Often in these stories the limbs, hair, blood, bones or organs of the primeval being are somehow severed or sacrificed to transform into sky, earth, animal or plant life, and other worldly features.

Often taken out of context, this act garnered negative attention from critics and some animal rights activists.

Often, if the parchment is white or cream in color and veins from the animal can still be seen, it is calfskin.

Often shields were decorated with a painted pattern or an animal representation and these designs developed into systematized heraldic devices during high-medieval times for purposes of battlefield identification.

Often the " prehistoric " analogue to a modern machine uses an animal.

Often the goal is to create a transgenic animal that has the altered gene.

Often, owners seek expert help only when the disease is in its advanced stages ( nervous phase ) due to the nonspecific earlier signs and prescription of anti-inflammatory drugs ( which are usually corticosteroids ) undermine the immune system of the animal, allow the proliferation of the virus, and the autoimmune reaction increases as a means of containment of infected cells.

Often present are fragmented fish and animal bones, carbonized shell, charcoal, ash, and other waste products, all embedded in a sequence of soil that has been deposited atop the hearth.

Often they possess animal features ( such as the Kappa, which is similar to a turtle, or the Tengu which has wings ), other times they can appear mostly human, some look like inanimate objects and others have no discernible shape.

Often there is a matched submission display, which the threatened individual will make if it is acknowledging the social dominance of the threatener ; this has the effect of terminating the aggressive episode and allowing the dominant animal unrestricted access to the resource in dispute.

Often animal shelter workers are trained to perform euthanasia as well.

Often animal jokes are in fact fables, i. e., their punchline is ( or eventually becomes ) a kind of a maxim.

Often the two halves can meaningfully be referred to as the right and left halves, e. g. in the case of an animal with a main direction of motion in the plane of symmetry.

Often, he triggers this ability by speaking the phrase “ Size of a -!” and speaking the name of the animal he wished to turn into.

Often the center of territory is the home of the animal or man.

Often, a young man will be given a single goat with which to start a herd, and he will accumulate more via animal husbandry.

Often run as family businesses and using a low-technology approach, they use small tanks ( less than ten tons ) and often low animal densities.

Often these characters are used to highlight or indicate something else ( allegory ).

Often, though, in these interchanges of characters, there occurs the need to move on to the next act.

Often depicting few characters and concentrating a ' single effect ' or mood, it differs from the anecdote in its use of plot, and the variety of literary techniques it shares with the more extensive novel.

Often called the Shinji Shōbōgenzō ( shinji :” original or true characters ” and shōbōgenzō, variously translated as “ the right-dharma-eye treasury ” or “ Treasury of the Eye of the True Dharma ” ).

Often these personas develop complex past histories for their characters to make the fantasy / roleplay even more life like, thus the evolution of the term " real cybering ".

Often, existing programs would be a launching ground for new cartoon characters.

Often working alongside layout artist Hawley Pratt, he also introduced or redesigned a number of famous Warner characters, including Yosemite Sam in 1945, the cat-and-bird duo, Sylvester and Tweety in 1947, and Speedy Gonzales in 1955.

Often one is required to have a message of minimum length of 10 characters.

Often the stories would use the appearance of those heroes to provide commentary on the difference between the Punisher and those more colourful characters.

Often used in science fiction television series, animated series, soap operas, and comic books, the device allows elaborate and dramatic changes to characters and the fictional universe that might otherwise invalidate the premise of the show with respect to future continuity.

Often Crow has been known to take on the appearance and sometimes the personality of one of the characters in the movie that is currently being shown, usually ending with Mike, Tom Servo, or Joel using Crow's role-playing as a plot device or setup to a joke that mocks the film even more.

* Often characters from the past are brought forward to the Time Tunnel and characters from the installation are sent back in time.

Often cited as one of the most attractive characters in video game history, as well as being one of the key damsels in distress in video games, she also received mixed reactions for her ditsy voice and her half-naked appearance.

Often, the activities of the main characters are described over action packed consecutive days as they become more determined and more exhausted.

Often a prologue, epilogue, and intermissions are added in which the characters discuss a topic on the same theme as the original text, although intermission segments are usually dropped if the original work is short.

Often performed before a live audience ( or, in some cases, a simulated live audience in the form of a laugh track ), usually filmed or taped with a multiple-camera setup, and almost always a half-hour in length, sitcoms are seldom presented as realistic depictions of life but often generate honest humor through the relationships between and ongoing development of characters.

Often cast as hard and determined characters, she played a more sympathetic character in Sky Full of Moon ( 1952 ).

Often, interior monologues and inner desires or motivations, as well as pieces of incomplete thoughts, are expressed to the audience ( but not necessarily to other characters ).

Often, the protagonist is left unvoiced, even when the rest of the characters are fully voiced.

Often they have recurring characters such as " little boy ", " Vova ", " a girl ", " Masha ".

Often they reference each other ( frequently during discussion about the Greater Devils ), or characters are carried over.

; The Wee Girl with the Scooter: Often characters are seen to be injured in various ways, such as being run over or pushed down the stairs, and when looking around to see the perpetrator, they are faced with a smiling young girl on a scooter, accompanied by some light ice cream van-esque music.

Often the characters who develop alternate selves have done so through supernatural, magical, or chemical means, while real DID is a serious psychiatric disorder which results from extreme trauma, usually in childhood.

Often there are different ways to write the same Chinese character ; these are collectively referred to as variant Chinese characters.