Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] more [adv] [subord] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he knows I am here he may be more careful , or he may act more quickly than he had planned . ’ |
| 2 | You 'll think more clearly after you 've had a break . ’ |
| 3 | Perhaps then you 'll think more seriously before you play with someone 's emotions in such a heartless way . |
| 4 | He might behave more impulsively though I could be mistaken . |
| 5 | There 's some fluid in your lungs and you 'll breathe more easily if you 're propped up . ’ |
| 6 | My neighbour 's utterances may follow more coherently if we construe them thus : |
| 7 | The sheets got changed once a week , but you could change more often if you got blood on them or something . |
| 8 | They may communicate more fully than they would in real life but this is to my advantage as the reader because it increases my relief and my pleasure . |
| 9 | Other readers may respond more positively than I do to these over-leisurely presumptions on their interest . |
| 10 | First , instead of the size of the pool being determined solely by the demands made upon it by the local authorities , the global sum to be spent on advanced further education would be determined by the AFEC in consultation with the DES after it received estimates of expenditure from the local authorities in respect of the provision of higher education within their boundaries , on the grounds that the local authority would behave more responsibly if it paid a proportion of the cost rather than reclaiming all of it from the pool . |
| 11 | If it did start up , the Ariadne would ride more comfortably if it were bows on to it . |
| 12 | One third of them also admitted they would drive more carefully if they had to buy their own cars and pay all the running and repair costs . |
| 13 | All of them would live more happily if they and the world remained in ignorance , and to try to achieve that I would give them the one gift I could . |
| 14 | The climate is crucial , because a reactor compartment exposed to dry air will rust more slowly than one buried in soil or sunk at sea . |
| 15 | A classic experiment in the U.S. by Glass and Singer 5 demonstrated that people will perform more productively if they have more control over their environment . |
| 16 | Choreographers who do not adhere strictly to the old conventions of court etiquette realise that their total design will flow more easily because their dancers ' behaviour will appear more spontaneous and natural . |
| 17 | We can only hope that common sense will prevail more quickly than it did in the previous instance . |
| 18 | You will write more rapidly If you join as many letters as possible , so try using looped tails on your letters even If this is something you do not always do when writing . |
| 19 | ‘ Whichever way she goes we can go more quickly because we can stay on the ride and she dare not . |
| 20 | WHEN things go wrong you can sue more often than you may think . |
| 21 | Am I right in thinking you can define more readily whether you know something or do n't know something in mathematics ? |