Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] more [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh aye aye er there was always that in the back of their mind that the the more rivets they put in per day , although it meant more money at the end of the week possibly , er it also meant that the the boat was therefore progressing or the ship was progressing that quick , that they were getting nearer the gate as the the saying went . |
| 2 | This model , too , is silent on gender issues , although it leaves more space for their inclusion . |
| 3 | Meanwhile , the BBC SSO is holding fire on balloting its members until it receives more information about the merger to create a National Orchestra of Scotland , which would double as the orchestra for both the BBC and SO . |
| 4 | The council has warned that unless it gets more funding from Central Government , further job losses can be expected next year . |
| 5 | It ‘ is more dynamic , not in the sense that it expresses movement ( which a noun can also express ) but because it creates more activity between the words of the sentence in which it is used ’ ( 1955a:75 ) . |
| 6 | Using the Temple as a short cut was also forbidden by Jewish Law and yet the priests turned a blind eye to it because it brought more trade into the Temple . |
| 7 | And because it allows more tests in less time , mathematical modelling has become an essential tool for aircraft designers . |
| 8 | Staff at St Tiggywinkles say the holiday season is bad news for wildlife because it means more cars in the countryside . |
| 9 | Staff at St Tiggywinkles say the holiday season is bad news for wildlife because it means more cars in the countryside . |
| 10 | Meribeth often recommends standing up to make important telephone calls because it puts more energy into the voice . |
| 11 | Launching a report on the changing face of England over the past 50 years , Burton called on the government to target the 150,000 hectares of derelict land in cities before it allows more building in the countryside . |
| 12 | Blocking will not usually increase the probability of having to read data from a given track , except insofar as it allows more records to be stored on that track . |
| 13 | It might be that if a bird tried to defend too large a territory the amount of energy it would gain from its territorial habit would actually decrease , as it spent more energy on extra defence than it gained from extra food supplies . |
| 14 | Between four and six episodes was Verity Lambert 's ideal length for a story , preferring the latter as it gave more opportunity for character development which , in her belief , audiences appreciated . |