Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [pron] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | They require fairly rich soil , and , after planting , all the branches will be cut back to within a few inches of ground level to encourage them to produce more branches for berry production next year . |
2 | Consequently , I was not surprised in our seminar discussions to find myself directing more questions and raising more problems when we were talking about structure and discourse than when the focus was on lexis . |
3 | He suggested that the club expected him to score more points . |
4 | And I 'm sure you 've seen where the chief constable says he wants more bobbies on the beat , well perhaps this is a way to a to achieving that . |
5 | One delegation from Oxford City Council says it needs more cash to serve an extra thirteen thousand people whose homes now fall within the the city boundaries . |
6 | The loser then was Ray Laccohee who might well have been more than a match for Dale overall had he played more competition golf . |
7 | Each individual in the team considers he has more influence than he would have if the work were organised on a formal ‘ role culture ’ basis . |
8 | Married men with children were the group most likely to reply that taxation made them work more hours . |
9 | Colour made us take more care with our choice of clothes . |
10 | As families find themselves giving more priority to fixed costs , spending on other resources is squeezed further . |
11 | From meetings at Highlander , between other organisations and community groups , an active organisation evolved which demanded more information from state and federal agencies on the contents and safety aspects of chemical dumps , and became involved in ‘ more than occasional direct action ( in a few cases , civil disobedience ) to stop the dumping . ’ |
12 | When the water boiled she made more tea in the silver pot , refilled the milk jug , found clean cups and a plateful of almond biscuits , and carried the tray back to the terrace . |
13 | As for handling people , ‘ i think you have more problems dealing with the chief executive of a book-publishing division than with chairmen of health boards . |
14 | Suppliers admit they get more stability than in the past , but some complain of ruthless use of retail muscle . |
15 | Officially he had recovered nicely from the shock of his experience , but his sister thought he needed more time : she was mothering him . |
16 | The committee , which represents 26 local council airports , will urge the new Transport Secretary to allow them to offer more flights to Heathrow . |
17 | The police say they need more information from the public … particularly to find the murder weapon . |
18 | The police say they need more information from the public , particularly to find the murder weapon . |
19 | John Berger believes it raises more questions than meet the eye Photograph of Pollock in his studio by Hans Namuth The suicide of art Pollock and Lee Krasner : when they first met she was 34 and better known as an artist than he was . |
20 | In fact , skin specialists say they see more patients who are suffering the effects of overdoing cleansing rather than because they have not cleansed enough . |
21 | But Mr Harper says he needs more help . |
22 | ‘ If you don , then all I ask is that you show your appreciation of your teacher by supporting her and joining the society in order to help us provide more teachers . ’ |
23 | Both Macca and Wilko said we have more points now than when we won the Championship . |
24 | Harper said he lit more straw , put it out , then later smelled smoke . |
25 | Bosnian Muslims said they wanted more territory than had been offered under a proposed peace plan . |
26 | Many women wish they had more children ( 29% ) , and a resounding 87% agree that ‘ children are hard work but worth the effort ’ . |
27 | It also stated that ‘ 90 per cent of the respondents indicated that their experience in the programme had helped them to see more clearly the forces at work in their lives and had in fact helped them to take more control over their lives ’ . |
28 | A support group for the elderly in north Oxfordshire says it wants more cooperation with the police in helping what it reckons is an increasing number of elderly victims of crime in the area . |
29 | From that school of mingled games , friendliness and lessons I went with but a short pause to one where lessons were business , and a very serious business indeed since most of the scholars had already begun to work in offices and came here in the evenings to qualify themselves to earn more money and more leisure . |
30 | This option enables you to add more modules relationships to a submitted Software Status Report ( SSR ) or to extend the range of versions of existing modules which are already related to the SSR . |