用often as not造句子，“often as not”造句

It seems like an increasingly alien concept, picking up a phone without knowing who is on the other end, so as often as not I let the answerphone pick up.

Business does not always win, and when it does, as in these cases, the reasons are as often as not a matter of guesswork.

As often as not the buses are late on foggy days.

As often as not these little rodents are using my oak tree for a highway moving from a garage nearby to a pine tree next door.

Precision is a great translatorial virtue, but we often look for precision in nouns and verbs, whereas as often as not, precision lies in adjectives and adverbs.

Sharks may bite people out of hunger, but often as not, they'll bite out of simple curiosity.