Example sentences of "[noun] take more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effect takes more than 10ms to develop and can last for up to a few seconds . |
| 2 | Friends of a soccer player who died after a street fight claim that vital minutes were lost because an ambulance took more than half an hour to arrive . |
| 3 | RESIDENTS have voiced growing concern over ambulance coverage in Teesdale after an ambulance took more than half an hour to respond to an emergency call . |
| 4 | AN ambulance chief has defended the record of his service after claims that an ambulance took more than half an hour to answer an emergency call in Teesdale . |
| 5 | All of you couch potatoes who were inspired by the Olympics to take more exercise in future , what about having a bash at the New York Marathon and raising funds for charity as well ? |
| 6 | In the profession I would much prefer to see work generated by the directors , and the casting directors taking more trouble to go round and see the actor at work , taking people on the basis of work they had already seen . |
| 7 | Control of factors such as resistance to change and propensity to take more than a fair share of the spoils must be exercised at national and international levels . |
| 8 | Some anglers add depth to their rigs to take more fish but I have found on the Nene shallowing up can bring better results . |
| 9 | Most directors take more interest in the negotiation of the service contract than in any other document , and understandably so . |
| 10 | Costs will increase if there are a number of interested parties since the process takes more time . |
| 11 | His mother , Queen Taj ol Molok , appeared different — tiny and delicate , But she was equally fierce and unbending ; in later years she was frequently described as a harridan She was not easily appeased when , after the birth of the twins , Reza Shah took more wives , with whom he had six more children . |
| 12 | But a coup took more than force . |
| 13 | People are becoming increasingly aware of the need to take more care of our surroundings , to use our natural resources more economically and to improve the quality of life . |
| 14 | If any school in this Authority , including tries to take more than they deserve , tries to be greedy in taking more money from the rest of schools , I will oppose it and I hope every member of this Council does too . |
| 15 | For them there is frequently a cycle of desperate and under-capitalised farming followed by failure through drought or poverty-induced disease and malnutrition , with another enforced move to take more land into cultivation , while the land under previous cultivation erodes , or reverts to unproductive grazing land ( Gilbert 1974 , Deutsch 1977 : 343 f. ; Johnson 1978 ; Grainger 1980 : 16 ) . |
| 16 | We 've said all along that staffing the community centre should be reduced er and that we should be encouraging the community to take more interest in running their community centres . |
| 17 | This form of teaching takes more time than other methods but the emphasis is on learning the processes of thinking and organisation involved in reaching solutions . |
| 18 | As the computer takes more responsibility for routine and mundane processes and tasks , the computer professional has yet more opportunity for creative effort . |
| 19 | Quite often we have to encourage our younger executives to take more risks because their natural reaction , particularly if they qualified as accountants , is to be conservative . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Legally , the Government is not in a position to force generators to take more coal . |
| 21 | ‘ Legally , the Government is not in a position to force generators to take more coal . ’ |
| 22 | Males take more rabbits , and females more fish and small mammals , but this is not to say that a female ca n't kill a rabbit or that a male wo n't kill mice . |
| 23 | The show marries poetry with art , encouraging viewers to take more time looking at each picture , as he compares the words with the image . |
| 24 | But to win this game takes more than just knowing the right moves , donning the groovy gear and asking Mr Barber for ‘ a dishy pop-star cut , please ’ . |
| 25 | Di — who smiled when wellwishers gave her flowers — said people took more notice if someone well-known was involved . |
| 26 | What are the main obstacles in the way of people taking more control over their own health and health care and have we examples of this struggle from which we can all learn ? |
| 27 | Police and firefighters took more than an hour to free the bodies from the wreckage . |
| 28 | ‘ People take more interest because the weather gets cold , ’ said Mr Walters . |
| 29 | Chief Inspector Vic Williams says : ‘ People take more care making a cup of tea than they do driving . |
| 30 | The criteria included having a workplace policy on smoking , encouraging staff to take more exercise and ensuring that the staff restaurant offers a healthy food choice . |