Example sentences of "[pron] [vb infin] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | A pony will often find a ‘ fifth leg ’ when a big horse will fall flat on his nose , and although you do n't see any small ponies at the top in eventing , many riders like a bit of pony blood in their eventers ‘ to help them think more quickly ’ . |
| 2 | Such belligerent consolation made me think more , not less , about that strange woman he had coupled with on the Nile . |
| 3 | You made me think more clearly about what I wanted from life . ’ |
| 4 | It only made them laugh more . |
| 5 | Research is in progress to modify crop plants genetically to make them yield more than one product . |
| 6 | As we saw under Beliefs ( see page 21 ) it is easy to fall prey to some recurring unrealistic thoughts or beliefs which cause you to feel upset whenever they are violated so , either while you are being hindered by an unproductive feeling or after an experience where you are hindered , or when you feel vulnerable to the onset of an unproductive feeling , ask yourself : ‘ How can I make more effective use of this present moment ? ’ |
| 7 | Can I have more than one Personal Accident Policy ? |
| 8 | Need I say more ! ’ |
| 9 | In politics , the Conservative and Labour parties need I say more ; in the media , just watch an average night 's television . |
| 10 | Some firms ' behaviour suggests that it did , but not simply by making them invest more in Japanese factories . |
| 11 | Mothers enjoy protective and caring episodes in dealing with their children as much as they enjoy seeing them grow more independent Such episodes are a simple arid direct affirmation of the maternal role . |
| 12 | In such a situation the male can take his frustrations out on his mate , as digging is part of the natural behaviour of the fish , and it makes them feel more secure . |
| 13 | It makes them feel more at home and less lonely . ’ |
| 14 | That serves two purposes — it keeps the costs down and is good therapy for the inmates , making them feel more useful . |
| 15 | It makes me feel more businesslike . |
| 16 | Being honest about our motivation is crucial since , at this stage , we might discover that it is not our own Dream at all , or that our motivation is somewhat dubious : ‘ It will impress my friends ’ , ‘ It will be one in the eye for my parents ’ , ‘ It will ease my sense of guilt ’ , ‘ It will make me feel more secure ’ , ‘ It will give me power over other people ’ , ‘ It will make me feel special ’ , ‘ It 's what my partner keeps suggesting I do ’ , ‘ It 's the opposite of what my partner suggests I do . ’ |
| 17 | 'It makes me feel more certain of myself . ’ |
| 18 | I might have felt a little downcast at that point , only the evening had made me feel more encouraged about my prospects with her than I 'd felt for some time . |
| 19 | ‘ It made me feel more confident ’ |
| 20 | Last night you made me feel more alive than at any time since the crash . |
| 21 | But if we 've had a really serious news bulletin that just makes me feel more jolly . |
| 22 | It is difficult , as so many failures show , to describe ‘ the values ’ of a society without making them appear more systematic than they are , or ( the reverse danger ) making them appear time-serving and meretricious . |
| 23 | He predicted that in future the technique would be used to make subtle change to politicians ' facial features in print and on television to make them appear more attractive . |
| 24 | Apply gentle pressure to make them appear more extreme . |
| 25 | Now the emphasis has shifted to efforts to help them spend more . |
| 26 | ‘ Let them spend more on health ! ’ we cry . |
| 27 | I went for a couple of terms in 1986 and gained a different perspective on drawing which helped me look more deeply at my subject and see light and shade differently . |
| 28 | I went for a couple of terms in 1986 and gained a different perspective on drawing which helped me look more deeply at my subject and see light and shade differently . |
| 29 | Other criticisms focus on massaging of the data , in the form of simplification of ape utterances in their reporting , so as ( probably unwittingly ) to make them look more like human utterances than the hodge-podges they really are ; and re-analysis of unedited films of ‘ discussions ’ with the apes , showing just what a high proportion of the exchanges embody no more than unconscious cueing by the human experimenter , slavish imitation by the ape , or his redundant expansion and embroidery of their exchanges without commensurate amplification of information conveyed . |
| 30 | When we returned together to Ninfania , you and I , in the late Fifties , there was litter in the streets of southern Italy , and it made them look more unfamiliar to you than the new buildings put up after the war and the bombing . |