Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] not [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So if not nostalgia , what did it mean to you ? ’ |
| 2 | As for old age , it was a catastrophe to be stoically expected , a decline in earning power from the forties as physical strength ebbed — especially for the less skilled — followed by poverty , and as like as not charity and poor relief . |
| 3 | More often than not Ma starts me off only to leave me stranded above the waterdragon with my–backside wedged into the Young Person 's Patent Toilet Seat Adaptor ( another trophy won from the WI jumble by Pa ) . |
| 4 | More often than not champions and sponsors have a management position within the formal structure . |
| 5 | Drugs do nothing to remove the cause of a headache which more often than not stems from nervous and muscular tension , something aromatherapy massage will gently soothe away . |
| 6 | Humour is very subtle in ‘ Great Expectations ’ as more often than not Dickens will just use parts of the language wittily rather than the obvious physical humour surrounding Pumblechook . |
| 7 | More often than not community care means care by families — especially nuclear families . |
| 8 | I have come to believe that the soft occult more often than not leads to the hard stuff . |
| 9 | More often than not script changes were brought in line with the regular artist 's ease of reading the part , because of the burden placed on them . |
| 10 | Young people do not want to live in them , when as often as not work means agriculture or nothing . |
| 11 | There was something in Mrs Maugham 's solid air of conscious rectitude that threw a faint shadow of guilt over everyone who approached her , though as often as not people did not know why they were guilty : her disapprovals were so vast and public , her approvals so private and ill-chartered that all immediately cast themselves as goats in the discrimination of her gaze . |
| 12 | The proposed broadening of the granting of investment aids for the purpose of protecting and improving the environment ( part of Article 3 ) is to be welcomed although it does not appear to square with the basic investment aid objectives of such plans because it appears to mean that environmental investment per se will qualify for support , even if not part of an agricultural improvement . |
| 13 | First we may consider the phrase : ( 25 ) acrobatic performance In the light of the discussion above we may remark that this can be understood in either of two ways : first , as covering any performance which is so described because it is linked with the idea of an acrobat in the execution of his or her professional duties ; this would include expertise in juggling , tightrope walking , standing on one 's hands , and so on , even if they are performed by an amateur lacking any natural talent for the task ; second , ( 25 ) may be used to designate any performance which is acrobatic in itself , even if not part of the normal repertoire of acrobats , for instance , grabbing hold of a branch growing out from a cliff just after falling from the top . |
| 14 | Until the Uprising even the PLO leadership — albeit with a great deal of hesitation — was ready to accept the formula of a joint Jordanian and Palestinian delegation , it being understood that the Palestinian component , even though not PLO leaders themselves , would be a genuine and equal partner with the Jordanians . |
| 15 | If we are not having that conversation at the initial design stage when the total project for production is certainly many months ahead if not years ahead . |