Example sentences of "[v-ing] more [adj] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although some farmers are adopting more intensive systems of production this is not yet at a fast enough rate to generate the large increases in marketed output necessary to feed the towns , where the population is growing at over 6 per cent per year . |
| 2 | But any approach to seeking more economic choice of credit by consumers ( probably from a wide range of competing options ) has to recognise the recurring weekly caller 's collection round as an obstacle . |
| 3 | Each house has its bomb shelter and secret tutus or underground holes where families can hide when the army returns to using more violent means of coercion . |
| 4 | Some tips to get you started include using stairs instead of lifts and enjoying more sedate forms of exercise , such as bowling or the nonviolent martial arts designed to keep you trim . |
| 5 | Some tips to get you started include using stairs instead of lifts and enjoying more sedate forms of exercise , such as bowling or the nonviolent martial arts designed to keep you trim . |
| 6 | But while the experts complained about the way ‘ soft soap ’ was sterilising British brains , only to then argue that on the other hand Neighbours was ‘ allowing more public expressions of family emotions ’ , Kylie was taking full advantage of the situation . |
| 7 | Children who are struggling at this level will also have problems in grasping more complex aspects of text construction , such as the shifts of voice studied in this paper . |
| 8 | In its reply the profession , while acknowledging its willingness to co-operate in the provision of relevant additional information , expressed concern that concentration on expenses and charges , while ignoring more important aspects of product and company selection such as the investment return , might not be in the best interests of consumers . |
| 9 | On the one hand , setting and enforcing more adequate levels of child support goes some way to redressing the balance of the current situation where the costs of supporting children fall almost entirely on the mother . |
| 10 | Here again there is an attempt at finding more flexible modes of negotiation between the tradition of " literary culture " and contemporary student experience : " My motives also included a more protestant kind of regression , to reestablish links between literary culture — cherished and transmitted by an elite of abstract expertise — and experience . " |
| 11 | This was a wide-ranging exploratory survey , designed ‘ to obtain some basic information about current training provision which could be used in identifying more specific areas of enquiry … a pilot study focussing on public libraries only ’ . |
| 12 | The shortage is being met by pumping up groundwater and by making more efficient use of water . |
| 13 | ‘ The focus is now on making more effective use of IT in improving business performance . ’ |
| 14 | The question whether that is what the buyer bargained for has to be answered according to such tests as men in the market would apply , leaving more delicate questions of condition , or quality , to be determined under other clauses of the contract or sections of the Act . |
| 15 | As well as colleges who offer a distance learning route , with college support , there are colleges who are offering more structured combinations of self-study and college support to meet individual and industry demand . |
| 16 | The next time they are able to gather together enough courage to set out for the supermarket they may get only as far as point B before they have had enough , anticipating more extreme levels of anxiety if they continue . |