Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The latest CBI surveys suggest that more stockbuilding has indeed occurred , although not on a scale sufficient to explain the trade figures . |
| 2 | Be flexible , if necessary suggest that more time should be devoted to an item at a separate meeting . |
| 3 | However , official figures suggest that more girls have tended to stay at school to secondary level than boys , both in the homelands and in DET areas . |
| 4 | The most recent studies suggest that more than a third of employers discriminate against black applicants for jobs , and that levels of discrimination are the same for Asian and Afro-Caribbean applicants , for men and women , and vary little between job categories , although previous studies have documented higher levels of racial discrimination in relation to unskilled manual jobs ( Brown and Gay , 1985 ; Smith , 1977 ) . |
| 5 | For they suggest that more is at stake in the dispute about holism than the comparatively technical notion of reducibility . |
| 6 | Some studies suggest that more energy will be devoted to a career at this stage than at any other as the race to achieve really takes off . |
| 7 | Rosenthal comments that ‘ the history of science generally , and the history of psychology more specifically , suggest that more of us are wrong longer than we need to be because we hold our theories not quite lightly enough . ’ |
| 8 | The report acknowledges that such a transformation would be seen as unacceptable by a majority of the population , but adds that more efficient use of energy and the introduction of new technology could minimize the impact . |
| 9 | They proposed that more open-ended questioning and more pupil talk were vital in reading acquisition . |
| 10 | He promised that more such documents from the archives of the CPSU central committee would be released . |
| 11 | The statement ends : ‘ It is expected that more people will visit museums as a result of the wider interest generated by the presence of an international art and antiques market here . |
| 12 | Further photo-documentation of the wreckage is now under way , and the team expect that more evidence will be lifted on the cause of the crash . |
| 13 | They say that more of the therapy group were married , and married people with cancer are known to survive longer ; that help with pain control meant they were more likely to remain active and continue with exercise ; and that they tended to eat better . |
| 14 | Some say that more people died that year than during the rebellion 10 years before . |
| 15 | I say that more in hope than expectation , but one never knows . |
| 16 | The line operates every Tuesday and gets dozens of calls , because , despite the fact that there have been fewer home repossessions over the last few months , the National Association of Citizens Advice Bureaux say that more people are getting themselves into debt . |
| 17 | Incidentally , Bob and I have been involved in some hospital visiting lately , and were surprised to find that more than half the patients in the ward had been taken ill on holiday , and consequently felt doubly cut off . |
| 18 | The Committee to Protect Journalists ( CPJ ) has reported that more journalists were killed carrying out their professional duties in 1991 than in any other year since the formation of the committee ten years ago . |
| 19 | It was reported that more than IR£10 million has been permanently removed from the Group 's total cost base in comparison with overheads in 1991/92 . |
| 20 | It found that more than half of companies now use contract hire compared with only three in 10 during 1991 . |
| 21 | David Raffe ( 11 ) of Edinburgh University found that more than three-quarters of school leavers from sparsely populated areas were able to live at home . |
| 22 | Nevertheless , Bancroft et al. ( 1977 ) found that more than half the attempters felt they had needed some form of help before the act , and that the most common type of help wanted was someone to talk to . |
| 23 | A report as long ago as 1975 found that more than two-thirds of Yorkshire 's water mains needed replacing , mainly because of corrosion . |
| 24 | Copeland found that more tubers were infected after they had been passed over an elevator digger which was lifting stocks of heavily infested tubers . |
| 25 | Wenger ( 1984 , p. 91 ) found that more than half the childless old people in her study of rural Wales saw a relative , a sibling , niece , nephew or cousin at least once a week , though in inner city London there were more isolated old people ( Sinclair et al . , |
| 26 | They found that more than half their sample did have previous admissions within the preceding year . |
| 27 | Her main task was to organise courses in communication skills , but she soon found that more of her job was about creating the climate of media awareness in the Catholic Church . |
| 28 | Empirical evidence also began to build up , and Spooner ( 1972 ) , in a study of employers who had moved to the southwest found that more of them cited the attractive environment of Devon and Cornwall as reasons for moving to the area , than its labour supply , and Lonsdale and Browning ( 1971 , 267 ) found that manufacturing plants in 10 southern USA States were more orientated to rural than urban areas and that : ‘ manufacturing firms appear to be placing increased emphasis on rural and small town sites ’ . |
| 29 | And Gallup found that more than half of Americans polled were ‘ favourably ’ disposed towards Gorbachev , the highest rating for any Soviet leader since the Second World War . |
| 30 | A Californian study of over 4000 healthy women who had normal deliveries of full-term babies found that more than three-quarters gained between 22–46lb , with an average gain of nearly 35lb . |