Example sentences of "often than [adv] [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 But they do admit that it 's still more often than not a case of all talk and no action when boys discuss sex in the playground .
2 You know that that 's about all the room there was was honestly was a table and chairs and more often than not a couple of us had to sit on the stairs .
3 More often than not a shoal of big bream , particularly a small shoal of very big bream , does not remain in a swim for long .
4 2.30 More often than not the loss of the wife 's services is assessed by reference to the costs of employing a housekeeper to provide those services , and there have been comparatively recent developments in this area .
5 Although not used more often than once a year in autumn , this tool saves all the hard work involved in scarifying ( breaking up and loosening the surface of ) a lawn by hand with a lawn rake .
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