Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv] often [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For instance , if examples in which females play an active role appear as often as those in which the active person is male , this may help counteract the prevailing view in society that mathematics is primarily an activity for males . |
| 2 | In the breeding season males peek more often than females . |
| 3 | But America 's top shops are learning to apply their bar-code data in ways that might surprise a good many customers who shop more often than Mr Bush — and that signal big changes ahead for store managers , as well . |
| 4 | The lower classes — if we talk about upper and middle how can we not talk about lower ? — served tea , beer , gin and stodgy food , cut as often as not into hamfisted wedges , fit to fill the belly not the hand , and , understanding that the band was working for a living , treated it with respect and decorum . |
| 5 | " Slips of the pen " happen more often than we might suppose and certainly do not necessarily indicate carelessness , idleness or ignorance . |
| 6 | Comments that the ‘ recession is bottoming out ’ seem more often than not to have a hollow ring about them . |
| 7 | In summertime trains run as often as every ten minutes taking holiday-makers through to the popular resort . |
| 8 | Floss as often as possible . |
| 9 | he served with the Irish Guards before he volunteered for the Commandos , and you can be sure that he will have you playing that tune as often as possible , as long as you do n't play it around this H.Q , I do n't mind . ’ |
| 10 | Consequently , what we get more often than not is a textureless meat with a slightly sweet taste and a gummy quality that makes stick in your teeth . |
| 11 | ( Repeat as often as you wish , with other inner blockages . ) |
| 12 | The line I use more often than not is 3lb b.s. , but I would not recommend this to anglers with no experience of long-range legering . |
| 13 | People did not have to face the problem alone as they do so often when it comes to social security benefit cuts . |
| 14 | Play the field and score as often as possible . |
| 15 | Other members of the committee , together with the general membership , also fish as often as possible when weather and tide allow . |
| 16 | And I hope you have n't gone to any trouble cooking for me because I can barely keep owt down these days , not after t'hospital , me appetite quite sickened away on me wi' the things they serve up — greasy bits o' beef skirt and nasty little salads wi' half a two-week old egg and a few outside leaves o' lettuce and a bit o' wet beetroot , no , it was an effort getting it down , let alone keeping it down — I can tell you , there was many as could n't , eggs from t'infernal regions we got for us breakfast as often as not , right stink bombs , but could you get any o' them nurses to have a sniff or give us another i'stead ? |
| 17 | Such conditions as coronary artery disease , gallstones , appendicitis , diverticulosis , constipation and other digestive troubles , as well as varicose veins and obesity , occur less often when large amounts of fibre are consumed in the diet . |
| 18 | This argument is reinforced by observations that IBS patients consult more often than others after a stressful or threatening life event . |
| 19 | However , there is little doubt that cases of child cruelty occur more often than they are observed . |
| 20 | Hall says that mutations in the genetic code of some bacteria occur more often when they are useful than when they are not . |
| 21 | We have seen how the findings of Barry Hall and John Cairns have suggested that some genetic codes occur more often when they are useful than when they are not . |