Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] more [noun] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through her tears she repeated her previous words , only with more anguish and entreaty . |
| 2 | Boardwalk bounded along with more enthusiasm than grace at the head of the second group while two horses , including the favourite , made the running some three lengths clear of her . |
| 3 | He was good at them , linking all the stories together with more gum and spit , reintroducing the characters with , ‘ You know that bad bad man who was caught naked in the bathing hut ? ’ , as in a wild soap opera , until he knew that at the end of her day spent sucking on dusty brain juice , her maddening mouth would inevitably say , ‘ Hey , Changez , husband or whatever you are , do n't you know any more about that politician geezer that got thrown into jail ? ’ |
| 4 | Liberals favour the protection of human rights together with more participation and decentralization in government . |
| 5 | The solution lies , therefore , not in more punishment and law and order , but in discovering the underlying causes of child abuse in order to eliminate , or at least control , them . |
| 6 | The opening Maple Leaf Rag is an unfortunately hard-driven introduction to the set , but matters improve thereafter with more subtlety and refinement in the less fraught pieces . |
| 7 | Only in Albania was the scenario of dynastic communism and vendetta carried on with more brutality and verve than in Romania , but at least there were two rival clans struggling for control of the Albanian Communist Party . |
| 8 | Eventually four relatives of Anwar 's turned up with more drink and food , and gifts of cloth and pots . |
| 9 | Children whose parents set firm limits for them grow up with more self-esteem and confidence than those who are allowed to get away with behaving in any way they like . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's too late , ’ said Rats-Tail again with more hostility than petulance . |