Example sentences of "more [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They 're changing it to more exams I mean , it changes to G C S E in the first place to get rid of having |
| 2 | And I had an incentive to work hard because the higher you go , the more exams you pass , and the more money you get . |
| 3 | After two more attempts he tried the door ; it was unsecured and it opened into a little hall from which stairs led upwards . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , in close combat , the rule is straightforward and brutal : the more ranks you have the better . |
| 5 | For five more minutes they ploughed the sky . |
| 6 | For all that he could be expected to stay in the Lorrimores , car for at least fifteen more minutes I felt decidedly jittery , and I left the door open so that if he did come back unexpectedly I could say I was merely checking that everything was in order . |
| 7 | After a few more minutes she became restless , and stood up again , her eyes searching the slope of the hillside and the valley below , trying to determine whether some small movement down there was a man on horseback or merely a trick of her imagination . |
| 8 | The pool water was working wonders on her ankle and after a few more minutes she tested its strength . |
| 9 | After a few more minutes he mumbled , ‘ You frightened ? ’ |
| 10 | One day , a tenant went out to work and found a hole in his garden ; hours later it was even bigger , and within yet more hours it became a twenty-foot pit . |
| 11 | It is usually the case that the more senior people are , the more meetings they have to attend . |
| 12 | On balance , the more respondents knew about biotechnology , the more misgivings they had about its impact . |
| 13 | Six more contestants we need , the only rule is that you must n't have played a phone-in competition on this programme in the last four weeks . |
| 14 | The more times we successfully complete a manoeuvre , the more opportunity we are giving the mind to reproduce the same movements . |
| 15 | She began to feel that if she did this a few more times she would get the hang of it . |
| 16 | That is what Mr Major should address , however many more times he has to stand on his head . |
| 17 | Riven , remembering the Rime Giant 's attempt on his life in Ralarth Rorim , could not help but wonder how many more times he was to be the focus of a battle . |
| 18 | Just dial any of the above numbers , the more times you enter the better chance of winning ! ! |
| 19 | After they did this four more times I decided to try to outdo them , and got a sheet of glass ready . |
| 20 | Initially , however , finding an appropriate register is likely to involve accentuating aspects of what you already see as " your own voice " , perhaps combined with some degree of imitation of one or more voices you like . |
| 21 | See the more winners you ride the less weight less you could claim . |
| 22 | Where a title appeared as a class reader in three or more schools it was regarded as ‘ well-used ’ overall . |
| 23 | The more bedrooms he can pack in , the better . |
| 24 | And the more presents he gave his whore , the shorter the time would be . |
| 25 | The more risks you have the more important it is to do something about your blood cholesterol level . |
| 26 | 6 The more risks you take , the more profit you are likely to make ! |
| 27 | The more valves you fit in a system , the easier it will be to carry out maintenance or replacement . |
| 28 | The more opportunities he/she has of looking at the illustrations and reading the captions with you , the more he/she will come to recognise the words . |
| 29 | Although SDPJ leader Takako Doi had wanted to field more candidates she had been prevented from so doing by pressure from sitting socialist members of the Diet . |
| 30 | But the more closely historians examine the seventeenth century , the more precedents they find for the innovations associated with the name of Peter the Great . |