Example sentences of "it is more often " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extra money earned from attending court on a day off can be attractive , but it is more often the case that reminders about the approaching end of the shift are given to those constables who suggest work which involves ‘ going over ’ . |
| 2 | Material realities may be profound sources of satisfaction or discontent but it is more often symbols which signal to people their own position , their own worth , and their own precariousness . |
| 3 | Stress may result from a sudden dramatic turn of affairs or a so-called ‘ life-event ’ , but it is more often largely the result of long-term overwork or anxiety . |
| 4 | It is more often used indoors . |
| 5 | When , as it were , it is flaunted as The Problem , it is more often being used as a defence against a deeper , underlying one . |
| 6 | Ground can sometimes be hired on a commercial basis but it is more often totally free of charge provided the farmer is assured of your good character and dependability . |
| 7 | A beck runs alongside the main street but due to the vagaries of the rainfall , springs etc it is more often a dry bed . |
| 8 | The duppy is the personification of evil and only capable of malicious acts ; at the very least its fetid breath will cause a victim to vomit violently , though it is more often asked to kill via its pernicious touch . |
| 9 | US companies , he said , generally use the AS/400 as a departmental machine , while in Europe it is more often employed as a central server in medium-sized firms . |
| 10 | US companies , he said , generally use the AS/400 as a departmental machine , while in Europe it is more often employed as a central server in medium-sized firms . |
| 11 | And , finally , according to their own motivational accounts it is more often the lifestyle and the hassle of being dependent on a drug which is illegal , expensive and difficult to obtain which users regard as ‘ the problem ’ rather than heroin itself . |
| 12 | After all that toil and trouble , the outcome was the same as it is more often than not in a constituency of the Republic — the same , that is to say , as if not a single vote had been transferred : the candidates elected were those who , on the showing of the very first count , had the greatest number of first-preference votes . |
| 13 | It is more often the poor conditions that many young mothers are forced to live in that negatively affect their lives , rather than simply their age or the experience of being a mother . |
| 14 | Although such a strategy is possible as a distinct strategy , it is more often employed as a tactic for reducing emissions as part of the air quality management strategy . |
| 15 | But it appears that it is more often the negative effect of a close relationship , rather than any positive effect , that is of significance in determining psychiatric risk . |
| 16 | And though the wOmen 's quartet in Grimes is a quartet of voices , it is more often in three-part counterpoint because the Nieces sing in unison in the refrain . |