Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had to wait for more congenial work until 1893 , when Mrs Rylands appointed him her librarian . |
| 2 | In the 1930's , at a time when many potteries closed down to wait for more favourable conditions to return , the fifth Josiah Wedgwood decided to build a new factory . |
| 3 | It was unacceptable , he said , that patients should have to wait for more than two years for their promised treatments . |
| 4 | By 1897 he had gone , the mill coming into the hands of John Wyman , who was to remain for more than thirty years . |
| 5 | Albert remarks , a touch sniffily : ‘ An evening at the Crazy Horse Saloon will always make for more compulsive viewing than a day in the life of a Benedictine monastery . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ When I compared notes with managers in places like Glasgow and Manchester , I found that women there seemed to go for more restrained , less glitzy clothes . |
| 7 | I remembered the dated way he had of addressing people — though he had been sacked for more serious matters . |
| 8 | Having publicly backed his wife 's move , Mr Ozal now finds himself at odds with the party he founded and led for more than six years as prime minister . |
| 9 | This is therefore likely to encourage clinicians to search for more cost-effective procedures . |
| 10 | Some of these workers may have just entered the labour market from school , some may have been made redundant from their previous jobs , some may have been sacked for one reason or another and many will have quit their previous jobs in order to create time to search for more satisfactory ones . |
| 11 | The interview need not be long but Sheila will have discovered that there are people who will listen and she is now more likely to take up any referral she is given for more long term counselling . |
| 12 | It recommends formula milk be heated in volumes of at least 4 oz and that 8 oz bottles should not be heated for more than 45 seconds . |
| 13 | I was coming up to my eleven hours — we 're not supposed to drive for more than eleven hours — and I went in and there was Charlie Hatton . |
| 14 | Catering for more than 100,000 students a year , the Millars had a major influence on the dissemination of socialist ideas . |
| 15 | Catering for more than 100,000 students a year , the Millars had a major influence on the dissemination of socialist ideas . |
| 16 | Catering for more than one language at a time |
| 17 | Catering for more than one language at a time |
| 18 | THE NHS should charge fees for old people who need nursing for more than 13 weeks in long-stay wards , a leading consultant said today . |
| 19 | Once your family have tasted the unique flavour of Basmati rice , they 'll be clamouring for more ! |
| 20 | ( In fact it is Grade II starred because it has been inhabited for more than 1,000 years . ) |
| 21 | Lee , 49 , who built up a paper recycling business which he sold for more than £8 million and has since developed several other companies , says he wants to make Manchester City the top club in the country . |
| 22 | The national brewers account for more than 90 per cent of total lager production . |
| 23 | Such enterprises now account for more than 60 per cent of industrial employment in countries as far apart as Ghana and Tanzania ; more than half of them are located in small towns and villages , and the extended family is their most important source of labour ; they contribute at least a quarter of total manufacturing output ; and typically they employ between one and ten workers . |
| 24 | The largest 25 producers account for more than 50% of the area planted and it is their names which are most often seen on merchant 's lists . |
| 25 | Hence , Britain 's five biggest supermarket groups now account for more than 60 per cent of all grocery sales . |
| 26 | While exchanges will show the fastest growth at 18% , commercial banks and capital markets still account for more than 75% of total spend . |
| 27 | Own-label products now account for more than 20% of sales in some European supermarkets ( see chart ) . |
| 28 | The latest crime figures show that burglaries , theft and handling stolen goods now account for more than 90 per cent of the total . |
| 29 | Will my right Hon. Friend confirm that the authority 's detailed proposals will be published before the summer , and will those proposals include advertising campaigns on tobacco and alcohol abuse , which account for more than 100,000 deaths a year in the United Kingdom ? |
| 30 | Grain Whisky : United Distillers ' grain whisky distilleries account for more than one third of total industry production . |