Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many schools have , where possible , extended the provision to include more than one all-purpose Home Corner room , and sometimes children have a ‘ kitchen ’ , ‘ lounge ’ and ‘ bedroom ’ in which to play . |
| 2 | Many have blamed what they termed an inability to win on an inability to hit more than one shape of shot . |
| 3 | Just mating with a single female may be difficult enough and very few will have the opportunity to mate more than once a year . |
| 4 | She was looking at him now , wishing he would unbend a little more , maybe sit back and enjoy the evening , and allow his sleeked-back hair to fall more naturally about his face . |
| 5 | One would expect extra income to matter more as the unemployment spell lengthens and benefits get reduced . |
| 6 | ‘ Both John Emburey and Phil Tufnell have not bowled as well as they can but they must be given the opportunity to bowl more on these kind of turning pitches at home . |
| 7 | And her willingness to suffer more if need be . |
| 8 | In The Dear Green Place , Archie Hind exposed the sap and pulp that was hidden under the hard shell of that surprisingly literary construct , ‘ Glasgow ’ , and then ‘ fell silent ’ ( by which the literary world apologised for Hind 's decision to communicate more directly with the city 's damaged youth ) . |
| 9 | He also said he had asked Housing for Wales to step up its new building to provide more affordable homes for sale and shared ownership . |
| 10 | When the British Academy gives scholarships for methodological research and applications as well as for historical inquiries of a more familiar kind , when universities begin to make appointments in humanities computing or , dare I say it , even in history and computing , then , it seems to me , we will be in a better position to bemoan our inability to secure more in the way of government and private funding . |
| 11 | I mistrust a literature that finds suicide more significant than death , and a man 's inability to communicate more sorry than the frenzy of his need to . |
| 12 | Analytical chemistry is also helping archaeologists at Liverpool University to discover more about the diet of our ancestors . |
| 13 | For some strange reason it was causing her breath to quicken , which in turn was causing her heart to hammer more rapidly . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | Thus , the observer can not simplify his task by asking the practitioner to go more slowly nor can he rely on the introspection of the skilled performer . |
| 16 | If Dr Shakell Qureshi and Professor Michael Tynan discover her artery is too narrow , they will attempt to widen it with the metal tubes which will allow the blood to flow more easily into her lungs . |
| 17 | There is a further plus point : at an age when the major arteries of the body are narrowing , HRT is thought to widen them and so allow blood to flow more freely . |
| 18 | The onus must now be on the industry to provide more secure machines and on users to make sure that their own security procedures ( including the simple step of locking office doors ) is unimpeachable . |
| 19 | Book Marketing Ltd is preparing to reduce the cost of the licence fee for booksellers taking part in the summer National Book Sale in an attempt to encourage more active participation in the biannual event . |
| 20 | Increasing the length of the working day : this would require the Computer Group and the Computer Services Department to work more unsocial hours . |
| 21 | They agreed that action to attract more foreign investment to the east should include a reliable legal framework to protect investment and private property , proper banking systems , rules on responsibility for environmental damage , and clear contract laws . |
| 22 | Such was the general level of knowledge , that it was easily possible for a treasure hunter to know more about the subject than someone claiming to be an archaeologist . |
| 23 | Passers by have been questioned by police in an attempt to discover more about the stubbly , blotchy-faced man who who escaped in a stolen car driven by an accomplice after the latest robbery . |
| 24 | He has called on the Department of the Environment 's Planning Office to re-think existing policy in a bid to encourage more new business start-ups in the area . |
| 25 | ‘ My son Michael rode him at Newcastle where they were second to Venture Capitalist and felt that a visor would help the horse to concentrate more , ’ said the trainer . |
| 26 | An informal attempt to provide more official information was begun in 1977 when following the " Croham Directive " there was encouragement to government departments to make available background material relating to policy studies and reports . |
| 27 | Unlike most narrowboats , Oak was built with a cabin forward of the engine in an attempt to provide more living space . |
| 28 | Natrum Phosphoricum 6x three or four times a day given as well as the indicated remedy will often help the body to rectify this acid imbalance and hence helps the indicated remedy to work more effectively and quickly . |
| 29 | Preliminary action was initiated in conjunction with the Strategic Study to discover more about the changing perceptions and requirements of clients . |
| 30 | Recently , car manufacturers have been offering big discounts in a bid to sell more in a depressed market . |