Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] more [noun] [conj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Arrangements are currently under way for the University to provide the Graduates Association with more help and assistance for the future and to use the lists of the alumni that have recently been compiled , to help them enlist new members . |
| 2 | The club also plan to cover the 35ft high by 140ft wide mural with more sponsorship and advertising deals to help recoup the cost . |
| 3 | They were perpetrated by my great-aunt Olwen , an eccentric lady with more enthusiasm than talent ! ’ |
| 4 | The fact that disruptive behaviour often leads to considerable stress , anxiety and absenteeism suggests that it is all the more important that schools tackle the issue with more clarity and imagination . |
| 5 | The need for more flexibility and economy of operation led to the rebuilding of 725 with new ends and a front entrance/exit in 1979 . |
| 6 | For all these roles many wives felt the need for more training and knowledge . |
| 7 | This had a bearing on the second feature of the report : its strong recommendation about the need for more advice and education in home-making and home-budgeting . |
| 8 | The gifts were tokens of the wishes of the tribal chiefs and took the form of gold and silver bullion , reflecting their need for more power and prestige , and weapons to gain greater martial success against other tribes in the annual border affrays . |
| 9 | The Committee 's recommendations include the need for more research and development into global warming , the setting of targets for greenhouse gas emissions and the conservation of fossil fuels such as coal , oil and gas . |
| 10 | But more subject assessors operating in the same cognate group leads to the need for more induction and training . |
| 11 | ‘ The Reverend Father , ’ Athelstan replied smoothly , ‘ would like a bowl of thick leek soup , some bread , and a cup of wine with more water than claret . ’ |
| 12 | Perhaps the decision was made because it was here that Manzoni fell when attempting to negotiate a stairway with more enthusiasm than regard for his age . |
| 13 | No North London native could navigate the route with more speed and certainty than I do although my journey takes me , of necessity , from one plateglass shop window to another , and then via the rear-view mirrors of thirty-nine different cars , vans and buses . |
| 14 | Ashley yelled , flourishing a bottle of generic whisky with more enthusiasm than care ; she cracked the bottle off the oak-panelled wall of the castle 's crowded entrance hall , but without , apparently , causing damage to either . |
| 15 | Mr and Mrs Martin are concerned about the trend for more size in this type of Texel , fearing that in pursuit of more frame and height the strength of the gigot may be lost . |
| 16 | Most importantly , WASL will be fundraising for a new home which will provide the organisation with more shelf and storage space , exhibition area , meeting rooms and more basic facilities . |
| 17 | The end of the housing boom was reflected in news of more losses and branch closures among estate agents . |
| 18 | It proposes the controlled planting and harvesting of more fir and birch trees . |
| 19 | Fissuring of an atherosclerotic plaque would also expose collagen fibres , and the adhering platelets could release agents such as thromboxane A 2 and ADP , which would rapidly lead to adhesion and aggregation of more platelets and growth of the thrombus . |
| 20 | It was a 21st minute moment of magic which delighted the home fans and seemed to stun Middlesbrough , who had started the game with more purpose and menace . |
| 21 | Finish with a matt pink-toned lipstick applied with a brush for more accuracy and softness . |
| 22 | Or do they do a public service by tilting government towards more openness and accountability ? |
| 23 | I relish the trend towards more analysis and context in news programmes . |
| 24 | Mr Lamont is not happy because he has been the subject of more criticism and speculation over the past three months than most Ministers suffer in a lifetime . |
| 25 | And Chief Joseph was a man of more sagacity and intelligence than any Indian I have ever met . |
| 26 | ‘ If my lord ever finds you here , scrubbing tables , my life wo n't be worth a straw , ’ muttered Ellen two hours later , as she wielded a brush with more energy than accuracy . |
| 27 | ‘ The music has an awakening effect , which has you leaving the theatre with more energy and life than before . ’ |
| 28 | Many of the 20-odd solo albums he 's released have been lost from the catalogues but there is n't one that I 'd be without , and the finest songs and performances talk of love and romance with more candour and grace than any other soul singer has mustered . |
| 29 | Assuming that you have retrieved your ferrets , reluctant though you may be to give up there is wisdom in recognising that you have reached the stage where the expenditure of more time and effort can not be justified . |
| 30 | Of course there are cards on the market with more memory and processor power to drive expensive monitors at high resolutions ( like 1280 by 1024 ) and 256 colours but they cost well over £1000 . |