Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] not a [noun sg] " 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 | Most pilots do not instinctively look across and compare their height with the trees unless they have been taught to do so , and more often than not a pilot will try to judge by angles and positioning alone . |
| 3 | Much pre-war inner city housing has little in the way of space and more often than not a backyard is the best you can hope for . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Half an hour is the minimum for each side ; so if the moot starts at 8.30 p.m. , and if three judges each take ten minutes to give judgment , it is 10 p.m. even if not a minute has been lost — and this does not allow time for the presiding judge to invite the audience to comment before judgment is given . |
| 7 | His faith comprised curiously disparate elements — the rough , frightened , humility of the countryman ; the thoughtful worshipper ; the vigorous enquirer ; and even though not a micro-molecule of disrespect ever enters his attitude towards his Deity , his natural radical-ness stood so near at hand one can almost feel its heat . |
| 8 | Accepting that , the health authorities say that the damage in the present case was suffered by the plaintiff whilst still en ventre sa mère and therefore while not a person in the eyes of English law . |