Example sentences of "more often [conj] [adv] [vb base] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While chromatic notes more often than not make his harmony directional , they are never used to excess and always relate to the words . |
| 2 | The proponents of the transnational relations approach have a tendency to analyze interactions within systems rather than effects of practices and , though they claim to be transcending the statecentric model , they more often than not permit the state to set the agenda for them . |
| 3 | He or she will glance ostentatiously at his watch , as if to indicate that an expected arrival is late for an appointment and if he happens to meet the glance of a passer-by , he will more often than not look once again at his watch and cast a long-suffering glance at heaven ; as if by recruiting sympathy for a familiar predicament he will pre-empt any suspicion of more suspect motives . |
| 4 | The woman or — more especially — the man who has a deep-seated doubt as to capacity to satisfy a partner in intercourse will more often than not fail to do so . |
| 5 | When a central government department is sued , it is usual to name the respondent as the Secretary of State who is constitutionally responsible for the conduct of the department 's business ; although , of course , the decision or action being challenged will more often than not have been made or done by someone other than the Secretary of State personally ; and in the case of a geographically decentralized department , such as the Department of Social Security , the challenged decision or action may have originated from any one of a large number of regional offices of the department . |
| 6 | These specially created ideologies more often than not give the believer a clear place in the scheme of things , by providing a definite identity . |
| 7 | Is not it clear from those figures and from many others that it takes a Conservative Government to deliver the goods to NHS patients and that all the Opposition have to offer are promises which more often than not prove false ? |
| 8 | The tourist or business or conference traveller will more often than not travel on a plane manufactured by one of the few aerospace TNCs that dominate the civil airline industry , occupy a hotel room subcontracted to or owned or managed by the local affiliate of one of the few chains that dominate the global hotel industry , hire a car from an agency of one of the international firms that dominate the car rental industry , and will pay for all this with one of the credit cards issued by the few TNCs that control global personal finance . |
| 9 | More recently — in our era of politicised art — artists more often than not include texts in their works just in case you do n't get the point . |
| 10 | Your puppy is tense and will more often than not cry after being taken from his litter-mates . |