Example sentences of "[adv] often [subord] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This was usually the advance of a political cause or party , and , less often than before 1945 , the pursuit of their own public or political career . |
| 2 | As so often when in the company of women , Matthew felt a little superfluous . |
| 3 | Yet even Bernard of Ventadour , the poet of lyrical love , composed for Henry more often than for Eleanor . |
| 4 | Geoffrey Rippon , who was in charge of negotiations , reported to Whitelaw more often than to Heath , the prime minister . |
| 5 | The touch judges ' flags were on the pitch more often than off it in a game I saw recently here ( in Eastern Province , South Africa ) . |
| 6 | Couples not only make love more often than at home , they also talk more often to each other . |
| 7 | Context is relied on much more often than in English or Bali to establish time reference . |
| 8 | And going back to the taking of the bread to the erm er bakehouse erm if there was a fire going they did n't do that , because they were baked in the oven , but in the summertime we did it more often than in the winter , because if there was no fire you see , there was no gas cooker or anything like that , all the cooking was done on the coal fire and the oven at the side of it . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | Management is described in terms of change more often than in terms of standstill or consolidation . |
| 11 | They may not be looking for treatment or rehabilitation but er what we can offer them is clean injecting equipment er free condoms , because H I V is transmitted sexually as well , probably more than , more often than in Oxfordshire , er and also we have been prescribing from an assessment clinic in the city centre . |
| 12 | In establishing sand:silt:clay ratios of sediments it may be necessary to withdraw samples no more often than after 58 s at 20 cm ( 0·063 mm ) and 123 min at 10 cm ( 0·004 mm ) . |
| 13 | More often because of his impatience , it blew back in his face , dusting him all over . |
| 14 | I have had guests who have been speechless , monosyllabic , obtuse and recalcitrant , but more often because of nerves or discomfort than deliberately so . |
| 15 | This is sometimes due to a generally secretive approach but it is probably more often because of a fear of being made to appear inadequate at the hands of an experienced interviewer . |
| 16 | On passage birds are seen on inland waters , particularly the reservoirs , as often as on the coast . |
| 17 | He sat next to Katja Müller who to his pleasant surprise made a practice of turning to speak to him as often as to her supposed escort Lapointe . |
| 18 | It was one of the magnetic forces that drew them overseas , and led them to disappointment quite as often as to wealth . |
| 19 | But such remarks were commonplace and were made by ardent church reformers as often as by anyone else . |
| 20 | Boxing is harder but you do n't have to put your body on the line as often as in League . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I am a fairly lonely person — I do have friends but I do n't get to see them very often because of my unsociable shift work . |