Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] [conj] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some say that more people died that year than during the rebellion 10 years before . |
| 2 | This shows that more stock has been ordered , and when it is due . |
| 3 | But some feel that more use could be made of their banking connections . |
| 4 | This means that more people will be vulnerable to age discrimination if employers do not change their policies . |
| 5 | This means that more land than needed is planned for . |
| 6 | This indicates that more out-of-phase conduction occurs in the carbon-bearing samples , although the effect is still small in comparison with the in-phase component . |
| 7 | New research into the effects of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster in 1986 reveal that more radioactivity may have been released than originally thought . |
| 8 | Unfortunately , a reliable treatment of this sort will be impossible to devise until more is known about the gut flora . |
| 9 | A pamphleteer in 1762 foresaw that more frequent trips to London would put increasing numbers of country gentlemen " in the mode " . |
| 10 | A report as long ago as 1975 found that more than two-thirds of Yorkshire 's water mains needed replacing , mainly because of corrosion . |
| 11 | As the penalty for making a mistake could be quite high , it is prudent to assume that more forms part of the character than does not . |
| 12 | When you 're keen to push something through , summarise at regular intervals : ‘ So are we at the point where we 've got agreement over this ? ’ or ‘ Can I ask if we all accept that more money is needed ? ’ |
| 13 | Large regional studies of children 's smoking habits during the 1960 's and 1970's showed that more boys smoked than girls and that boys started earlier [ 3 ] . |
| 14 | fairly elementary surveying but more or less I know how to use |
| 15 | Meanwhile , Abdel Ghani on Feb. 27 confirmed that more foreign workers were expected to come to North Yemen to carry out jobs including refuse collection and disposal , in which Somali , Sudanese and Filipino workers were already employed . |
| 16 | I am pleased to say that more and more European Community countries are coming to the views that we have pioneered on reform . |
| 17 | The general evidence that is available suggests that more advanced driving instruction , plus better signs , signals , street lighting and road marking would cut the accident rate . |
| 18 | It is vain to think that more of the load will be shouldered by voluntary effort . |
| 19 | That means that more and more elderly people are being forced down to income support or poverty line levels . |
| 20 | However , of the studies I have mentioned it would be difficult to claim that more than a handful fulfilled the criteria I mentioned earlier : both ( a ) respected as an original scholarly contribution within its own discipline and ( b ) could clearly not have been done without a computer . |
| 21 | Sooty the bear and friends have been educating children in the simplest manner for 40 years now , and it is wonderful to think that more youngsters will get to enjoy their antics . |
| 22 | Is it any wonder that more and more women resort to wearing jeans and anoraks ? |
| 23 | The Financial Times of May 7 reported that more than 520,000 sq km were inundated , while the Guardian of May 9 said that more than US$500,000,000 worth of crops and livestock had been destroyed . |
| 24 | Be flexible , if necessary suggest that more time should be devoted to an item at a separate meeting . |
| 25 | Incidentally , Bob and I have been involved in some hospital visiting lately , and were surprised to find that more than half the patients in the ward had been taken ill on holiday , and consequently felt doubly cut off . |