Example sentences of "than [not/n't] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( More often than not they are women , since many elderly male refugees from East African have died within a few years of coming to Britain . ) |
| 2 | Sometimes these losses do not amount to anything important but more often than not they include the loss of some article of sentimental value which creates a strong emotional response . |
| 3 | New houses may be built , but more often than not they compromise the setting of the house without generating funds to restore it . |
| 4 | More often than not they are located ten miles outside town under a tin roof , in wasteland surrounded by a car park the size of Brazil . |
| 5 | But I am convinced — from what I have seen and what my commonsense tells me — that more often than not they simply tilt towards the bait at a slight angle and suck it to their lips from distances up to nine inches , a process of vacuuming which they may repeat several times before attempting to swallow the bait . |
| 6 | This chameleon quality often leads to misunderstandings between home and school — each blaming the other , when more often than not they are difficult in the one setting but not the other . |
| 7 | ‘ Indian restaurants are always contacting us to say that they 've had celebrities in , and more often than not they turn out to be MPs . ’ |
| 8 | Food is scarce and more often than not they go hungry . |
| 9 | Sometimes these are clearly stated but more often than not they are implicit in attitudes and actions . |
| 10 | If soldiers could find a defender from outside their number ( as they did in the poet Thomas Hoccleve , who pleaded that greater respect be paid to their economic predicament in old age ) , more often than not they suffered from the verbal and literary lash of preachers , moralists and other writers . |
| 11 | More often than not they turn out to be admirers well versed in her background , and she finds herself answering the sort of urgent questions that ‘ normal people ’ ask when they are introduced to her : how is she settling to her new life ? ; does she miss Low Birk Hatt and her beasts ? ; is she taking care of herself ? ; and so on . |
| 12 | At times the boundaries between these modes of address are exclusive , yet more often than not they shift to accommodate varying needs . |
| 13 | More often than not they will enhance the surroundings rather than detract from them . |
| 14 | and they used to know the , the wrongdoers , and when alleg allegations were made about any violence on the police , they would know the policeman pretty well , and more often than not they could tell whether a policeman might be of the type who might provoke anybody , they knew the policeman very well indeed , and my word if the policeman was assaulted in my early days , he 'd got to have a jolly good excuse not to be sent to prison . |
| 15 | Consequently , more often than not we have exchanged old rote for new . |
| 16 | .. more often than not we can REDUCE your monthly repayments . |
| 17 | Life on the margins characterises the Christian church in advanced industrial societies , and more often than not we do not even notice it . |
| 18 | Occasionally we hear of staff abuse and there is outrage , but more often than not we simply do not think of what it means to be old or shut away . |
| 19 | So i more often than not we were on the rates and of course the public say , oh I 'm paying your salaries . |
| 20 | We were allowed to help with the work of the farm , although more often than not I suspect we hindered the wheels of labour . |
| 21 | Plus the fact that it 's a challenge — if you shoot a bad composition in colour , more often than not you can get away with it . |
| 22 | More often than not you have to work hard for a few fish . |
| 23 | More often than not you get a refund cos of course you have personal allowances for a whole year but you 've not er not er lived a whole year as often as not and therefore there usually spaced over the twelve months and you 've paid a bit too much tax if you 've died in the course of the twelve months . |
| 24 | Pass any beach or gravel pit during the summer and more often than not you 'll come across colourful sails skimming on the water . |
| 25 | More often than not you only need the bottom window out because most wardrobes 'll go out that way you see . |
| 26 | The cast is assembled , but more often than not it has nothing to say . |
| 27 | It is a factor that Mr Crosby recognises : ‘ Tactics can win you these games , but more often than not it is whether the players have the experience and the bottle . ’ |
| 28 | It 's not unusual for horses to do this and more often than not it is just a tiny nick and does n't cause any problem or any pain . |
| 29 | More often than not it is the ‘ feeder that becomes stuck when the barbel charge through a thick weedbed or the like . |
| 30 | more often than not it lacks continuity and progression or any serious attempt to ensure that adequate time and attention are given to the elements said to comprise the topic . |