Example sentences of "[conj] it [modal v] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That may mean no more than that such a scheme may do more good than harm and that it would do more good than the obvious alternatives . |
| 2 | Can we oppose the checkerboard strategy on the ground that it would produce more instances of injustice than it would prevent ? |
| 3 | France made it clear to New Zealand that it would allow more imports of lamb and dairy products into France if New Zealand reduced the charge against the couple to manslaughter and then deported them . |
| 4 | BT fell 11p to 335p on news that it may face more competition in the future . |
| 5 | Most new mothers do not know what the Guthrie test is for : a considerable number incorrectly believe that it will detect more disorders than is the case . |
| 6 | If one reads the citizens charter , one realises that it will spawn more charters than the hydra could grow heads . |
| 7 | The PQB is calling the initiative ‘ unit banking ’ , and hopes that it will encourage more publishers to become registered as centres . |
| 8 | First impressions , therefore , are of a fascinating and challenging work , so full of choreographic riches that it will take more viewings fully to savour them . |
| 9 | The search for plurality both evaluates the text and yet leaves it intact so that it can yield more possibilities . |
| 10 | Might the hon. Member for Bolsover ( Mr. Skinner ) want more money for Derbyshire so that it can employ more people such as his brother , who is employed as a personnel liaison officer for Toyota , his sister-in-law , who is employed in the county publicity department — — and such as another sister-in-law , who is employed in the education department ? |
| 11 | A plea to downgrade Darlington so it could attract more Government aid is to go ahead despite an earlier warning that it could backfire . |
| 12 | In its heyday , the company had filled its own site with slag and so had built a bridge over the road and railway so it could shunt more slag into the neighbouring field . |
| 13 | The process can be speeded up somewhat by changing the blotting paper several times while the flowers are being pressed , although you must be extremely careful as the plants will be exceptionally fragile at this point and it may do more harm than good to disturb them . |
| 14 | After all , these guys are no part of my battle , most of them do n't know me , and they 've turned out in numbers only because Rufus said they had to defend their territory — but I decide this ai n't the time for that , and it would make more sense to invite these gift-horses in for coffee and what 's left of the whisky . |
| 15 | This is in miniature the classic blueprint detective story , and it can give more pleasure by virtue of its clues coming closer to the final revelation than sometimes the full-length affair does . |
| 16 | She did n't mind but it would put more pressure on her schedule . |
| 17 | He 's created the media thing , rightly or wrongly , but it must put more pressure on him . |
| 18 | ‘ I think the fans would welcome that because it would mean more weekend games . |
| 19 | But why do n't you allow them to run a similar course there because it would mean more student members |
| 20 | Therefore when food is in short supply , a ruminant can last longer than a non-ruminant because it can extract more energy out of the same food . |
| 21 | Any concentration of radioactivity in adjacent sediments reduces the amount of radioactivity entering the sea since it will allow more time for the radioactivity to decay . |
| 22 | Has the Minister considered whether it would make more sense if young men and women from working-class families who leave school at 16 or 17 and are thrown into slave labour schemes where they earn a little over £20 a week , but who want to stay on at school , could stay on and be paid a sum equivalent to what they would get on training schemes ? |
| 23 | If you are short of space , try using a round table as it will seat more people than a square or rectangular table of the same surface area . |
| 24 | Aircrew were looking forward to full use of the C-47TP as it will have more room within its stretched fuselage for more equipment and have an 11 hour endurance . |