Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv prt] more " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Although Kitchener 's recruitment campaign was bringing in more men than the Army could properly train and equip ( by January 1916 two and a half million men had enlisted ) , public pressure was mounting for conscription . |
| 2 | The manager must be able to act decisively by , for example , bringing in more lower paid staff to assist in mundane areas thus increasing productivity when compared with the same work being done at more senior level . |
| 3 | Customs have set new guidelines and anyone bringing in more will be asked to confirm that their goods are not for reselling . |
| 4 | Yet the attempt has to be made , because bringing in more tax is the centrepiece of the government 's plan for saving the economy . |
| 5 | It was perfectly clear to everyone that the company could carry on enough trade to flourish only if it supplemented its income by bringing in more goods than its treaty permitted , and the smuggling trade became large enough to disturb the Spanish authorities . |
| 6 | A pyramid venture was started recently at one licensed dealer , every participant contributing £100 , and bringing in more people . |
| 7 | BNFL publicity manager said : ‘ The Visitors Centre is bringing in more and more people , which is good news for BNFL and the West cumbria tourism industry . ’ |
| 8 | The argument about the establishment of sections was about industrial identity and it was also about widening the democracy within the organization , bringing in more activists , giving them a say in their own conditions of service and in the strategic issues affecting their industry . |
| 9 | Current debates on lesbian ‘ dress sense ’ are opening up more possibilities for experiment with image . |
| 10 | If its perimeter is more than 6.6 m ( 22 ft ) you will be walking around more than necessary . |
| 11 | Filling in more detail on the Environment Protection Bill for the coming session of Parliament , Mr Patten said the public would be given more access than ever before to information about industrial pollution and about how individual firms would be obliged to clean up their operations . |
| 12 | Entitled The Special Edition , it restored around 17 minutes of original unscreened footage , filling in more background to Ripley 's material angst and showing exactly what happened to Newt 's parents and the other settlers on the Alien 's planet . |
| 13 | Johnny Boy Gomes was the July pin-up on my surfing calendar back in Cambridge , and now he was picking up more barrels than a beer-truck . |
| 14 | While the middle single coil on the EG-2 is of regular design , the single coils on the EG-1 are designed especially to keep the noise down , and presumably also to emulate Gibson 's P-90 in picking up more of the vibrating string , thanks to some added width . |
| 15 | If you are attending a meeting , arrive in good time , plan to have a clear view of the speaker , being reasonably close to him with hearing-aid volume low rather than being more distant with the volume at a higher level , picking up more unwanted noise . |
| 16 | Penzias and Wilson were worried when they found that their detector was picking up more noise than it ought to . |
| 17 | Heavy now , the crystals start to come down , moving faster , picking up more droplets on the way . |
| 18 | They could not agree if Mr Lamont had made life easier for the motorist — presently snapping up more new cars than last year — or not . |
| 19 | Perhaps it should come as no surprise then that his approach to the Eighth Symphony has broadened and mellowed over the years , losing in the process much of its Russian accent and instead seeking out more refined , more purely musical nuances . |
| 20 | Industry is constantly roaming the world seeking out more profitable conditions of production , and one important element in that search might be a cheap and unmilitant labour force . |
| 21 | Plans had to be put on hold when the Royal National Theatre decided to stage The Miser in London but the actor was keen enough on the project to commit himself to the project months ahead and risk turning down more lucrative work . |
| 22 | Anxiety about the state of the economy and the turmoil which followed Britain 's departure from the ERM led to families paying off more outstanding debt last month . |
| 23 | If the SGIC sells this holding , Bond Corp faces paying out more than A$160m under an indemnity agreement entered into when it and the SGIC bought out Robert Holmes a Court 's Bell Group stake last year . |
| 24 | It would be paying out more than it was earning . |
| 25 | You wo n't be paying out more money . |
| 26 | ‘ But many people will be paying out more than they save because of increased charges and because the quality of care will not be there , ’ said Mr Carr . |
| 27 | Not only had they no documents going back more than a century or two , but much of what they ‘ knew ’ was merely myth and legend . |
| 28 | Research on natural hazards has a long tradition in geography going back more than half a century . |
| 29 | She arranged herself in front of the harmonium again and after pulling out more stops began to sing ‘ On the Banks of Allen Waters ’ . |
| 30 | Herr Nordern , pouring out more wine , shook his head . |