Example sentences of "[adv] often [adj] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , he could also be a tiresome prankster and thus often more of a hindrance than a help about the house — Briggs tells of practical jokes such as ‘ blowing ashes over shelled oats spread out to dry ’ ( from The Fairies in Tradition and Literature ) . |
| 2 | Fathers are more often aggressive and also are more often absent from the home . |
| 3 | And I think that 's where the problems emerge , that they 're not doing anything , I think , quite often different to the sort of behaviour one might find elsewhere , but there 's a question of how , as an institution , you regulate the behaviour that 's acceptable within your own walls . |
| 4 | Females are evidently often afraid of the male 's approach , for he may assault and rape her . |
| 5 | Tate Bramald supplies its clients with a variety of the leading packages , but Mr Tate finds that the UK packages are all too often weak on the currency side . |
| 6 | Maturin 's secret missions and Aubrey 's orders involved them in dangers very often due to the malice or ambition of individuals rather than to the fortunes of war . |
| 7 | So in those circumstances it is very often wise for a court to explain — look , normally , you 'd have got erm two hundred pounds for this offence , but because of your poor financial circumstances erm we 're imposing a fine of fifty pounds in your case . |