Example sentences of "[verb] [prep] more [noun] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was a raw young bull , itching for more action and glamour in his life . |
| 2 | March had come in more lamb than lion , there were windflowers in the woods , and the first primroses , unburned by frost , undashed and unmired by further rain , were just opening . |
| 3 | Accordingly when a pare of men went underground formerly , they made it a rule , to sleep out a candle , before they set about their work ; that is if their place of work was dry , they would lay themselves down and sleep , as long as a whole candle would continue burning ; and then rise up and work for two or three hours pretty briskly ; after that have a touch pipe , that is rest themselves for half an hour to smoke a pipe of tobacco , and so play and sleep away half their working time : but mining being more expensive than it formerly was , those idle customs are superseded by more labour and industry . |
| 4 | Athelstan studied him carefully , rather concerned , for by now Sir John would usually have been shouting for more claret or sack . |
| 5 | But the last thing a 12-string requires is a set of Velvet Brick humbuckers , and the kind of player who 'd want a 6-string like the Teardrop will probably be looking for more twang than thrang , and so the same applies . |
| 6 | He 'd even tried his hand at tapping boots , they were done with more enthusiasm than skill , but so far there had been no complaints from the customers . |
| 7 | Some of the individual performances could do with more definition and detail , but there 's terrific work from David Burt , who has exactly the right mixture of romantic swagger and ruthless cynicism as Macheath , as well as a first-rate singing voice . |
| 8 | A second , conservation-oriented design met with more approval but action was blocked by the imposition of an environmental safeguard on the area by the then Minister for Beni culturali Vincenza Bono Parrino , which permitted no more than monitoring and surveying to be carried out . |
| 9 | I also look for more wit and charm in ‘ La sérénade interrompue ’ ( I query the D natural six bars before the end , too ) , ‘ La danse de Puck ’ and ‘ Minstrels ’ , all of which are taken slower than usual . |
| 10 | She had been afraid to tell Nancy 's story to Dr Losberne , since the good doctor was very excitable and often acted with more enthusiasm than wisdom . |
| 11 | Rising incomes and growing demand were pulling in more imports as labour shortages constrained output , threatening the dwindling current-account surplus and placing future growth in doubt . |
| 12 | A driver used to more power and rubber might expect to find himself in trouble if he attempted to maintain his normal pace with the cheapest Fiesta , but such is the confident poise of the car that it offers handling and grip of a far higher order than the tuned-for-economy engine can justify . |
| 13 | As they reached the door she glanced down at the small flower bed which gardeners in the congregation were trying to cultivate with more optimism than success in the unrewarding soil at the side of the path . |
| 14 | Well , so long as no one tells Phena , everything should be all right , should n't it ? ’ she asked with more hope than expectation . |
| 15 | Indeed in the middle of the twentieth century it can be said that the majority of the world 's population lives under systems of government where the government itself and particularly the executive government are of more importance and are treated with more respect or fear than the Constitution . |
| 16 | In Turkey the strong summer winds of the Bodrum Cruises provide exciting sailing , calling for more determination and experience . |
| 17 | He had got himself into a difficult position and had escaped with more luck than dignity . |
| 18 | When you received Mark 's letter it shocked you , contributed to more pain and agony , but in a way it was a release , a focus for all the anger and misery you 've felt at Mark 's death . |
| 19 | The other weakness in Handy 's argument is that there is every possibility that demand for more education and health care will be expressed in the market place as consumers choose to buy these commodities . |
| 20 | Hair combings from her brush went at once into hiding — a small stoup , designed for Holy Water , concealed their rather sordid twirls — in accordance with the unspoken law that anything ugly should be put out of sight , which applied to more things than hair combings . |
| 21 | Mr Major , whom one suspects of more mischief and humour than he is credited with , has declared his old enemy to be ‘ Minister for the Little People ’ , which sweetly traps Mr Waldegrave between the cartoonist Pont and the leprechauns . |
| 22 | These were considered old-fashioned terms in a morally rudderless society , Trent thought with more sadness than bitterness . |
| 23 | He scrambled over the wall and fell with more haste than skill into the enclosed , sun-warmed garden below . |
| 24 | As the brakes came on and the flurry of activity again took in more passengers and luggage the old lady stood up and moved to the door . |
| 25 | The Labour Party immediately criticised the proposals as an attack on councils they run and said the plans would lead to more centralisation and privatisation . |
| 26 | It is hard to believe that a more adventurous policy would not have been justified ( even had it led to more mistakes and power cuts at the winter peak ) . |
| 27 | • Regular smokers drink more alcohol and go to more discos and music ‘ gigs ’ than non-smokers . |
| 28 | Environmental groups are campaigning for more money and importance to be placed on the needs of cyclists , with a target of doubling cycle use over the next five years . |
| 29 | Schoolboys play with more aggression and pace than in Britain . |
| 30 | Carrington , a colonial , possibly in love , detached , watched all this with a definite slight unease and hoped the battle in the field was conducted with more competence and panache , not to say goodwill . |