Example sentences of "[noun pl] more often [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strach has been on his last legs for the past 2 seasons and while he still produces high quality performances more often than not he is looking more tired with each game he plays , not suprising for someone of his age . |
| 2 | These specially created ideologies more often than not give the believer a clear place in the scheme of things , by providing a definite identity . |
| 3 | Also it is not advisable to have X-rays more often than is really needed . |
| 4 | Also it is not advisable to have X-rays more often than is really needed . |
| 5 | The failure rate of the undersea cables which would carry the electricity generated back to shore was said to be 300 times more often than an initial consultants ' report had suggested . |
| 6 | Teachers have been found to attend to disruptive , inattentive ( 'off-task' ) behaviour in their classrooms three times more often than they attend to appropriate behaviour . |
| 7 | Birds roosting and foraging near airports now collide with jumbo jets seven times more often than they did with the early turbo jets . |
| 8 | Over all , the white actor was preferred ten times more often than the black one . |
| 9 | While chromatic notes more often than not make his harmony directional , they are never used to excess and always relate to the words . |
| 10 | More recently — in our era of politicised art — artists more often than not include texts in their works just in case you do n't get the point . |
| 11 | The other main reason is that , having been sidelined by Neil Kinnock last year into the job of transport , Mr Prescott has found himself appearing on the early-evening television and radio bulletins more often than any other member of the Shadow Cabinet . |
| 12 | And there they would greet the men that they knew , and collect what news they could , and visit the cess-pits more often than they would like to admit , while turning all the time to look up here , where the King their leader was deciding what was going to save them from the army of Northumbria . |
| 13 | According to the study , the means-tested benefit is reaching its targets more often and more effectively than many had feared . |
| 14 | Just eleven players since 1905 have appeared in Palace colours more often than Vince but , in reviewing his career with us , one is left with the feeling that , while it promised to climb the highest peaks of success , it in fact merely reached the approaches . |
| 15 | But in practice they award half-points more often than full points because , I suspect , they want to be seen to have a high standard . |
| 16 | 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 ) . |
| 17 | Such breaks , which occur in deep mountain valleys more often than in lowland valleys , are not always easy to interpret , as similar forms may be caused by lithological differences or by glaciation . |
| 18 | McKeown and his colleagues blame the general hospitals for killing their patients more often than relieving them , at least until the 1875 public Health Act . |
| 19 | But the spirited kid who used to wear a badge proclaiming Born To Raise Hell was also in trouble with his teachers more often than not . |
| 20 | Some studies show that it is those in the higher socio-economic groups that use lawyers more often than those in the lower groups . |
| 21 | YOUNGSTERS in Northern Ireland smoke more , drink less and have been offered drugs more often than their British counterparts . |
| 22 | ‘ Well , not … wrong , exactly , ’ Mrs Dooley lowered her voice and adopted a conspiratorial air , not easy for someone as broad as she was tall , and given to smiles more often than frowns . |
| 23 | Both general practitioners and non-medical staff mentioned benefits more often than costs . |
| 24 | Most people I questioned about their favourite comfort foods named liquid foods frequently , hot dishes more often than cold and savoury tastes , surprisingly , seemed more favoured than sweet . |
| 25 | Why is it that artists should be drawn to places of ill health , suffering , death , and why women more often than men ? |
| 26 | For , as Loomis points out , even though Republicans received more funding than Democrats between 1930 and 1970 the Democrats were able to hold power in the Senate and House of Representatives more often than the Republicans . |
| 27 | It is also worth noting that parents briefed the assistants more often than professionals such as educational psychologists , doctors , speech and physiotherapists . |
| 28 | Chimpanzees use tools more often and in a greater variety of ways than any other animal , except man . |
| 29 | Proposing ideas unfortunately provokes difficulties or objections more often than it wins support . |
| 30 | Thus , according to the most recent readership profiles assembled by The Guardian , 56% of Guardian readers agree with the statement ‘ I disapprove of aerosol cans because of the effect on the atmosphere ’ , 139,000 of them have taken out life assurance payable on death , 5% are under 40 , 73% bought records last year , more of them attended theatre and contemporary dance events more often than readers of other quality dailies and 25,000 of them invested in unit trusts . |