Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] more [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The band realised such novelties would help Red Rhino sell more records , so agreed to the slight compromise . |
| 2 | In Scotland , solicitors sell more properties than estate agents and it is probable , therefore , that there are more property specialists in their ranks than he imagines . |
| 3 | Gerry Healy made more ex-Trotskyists than anyone else except Stalin . |
| 4 | Several advantages can be identified , perhaps the most important of which is that it would remove the financial disincentive which currently exists for doctors , hospitals and Health Authorities to treat more patients . |
| 5 | High interest rates and falling values mean MORE repossessions . |
| 6 | Mr Hall says Timex produces more goods now than before the strike , and he has received ‘ a fair number ’ of job applications from workers sacked at the beginning of the dispute , who could find no other job in recession-hit Dundee . |
| 7 | In marginal cases , courts have sometimes allowed the applicant an opportunity to provide more details pointing to materiality or agreed to an order subject to the applicant giving security for costs . |
| 8 | And the authorities build more prisons , like the new Twin Towers Correctional Facility , huge windowless towers of forbidding grey concrete with openings like arrow slits . |
| 9 | Perhaps power lies with the supplier now , but overpowering or ‘ negotiating too sweet a deal ’ might provoke retribution later when the buyer has more suppliers from which to choose . |
| 10 | Ms Short said the women 's vote could help Labour to win the next general election provided more women could be persuaded that Labour was sensitive to women 's demands . |
| 11 | Lorraine Davidson has more details . |
| 12 | ‘ RUSSIAN has more words in it than any other language , ’ the teacher told me confidently . |
| 13 | It is currently the accepted policy in the mental health field to provide more services in the community for the mentally ill and mentally handicapped . |
| 14 | With the ‘ demographic shift ’ of the 1990 's we must take every opportunity to encourage more girls and young women to follow what I firmly believe to be a most rewarding of careers . |
| 15 | But as news of this service spreads , and more referrals are received from GPs and district nurses , the hospice needs more volunteers . |
| 16 | Herzen 's suggestion that it continue in the West created more problems than it solved . |
| 17 | As the national administration made more demands in the form of conscription and taxation , so the recommendation of a patron became more important . |
| 18 | It is worth noting that over half Jack 's 242 League appearances for Crystal Palace were in Division Two of the Football League — and only Roy McCracken made more appearances than he did in those four seasons , 1921–25 , so there is no doubt that Jack was a loyal club servant in a demanding period . |
| 19 | Now my concern is not really with trying to erm get outside people or people in universities to sort of be involved in evaluations necessarily , it 's with helping people within schools to acquire more skills in the area of evaluation , so that schools , whenever they feel it would be useful to them , have got enough professional expertise among their own members to be able to perhaps rather more the quality of their evaluation and to see that it gets put perhaps to rather more purpose . |
| 20 | Similarly , it has long been known that hens lay more eggs if they are kept under artificial illumination . |
| 21 | Now the brigade wants more women to come forward . |
| 22 | The horse has more chromosomes , 64 ( 32 pairs ) , but only 26 are metacentric . |
| 23 | ‘ Brussels has more galleries , but not so many interesting ones as Antwerp , ’ says Wendolien van Oldenborgh , a local artist . |
| 24 | It is worth remembering that a sparrow has more vertebrae in its neck than a giraffe . |
| 25 | The east coast has more bays , coves , villages and anchorages to visit than there are days in your holiday , and the west coast has dramatic cliffs , sea caves and a spectacular rock arch to explore . |
| 26 | In 1989 councillors unsuccessfully invited tenders for a refreshment facility in an attempt to encourage more drivers to use the site . |
| 27 | In a free market economy , supply normally exceeds demand ( assuming no artificial shortages ) and , as a result , companies use various promotional tactics in an attempt to attract more customers . |
| 28 | Labour wants more opportunities in education . |
| 29 | A given amount of blood adds more hours to the life of a highly starved bat than to a less starved one . |
| 30 | ‘ Remember , Scott has more men than us , and he has motor sledges , too . |