Example sentences of "[adv] often [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had worked together often and got on well . |
| 2 | The first is a highly fortuitous and austere way : namely that the compound might have the same effect — the transfer of some particular kind of information — sufficiently often and sufficiently advantageously for there to be some selective advantage in its coming standardly to possess that significance : that is , for it to acquire the biological function of transmitting just that kind of information . |
| 3 | Afterwards he wondered whether he visited parishes less often than his predecessor and took the trouble to work it out . |
| 4 | The misleadingly alarming appearance of our conclusions results from the fact that they show that where conformity is called for it is based only some of the time , and less often than is often imagined , on the legitimate authority of the government , and often on other considerations . |
| 5 | John was a cardmaker , and yet it was his good fortune to have depended on parish relief rather less often than some ; he and his family needed a brief period of support in the famine period of 1801–2 , when they were allowed 2s. a week , later reduced to 1s. , until payment stopped on 9 March 1802 . |
| 6 | Perhaps because such a high proportion of bank or other loans are devoted to car-buying , they turned up less often than other types of credit as a means of financing things bought from shops — much less often in the case of shop chains . |
| 7 | In attracting the fashionable trade the industry was gaining friends who were socially and politically powerful and it was also nicely building up box-office takings for , whilst the better sort of customers attended less often than the workers , they paid considerably more when they did come . |
| 8 | This was usually the advance of a political cause or party , and , less often than before 1945 , the pursuit of their own public or political career . |
| 9 | It may be somewhat longer ( much less often than men claim or fantasise ) or , especially in some physical disorders , somewhat shorter . |
| 10 | Moreover , said Clive , twice a week was less often than was normal and other men boasted of far more frequency in sex with their wives . |
| 11 | I hope it 'll crash less often than the index . |
| 12 | Drums much less often than Great Spotted . |
| 13 | Local education authorities query this pattern of study less often than they used to as principles of credit accumulation percolate through to town halls . |
| 14 | Its frequency is usually fixed , though problems may arise more or less often than review cycles . |
| 15 | ‘ At the moment though , with so few experts in this field , underwater sites will come forward for consideration far less often than land sites . |
| 16 | It seems she saw her father five or six times a year and her grandfather less often than that , though the old man used to send her substantial cash presents at Christmas and on her birthday . ’ |
| 17 | Women who had had a hysterectomy tended to defecate less often than the uterus intact controls . |
| 18 | Sir , — While post-match camaraderie among opposing rugby players is legend , it is less often that their respect and concern for each other on the field of play receives recognition . |
| 19 | Often in company with Kestrel , hovering ( with faster wingbeats ) much less often but frequently gliding ; wings may appear white beneath . |
| 20 | But as she and he both grew , people smiled less often and Fenna himself began to insist on secrecy and darkness . |
| 21 | In recent years we met less often and yet he could conjure up an incident which made us both feel it had all happened a few days ago . |
| 22 | It seems more than likely that with parishes concentrating on basic food needs , the other kinds of discretionary payments , which had been a feature of the eighteenth-century poor , were made less often and with declining generosity . |
| 23 | Bees pollinated frequently and with large loads but generally promoted geitonogamy , whereas butterflies pollinated less often and with smaller loads but usually cross pollinated ; flies pollinated infrequently , with small loads and generally promoted geitonogamy . |
| 24 | ‘ With the recession the whole concept of drinking has changed , people are going out less often and drinking more at home . |
| 25 | ‘ At least six per cent said they would use the bus less often and I do not know of any business in this town which can afford to throw away six per cent of its income . ’ |
| 26 | Such conditions as coronary artery disease , gallstones , appendicitis , diverticulosis , constipation and other digestive troubles , as well as varicose veins and obesity , occur less often when large amounts of fibre are consumed in the diet . |
| 27 | Gradually these dreams came less often until they stopped altogether , although I still do n't know why I had them in the first place . |
| 28 | The initiative for the change was British : full-backs , working in tandem , were catching forwards offside so often that games were becoming boring and gates were going down . |
| 29 | The reformer , Konrad Waldhauser preached here , packing out the church so often that he was sometimes forced to preach in the square . |
| 30 | ‘ The abuse happened so often that I thought it was normal . |