Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] often [coord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | According to the study , the means-tested benefit is reaching its targets more often and more effectively than many had feared . |
| 2 | I think I think er these days people take er take baths and showers quite often and you have to be pretty close to somebody before you smell them I guess , I mean I hope you do anyway . |
| 3 | Older people need to be in hospital longer , to consult general practitioners more often and take more drugs , and to have more home-based chiropody and nursing services and more personal social services than younger people ( Social Trends 1987 ) . |
| 4 | Employers complained of such traits as often and as vehemently as they complained of " riotous and unlawful combination " . |
| 5 | Erm there 's the legendary Doctor Keat of Eton who er was was erm legendary precisely because he beat the boys so often and so vigorously . |
| 6 | Chimpanzees use tools more often and in a greater variety of ways than any other animal , except man . |
| 7 | ‘ It is always tempting to bowl your genuine quicks as often and as long as possible , but that would be counter-productive . |