Example sentences of "often [conj] not [art] [noun] " 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 | More often than not the women declined , but this did not discourage the tipsy men . |
| 7 | But more often than not the women of the fabliau are presented with admiration and respect . |
| 8 | ( Let's face it , when was the last time you heard references to ‘ Cliff Richard 's lip ’ , Iggy Pop and the annual ceremony marking the opening of the Houses of Parliament side-by-side in a song ? ) ; indecision and apathy are confronted in ‘ Not Superstitious ’ ; ‘ Dead Industrial Atmosphere ’ details the decline of the North-East as an economic force and the subsequent social fall-out and , of course , we get a few long songs thrown in to spice things up , or down , as is more often than not the case . |
| 9 | She was n't always an Englishwoman either , although more often than not the headmaster gave one of his parents British nationality . |
| 10 | Not just one game , but two or three in a row , with Eva more often than not the winner . |
| 11 | More often than not the face peered at me through leaves . |
| 12 | More often than not the gravel is piled up against the front glass of the tank as though the fish are trying to keep you from prying into their nest . |
| 13 | More often than not the victims have serious medical problems , show a long history of social inadequacy , or are clearly suffering from mental illness . |
| 14 | The interviews could be completed on the doorstep in as little as 10 minutes , but most lasted between 15 and 45 minutes and more often than not the fieldworker was invited into the house , offered tea and biscuits — and on one occasion two meat pies ! |
| 15 | In fact , more often than not the fieldworker took the initiative in this matter ; investigators who build up long-term relationships with communities frequently hear and record material which they would prefer to remain ignorant about . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Shooting is extremely difficult and more often than not the fox is wounded rather than killed outright . |
| 18 | More often than not the words they choose to apply are negative . |
| 19 | When the rosy spectacles are laid aside , it is clear that what to the husband and children can be a refreshing hobby — after all they are more often than not the consumers , not the producers , of the home-made jam — to the wife can be another variant of the natural mother image and in everyday terms can mean longer than ever hours at the chopping board . |
| 20 | It can often be a mistake to team up an easy-going person with a dominant horse , because more often than not the horse will run rings round its rider . |
| 21 | The only thing that worked with the odd fish was the open bale-arm , but more often than not the bream dropped the bait before I struck . |
| 22 | At other places people have often sought to reduce casualties by carrying the toads across the road and putting them into the breeding pond , but as often as not the toads they put into the pond were moving out of it rather than in , so the toads have to run the gauntlet of the road a second time . |
| 23 | As often as not the examiner will have disagreed with the statement himself ; that is why he thought of setting it . |
| 24 | Electricity was erratic in the old , two-up , two-down house and as often as not the children had gone to bed with candles . |