Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | You may , of course , add to your letter later in writing or say more about the case at the Appeal Committee hearing . |
| 2 | If the ones that survive or breed more easily carry a particular version of the character , the character will be more strongly represented in future generations . |
| 3 | Or save more than £21 on two years of New Scientist , or over £53 on a three year subscription . |
| 4 | Sometimes new health care technologies produce savings on the ones they replace or allow more cost-effective patterns of care . |
| 5 | Forty per cent of lone parents estimate that their former partners can not afford to pay ( or pay more ) maintenance ( Bradshaw and Millar , 1991 ) . |
| 6 | A similar situation exists in some Latin American countries — for example , in Brazil , Argentina and Chile — where industrialization is well advanced and political life is now dominated by a struggle between classes , the outcome of which will decide whether their regimes remain autocratic , sometimes regressing into military and repressive forms , or become more democratic and eventually social democratic . |
| 7 | The regional office will also be pleased to put you in touch with your nearest members ' group if you would like to attend the meetings or become more involved in helping the RSPB . |
| 8 | Industry might well find it easier to raise money on continental securities markets which may have surplus funds available or offer more innovative ways of raising share capital . |
| 9 | The same console will enable the teacher to retrieve data or generate more meaningful reports almost instantaneously . |
| 10 | The sows do not have enough room to turn round , or move more than one step forward and one step back , and are often tethered to the ground by a girth strap or an iron neck collar . |
| 11 | Hence although corpus analysis will play an increasingly important role , it is Briscoe 's belief that it will not supplant others or render more theoretical work irrelevant . |
| 12 | Here comes summer … time for the two of you to slip away for that special holiday , so sit back and enjoy those dream destinations that make you wish you were there … cruise the Caribbean 's hot spots on Le Ponant and graceful and stylish luxury yacht … take time off a tour of the Greek Islands and enjoy the special mixture of sun , beauty and history … party 'till dawn on Majorca or discover more secluded spots on this and the other Balearic Islands … beat the crowds to the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla and relish the silky feel of warm sand slipping between your toes … if time is short cross the Channel to France and the pretty countryside of Picardy … or rediscover England on a relaxing barge built for two … we also look at romantic hotels in Britain , perfect for first nights , short breaks or indulgent weekends … |
| 13 | It is important that participants are provided with the skills to reduce their drinking levels or handle more effectively ‘ pub centred ’ problems . |
| 14 | If this is the case , it may be that officials have more to lose , or have more explicit commitments , than the politicians . |
| 15 | However , anxious dreams produce smaller erections than those that bring more pleasurable fantasies . |
| 16 | The merchant unwittingly parodies Christ 's resurrection in his withdrawal to his counting-house to review his affairs : He descends only to join the rest of the household in a superficial scanting of Christian ritual between the call of the business world and the lure of socializing : Note the distraction and reluctance implied by the " " But … " " at the beginning of line 251 in comparison with the consecutive " " And … " 's that introduce more pleasing activities . |
| 17 | ‘ Mass medium ’ thus turns out to be one of those terms , apparently simple , that grow more elusive upon analysis . |
| 18 | Dr Wilkins also advises migraine sufferers to swap conventional fluorescent lights for the newer ‘ nonflicker ’ varieties that oscillate more than 30,000 times per second — too fast for the brain to register , or to provoke a migraine . |
| 19 | There are enough end-users that expect more from their manufacturers than just supply of hardware ’ . |
| 20 | If we really want to fight AIDS then let's turn our anger on the newspapers who spread lies and distortions ; on a government that refuses to put money into AIDS education and research and those drug companies that appear more interested in patents than cures . |
| 21 | GIROBANK will charge card holders a £12 annual fee from October , but hopes to keep them sweet by insurance for goods that cost more than £50 on plastic for loss , theft or damage . |
| 22 | Non-qualifying trusts are those that hold more than 50% of their investments in holdings outside the UK or EC . |
| 23 | With further practice you will discover words that hold more than one meaning , that are themselves ambiguous , enabling you to represent contending realities at a single stroke . |
| 24 | Do you find that toothpick more enigmatic than the mysteries we face ? ’ |
| 25 | As we saw earlier , the very writers whom we are discussing themselves make ritualistic claims for objectivity that function more to support their own ideology than to convince a sceptical reader of the ‘ truth ’ . |
| 26 | Nynex Corp 's Nynex CableComms Ltd in Wimbledon , London SW has acquired three more companies holding cable franchises in the UK North West and Midlands , making it the UK 's largest combined cable television and telephone operator : the companies , bought from Maclean Hunter Cablevision Ltd , add 499,000 premises to Nynex CableComms ' holdings in the Manchester area and ups its holdings to 17 franchises that cover more than 2.5m homes and businesses ; the new franchises are in Cheshire , East Lancashire and Staffordshire ; the company plans to invest more than £1,000m to provide local communications networks in all franchise areas ; it employs 700 in the UK with more jobs to be created as franchises are developed . |
| 27 | The amendments propose to compute the gain on the deemed disposal of all holdings that support more than one class of business . |
| 28 | First , the press hails the bands that sound more politically correct than others in the genre . |
| 29 | One of the more curious recent products of the Bush administration has been the hyping up of a new anti-poverty idea in terms that sound more like black radicalism of the 1960s . |
| 30 | The consumer-oriented image has been enhanced by stylish new brochures and a credit card ordering system — devices that owe more to the commercial sector than to industry . |