Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [modal v] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't think er I do n't think I 'll earn more money |
2 | A glance at the g-meter again revealed the problem : if your feet weigh three times what your muscles expect they will take more effort to move ! |
3 | It comprises a cash alternative worth up to 23p a share and 43p per preference share , but irate shareholders say they would get more money — 46p a share — if the company went into voluntary liquidation . |
4 | Detectives say they 'd have more chance of solving such cases if a national register of DNA samples was set up . |
5 | Detectives say they 'd have more chance of solving such cases if a national register of DNA samples was set up . |
6 | Once the initial product is out , the firms say they will add more connectivity options for Sun workstation users . |
7 | Once the initial product is out , the firms say they will add more communications options for Sun workstation users . |
8 | DO YOU sometimes feel you should take more exercise ? |
9 | Yet , like the rest , this is a persuasive performance , and I only hope we shall have more Arnold from American players . |
10 | He says it will mean more pollution , less sunshine , more water taken from the Thames , and further blight on an area which is already blighted emough . |
11 | They hope it will encourage more people to take up dance . |
12 | ‘ You 'd think she 'd have more sense at her age . |
13 | Now if I were Alwyn I would not be too proud of winning a competition to see who could use more cliches than anyone else . |
14 | King saluted goalscorer Nevin , who seems to be competing with fellow winger John Morrissey to see who can score more goals . |
15 | ‘ One would have thought she 'd have more sense certainly . |
16 | However , if this is north facing it may make more sense to move it to a sunnier position . |
17 | After a few weeks the foal gains sufficient confidence to start establishing friendships with other foals , and as the weeks pass it will spend more time with them , and less with its mother — unless it is frightened , and then it will dash back to her side for security and reassurance . |
18 | I do wish I could find more energy to get on with it . |
19 | I feel I could score more goals in Italy if I was given more freedom . |
20 | Most people believe that the British tax system is highly progressive , that is , the more you earn the more you pay , and the routine chant of those who earn most is that they are over-taxed , that ‘ if taxes were reduced we 'd have more incentive to work harder ’ . |
21 | I 'm saying that in my experience there is too much argument and not enough discussion in processes of government generally , and I believe we would make more progress by a more discursive approach . |
22 | But as Mark Smith reports some believe it could do more harm than good . |
23 | The theory is that if museums save on salaries and paper clips they will have more money to spend on works of art ; the reality is that they will almost certainly be saving on the works of art to make up for inadequate funding overall . |
24 | When consulted on the alterations , the ladies considered that it was wiser to spend on greens and approaches but ‘ if on the clubhouse then for the caretaker ’ — i.e. a larger kitchen and scullery ’ , although they admitted they would like more basins and another w.c . |
25 | Much as I was itching to play with the Bob Marley , I knew I would have more chance of parking Armstrong illegally when I collected Werewolf . |
26 | That does n't necessarily mean you will take more time to get around the golf course . |
27 | She went along because she did n't like to say no , but also she thought she might meet more people and get involved with the community : ‘ I really enjoyed it , we had a sponsored walk along the canal towpath and pub socials to raise money for the event , plus lots of committee meetings . |
28 | He has ruled out any keel or mast changes in the four days left before the final trials but hopes he can find more speed by using new sails . |
29 | During his two years at Lib Dem headquarters he insisted on being paid nothing because he felt he would have more authority and room for manoeuvre that way . |
30 | Faced with such rhapsodic prose I felt it would take more subtlety and sagacity than I could command to make obscurity flee before me . |