Example sentences of "be n't often [that] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is n't often that unions have taken up issues such as racial or sex discrimination or unfair dismissal , and when workers have come out on strike they have usually been slow and reluctant to make these strikes official . |
| 2 | It is n't often that you hear a genuine story of a tail wagging the dog but spreadsheets and personal computers are just such a case . |
| 3 | It is n't often that a new cruising ground opens to yachtsmen , particularly one that has hundred of deserted anchorages , summer water temperatures comparable to the Med , and which is the same sailing distance from Britain as Gibraltar . |
| 4 | It was n't often that he had a whole day out on the moor . |
| 5 | It was n't often that men shrugged off her attempts to pay her way . |