Example sentences of "[verb] more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | As The Smiths grew in commercial stature , so they encountered more and more professional people , especially in America , and these people constantly told the band to think big , to think mega , to evolve into a major international unit . |
| 32 | and it grown and that 's it , no , they 've got ta bombard it with chemicals and all sorts , they want more and more but what 's the good of producing more and more , but all these people all over the world dying of hunger |
| 33 | Cos he want more and more and more . |
| 34 | By 1983 the National Health Service was employing more than 800,000 staff — an increase of a quarter over the total in the early 1970s . |
| 35 | For manufacturing companies employing more than fifty people , the Category A winner and recipient of the Industrial Development Board Award was Thermomax Limited . |
| 36 | Of the 11 million German workers less than 1.5 million worked in enterprises employing more than 1,000 people . |
| 37 | His mistake was employing more than one man to decorate his rooms . |
| 38 | Valuations were a matter of fact and expert opinion , and according to the Lord President ( Clyde ) in Duke of Portland v Woods Trustees [ 1926 ] , a true valuation could be made only after employing more than one measure , each legitimate but none necessarily conclusive by itself . |
| 39 | Fringe benefits are also more significant for workers in large companies although their exact size is difficult to estimate because the Welfare Facilities Survey covers only the 50 per cent of labour in firms employing more than 30 workers . |
| 40 | If we take a large firm to be one employing more than 1000 and a small one less than 100 , the latter in 1985 employed 15 times as many people in the private sector as a whole and five times as many in manufacturing . |
| 41 | Not least , the Management of Health and Safety at Work Regulations 1992 which require not only that any organisation employing more than four people must record the results of a health and safety risk assessment and for all employers to implement measures needed to minimise or eliminate hazards identified in their own assessments , but that ( other than sole traders and partnerships ) a ‘ competent person ’ — defined as someone with ‘ sufficient training and experience and knowledge or other qualities ’ — is appointed to help implement compliance with all H&S legislation . |
| 42 | In the northern region alone , there are more than 220 foreign-owned businesses employing more than 42,000 people . |
| 43 | DAINTYFIT is a major employer in the North West , employing more than 500 people at its Limavady site in the manufacturing of bras for Marks & Spencer . |
| 44 | Large firms employing more than 250 people where under-representation of Catholics is 5.1pc below target ( 39pc ) ; The police and other security-related occupations , like the Prison Service . |
| 45 | ORGANISATIONS employing more than 35,000 people signed up for good health at a ceremony in South Cleveland Hospital . |
| 46 | Over the years , it has progressed and developed into an efficient organisation employing more than sixty staff , with an annual turnover of more than £1 million . |
| 47 | Setting the threshold at £200,000 , which would include all but 1 per cent of taxpayers , would still yield more than £3 billion . |
| 48 | Research is in progress to modify crop plants genetically to make them yield more than one product . |
| 49 | I E we charged more than most of the others . |
| 50 | More slowly , ministers and departments of State charged more or less specifically with the conduct of foreign affairs emerged in most West European countries , though it was not until late in the eighteenth century that this process began to reach completion . |
| 51 | In Dallas , the plastic-pitched Cotton Bowl needs more than $20 million of work , of which $13m has already been promised by the local council . |
| 52 | He states that one rarely needs more than one granule although two or three can obviously be used if a stronger solution is required . |
| 53 | You do n't have to have the insight of Claire Rayner to see that sexual frustration needs more than one outlet . |
| 54 | He needs more than one victory to win confidence in a town that has never much loved him ; and he can not afford even one more tiny slip if he is not to convince Washington that Mr Perot 's cruel judgment of his talents was right . |
| 55 | The century-old tower , one of Middlesbrough 's most famous landmarks , is crumbling and needs more than £40,000-worth of repair work . |
| 56 | In the 1650s the Venetian representative in London maintained more than twenty Catholic priests who ministered to the numerous English Catholics who filled the embassy chapel to overflowing . |
| 57 | As their education and knowledge increase they are pressing more and more each year for better social conditions and for a larger share in the fruits of industry . |
| 58 | From Friday to Sunday this week , the Autumn Franchise Exhibition at Birmingham 's NEC will provide a unique opportunity to meet more than 100 new and established franchise companies , under the umbrella of the BFA . |
| 59 | The Queen Mother has been celebrating her ninety-second birthday with a walkabout to meet more than a thousand well-wishers who had gathered outside Clarence House . |
| 60 | Chartered trains were due to leave Prague yesterday evening , but had failed to appear more than two hours after the appointed time . |