often, mainly on turf and under more stringent medication rules, racehorse deaths are less frequent.

Every so often, mainly when one of the digital cameras is hovering right next to the horse as he tears down the track, his legs churning and breath hammering, you can pretend that Secretariat ran because he could and not because someone put a saddle on him and rode him out of the gate.

Farther toward the desert, tree growth and perennial grass surviving in narrow strips along watercourses separate much larger areas of sparse annual grasses (Cenchrus in western Africa, Eragrostis south of the Equator, and Chrysopogon on the margins) and scattered low shrubs, often mainly acacias.

Even symphonies, with their hundred instruments, are often remembered mainly through their themes.

Subsequently Friel was often criticised – mainly sotto voce – for his reluctance to write further plays on similar themes.

The question is often asked, mainly of female comics, and generally it's met with a stony response.

After reviewing the academic literature, Dr. Culp suggested that private prisons, often justified mainly to reduce operating costs, might be more important for the improved treatment they provide.

Non-historians who are friendly to the idea of history as a useful art often think mainly of the potential for avoiding past mistakes.