When people are being put into a hypnotic state for the first time I often, after placing them in a very light hypnotic state, wake them and ask them to compare their wakening state to that when hypnotised

It is quite common in North America for homes to have a one or two-car garage

Editors often go to extremes in providing their readers with unimportant facts

What seems easy at first often turns out to be difficult

Some Japanese college students, as is often the case with them, don't study very much

Expensive things often prove more economical in the long run

Japanese speakers of English often have difficulty in dealing with informal conversation, such as at parties or in small informal groups

She'll sit there for hours without doing anything

She often sits there reading a book

We often eat foods which are harmful to our health without knowing it