Example sentences of "more often [subord] not [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More often than not Ma starts me off only to leave me stranded above the waterdragon with my–backside wedged into the Young Person 's Patent Toilet Seat Adaptor ( another trophy won from the WI jumble by Pa ) . |
| 2 | Drugs do nothing to remove the cause of a headache which more often than not stems from nervous and muscular tension , something aromatherapy massage will gently soothe away . |
| 3 | More often than not champions and sponsors have a management position within the formal structure . |
| 4 | I have come to believe that the soft occult more often than not leads to the hard stuff . |
| 5 | More often than not community care means care by families — especially nuclear families . |
| 6 | More often than not script changes were brought in line with the regular artist 's ease of reading the part , because of the burden placed on them . |
| 7 | Humour is very subtle in ‘ Great Expectations ’ as more often than not Dickens will just use parts of the language wittily rather than the obvious physical humour surrounding Pumblechook . |