Example sentences of "[verb] by more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Accordingly when a pare of men went underground formerly , they made it a rule , to sleep out a candle , before they set about their work ; that is if their place of work was dry , they would lay themselves down and sleep , as long as a whole candle would continue burning ; and then rise up and work for two or three hours pretty briskly ; after that have a touch pipe , that is rest themselves for half an hour to smoke a pipe of tobacco , and so play and sleep away half their working time : but mining being more expensive than it formerly was , those idle customs are superseded by more labour and industry . |
| 2 | Mr Gandhi 's murder came in the middle of a general-election campaign that had already been marred by more killing , intimidation and vote-grabbing than India had seen in any of its nine previous elections . |
| 3 | There was a moment 's silence ; then Fand clasped her hands to her face , as if seized by more dismay than she could bear . |
| 4 | Every year another Finance Act adds to the volume of legislation — and it is inevitably accompanied by more case law , statements of practice , published concessions and other , more subtle , unpublished changes in view or practice . |
| 5 | It 's followed by more noise , sharp and ugly , as they drag him into the kitchen . |
| 6 | Anything can happen in the next half hour — specifically , fabbo '60s puppet drama STINGRAY is happening , followed by more MAN FROM UNCLE stuff . |
| 7 | Later , there is a picnic followed by more beach games , perhaps while the adults snooze in the sun . |
| 8 | This was followed by more lemonade . |
| 9 | The sequence of frost followed by thaw followed by more frost produces a particularly damaging situation for goldcrests . |
| 10 | In general , the sale was characterised by more trade bidding than has been evident over the past year , while competitive bidding between private collectors was responsible for the morning 's most surprising result : £21,000 ( $31,500 ; est. £6,000–8,000 ) for Joe Tilson 's ‘ Ziggurat 1967 ’ ( lot 79 ) |
| 11 | Was the next year to be filled by more unemployment and more chemotherapy ? |