Example sentences of "[noun pl] as often [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I had an instant picture of this docile boat now chugging at nine knots with a following wind on a choppy but inland loch , far out in the North Sea bucking and corkscrewing , the bow sickeningly below the waves as often as not . |
| 2 | Beginning in 1910 , it put on performances as often as once a month , at which texts from , for example , Nietzsche , Rilke , Wedekind , and others were read . |
| 3 | Only 5 per cent of the children saw their parents as often as once a month ; 41 per cent had no parental contact . |
| 4 | But such remarks were commonplace and were made by ardent church reformers as often as by anyone else . |
| 5 | They were all very sharp and attentive , prepared to go back over scenes or lines as often as was required , patient when Charles lost the line , encouraging when he got a flow of dialogue working . |
| 6 | A hands-on procedure is followed , not only in the studio but at the site , where I build full-scale mock-ups as often as I can . |
| 7 | This time the Americans have been talking to negotiators as often as three times a day , sitting with one side and then another to explore positions on such controversial issues as the disposition of authority over West Bank land . |
| 8 | She could invent hypotheses as often as she sipped her tepid coffee . |
| 9 | the trouble is not having enough modern catalogues of , of things that you can actually buy today because when they manufacturer them now they do n't erm make catalogues as often as they used to do er , it costs so much money in it I 'd er , I , I think that probably the next trend is going to be in lighting fittings er which will take in er you er , low energy lamps er , at the erm , the new fluorescent lamps er where erm , well there 's one in the hall which takes eight watts and it 's given us as much light out as a hundred watt lamp , er and |
| 10 | From there it can be made available to the required analysis program(s) as often as necessary . |
| 11 | He half wondered if she 'd arranged it ; women do n't get invited to these things as often as men . |
| 12 | ( You are rarely able to sample rhythms as often as you would like. ) ( a ) Are your 4 hours of observations made in a single session or a number of sessions ? ( b ) If it is a single session , is this at the same time or at different times each day ? ( c ) If it is at different times , then how do you arrange them ? ( d ) If it is a number of sessions , then how many ? |
| 13 | Unsurprisingly , Zeng 's childhood was not a happy one , and he played truant from his persecutors as often as he could . |
| 14 | buy organic fruit , vegetables , cereal products , meat , dairy produce and free range poultry and eggs as often as possible . |
| 15 | The decisions of Margaret Thatcher 's ministers are struck down by the courts as often as were those of the Wilson or Callaghan administrations . |
| 16 | Since the mite demands food more than three times as often as the host would usually offer it to the larvae , it 's no surprise that an infected ant abandons all its usual duties in the nest while carrying the mite . |
| 17 | Le Monde of June 9-10 estimated that in the 50 major , policy-determining laws of the 270 passed during Rocard 's term as Prime Minister , Rocard had relied on the support of the right and centre nearly three times as often as he relied on the PCF . |
| 18 | erm women were being prescribed tranquillizers about three times as often as men and in fact , women go to see the G P three times as often as men . |
| 19 | erm women were being prescribed tranquillizers about three times as often as men and in fact , women go to see the G P three times as often as men . |
| 20 | We continued to send parcels as often as we could . |
| 21 | Thus the final message of step 8 is prosaic : practise in real life situations as often as you can until , inevitably , you become both confident and effective . |
| 22 | Pupils are included in school plays and productions , included in school teams and have their work displayed upon walls and in school magazines as often as other pupils . |
| 23 | It may have changed hands as often as eight times in a period of twenty years . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , England coach Dick Best pledged : ‘ We will carry the ball in our hands as often as possible against Wales . |
| 25 | Employers complained of such traits as often and as vehemently as they complained of " riotous and unlawful combination " . |
| 26 | Perhaps I am in your thoughts as often as you are in mine dearest Elsie . |
| 27 | All the stores that could not be moved by native porters or the gallant Timor ponies were destroyed on 22 February and the Company moved south into the mountains , from where they were able to watch an area of 300 square miles ( over 770km 2 ) , patrolling for negative reports as often as they made enemy sightings . |
| 28 | Use non-stick frying pans and saucepans as often as possible . |
| 29 | The matter is complicated by the fact that across the social spectrum some families changed their surnames as often as their surcoats , and individuals had , in the course of their lives , sometimes as many as three or four surnames , any of which could be adopted quite haphazardly by their progeny . |
| 30 | She discards her admirers as often as she discards gloves , and poor Mama spends most of her time comforting the latest reject . |