Example sentences of "[adv] [to-vb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Let's all work together to promote more fostering , get the children into family environments wherever possible . |
| 2 | We launched this draw not only to encourage more people to enjoy ‘ old York ’ , but also to give them the opportunity to experience the excitement of New York . ’ |
| 3 | Eventually supergrains of matter coalesced until the rocky fragments became large enough to attract more materials with gravity accreting at a faster and faster rate until they became full-sized planets . |
| 4 | Thank God her college was n't yet fashionable enough to attract more than the odd one or two . |
| 5 | You 'd do better to buy more shares in the market — if you really want more . |
| 6 | But she opened the door just like I wanted and I shot through to the living room only to encounter more men in dark clothes , too many for me to tolerate . |
| 7 | So now the pressure on the broker is not only to do more business but to do it in exactly their way . ’ |
| 8 | There was a time , I think , in the late sixties , when erm the education service did itself very little good by going along with the general mythology that you had only to put more money into the schools to service , to solve all social problems . |
| 9 | In a contested election , however , it was impossible to do much with direct patronage , even if such were available , for there was never enough to do more than grease the palms of a handful of venal men , most of whom were to be found in the burgh councils . |
| 10 | They slept then , tucked up around one another , waking several times during the night , but rarely for long enough to do more than acknowledge the other 's presence . |
| 11 | ‘ We do n't believe that these adverts are specific enough to do more than stimulate people 's interest in our general services , ’ said . |
| 12 | But we ought perhaps to give more attention to another fact . |
| 13 | Paige had raised her eyebrows at Lori 's claim , but had said nothing , because to give her an opening was only to invite more of the same . |
| 14 | They seem to draw back in an arch only to get more vigour into the attack . |
| 15 | For much of the century , their daily rate had been fixed by statute , initially in 1721 at 2s or 2s 6d ( 10-12½p ) per day , but they were hardly ever able to find employment constant enough to earn more than 9s ( 45p ) a week , and in their slack months even less . |
| 16 | Meanwhile farmers who run tourist attractions have got together to bring more visitors to the area . |
| 17 | The skilled negotiator , on the other hand , asks questions not only to gain more information and understanding but also as an alternative to disagreeing bluntly and as a means of putting forward suggestions ( ie possible courses of action said as questions . |
| 18 | He has already signed joint-venture deals with France 's Aerospatiale to make helicopters and with America 's Pratt & Whitney to make aero-engines , and he thinks that his company is now big enough to strike more such international agreements . |
| 19 | The authorities ( the government operating through the Bank of England ) could impose statutory minimum reserve requirements on the banks to prevent them choosing to reduce their liquidity ratio and choosing thereby to create more credit . |
| 20 | Other people can be motivated into activity year-in-year-out just to acquire more and more money . |
| 21 | On the contrary , it is a consortium of humanities scholars the likes of which we need anyway to establish more and better contact with . |
| 22 | Two other grandmothers who came on regular visits , one ‘ very generous ’ and the other an eloquent ‘ martinet ’ , died too soon to leave more than a dim recollection . ’ |
| 23 | In winter when she entertained she would send him outside to chop more wood for their open fire . |
| 24 | Now there is no definition of what 's small erm erm is erm in er P P G er thirteen and perhaps Mr Curtis could help us in due course erm on an assumption that the new settlement was somewhat larger that th what the County Council is proposing , whether that would erm change the view of York City Council , I I think there is another factor again I could be corrected on this by Mr Curtis and this tended to come out in the greenbelt local plan enquiry , er and that York City Council seem progressively to place more importance on peripheral development than on the new settlement strategy |
| 25 | He had gone away to get more ammunition and fired twice more . |
| 26 | I was standing up , offering to go downstairs to get more drinks , and glancing out of the window when I saw Jo . |
| 27 | Absolutely , just to make more points , they made a few things up , ex , absolutely . |
| 28 | Total orders for the second quarter , to April 30 , were 28.5% up at $5,370m ; orders for computer products rose 32.9% to $4,120m , making it clear that the company , where computers accounted for less than half of the business only a few years back , is continuing progressively to become more and more a pure computer company . |
| 29 | Total orders for the second quarter , to April 30 , were 28.5% up at $5,370m ; orders for computer products rose 32.9% to $4,120m , making it clear that the company , where computers accounted for less than half of the business only a few years back , is continuing progressively to become more and more a pure computer company . |
| 30 | But the initial effect of economic reforms there could very well be , as in the USSR , to worsen economic conditions , and thus to make more people want to leave . |