Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb base] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The price , to a cheetah , of growing larger leg muscles is all the other things that the cheetah could have done with the materials and energy used to make the leg muscles , for instance make more milk for cubs . |
| 2 | Is this something new for the new budget provide more training for carers and are we going to advertise it to carers if we are ? and the other point is transport and equipment . |
| 3 | This does not directly tell us anything about the ‘ weakness ’ or ‘ strength ’ of UK manufacturing , but it is interesting to note the sectoral distribution : UK multinationals in the food , drink and tobacco industry export more capital through this route than comes in ; in mechanical engineering the inflow greatly surpasses the outflow , while in electrical engineering UK multinationals export more capital than foreign firms bring in . |
| 4 | Within such broad frameworks as these it also seems likely , however , that political sociologists will in future give more attention to the distinctive cultural traditions and historical experiences , and the specific conditions and problems , which a particular state , or group of states , confronts . |
| 5 | Labour promise more books better schools and more teachers |
| 6 | Will independence bring more opportunities for adults and mature students , a wider range of vocational courses and a higher staying-on rate or will it mean more competition , cuts in expensive courses and no overall structure to educational provision from 11–19 ? |
| 7 | This gives the glider pilot more time to find out why his glider is semi-stalled and is sinking like a brick . |
| 8 | Opponents of the mining claim more cash could be generated from eco-tourism than titanium extraction . |
| 9 | By including the footswitch and having it Velcro in place inside the amp Fender win more Brownie points . |
| 10 | Carers with a dependant living in the same household spend more time caring than those with a dependant in another household . |
| 11 | His MP says victims of solvent abuse need more protection . |
| 12 | The issue is whether making the protean forms of racism seem more omnipotent , cohesive and enduring than they are does after all serve to strengthen and unify the antiracist movement , or whether it reinforces the more sectarian elements within it . |
| 13 | Thrombolysis and beta blockade prevent more arrhythmias than lignocaine , for example , ever did . |
| 14 | Beyond the grey-blotched roofs and television ariels of the outer town lie more vineyards and cornfields , olive groves and forests ; beyond them again Lake Trasimene . |
| 15 | The brown rice vinegar and red wine get more work-outs than any of the others , although a dash of sherry or balsamic will help take the edge of sharper dressings . |
| 16 | And the success story is set to continue into the Premier League if John King 's team produce more performances like the one which saw off promotion rivals Leicester . |
| 17 | The geographical patterns of de-industrialization allow more understanding if we study the collective geographical behaviour of leading decision-takers . |
| 18 | At other times a lower protein diet ( 30–35% ) is desirable because protein surplus to the dietary needs can put the kidneys under strain , and in the process produce more ammonia which is also undesirable . |
| 19 | The gentry and professional group own more wealth than all the lower classes put together . |
| 20 | Speaking purely politically , in the current climate , cultural representations of failure have more resonance than fortitude-in-adversity . |
| 21 | It can be separated from O. bidentata by the following characters ; the spinelets of the disk have more points and are more irregular ; the arm spines are highly rugose and the tentacle scale is also rugose and spine-like while that of O. bidentata is small , flat and scale-like . |
| 22 | Soviet strikes point to crisis of morale that threatens future of perestroika Broadcasts of parliament get more viewers than Agatha Christie films It is the first November 7 since the revolution that coal miners have been on strike . |
| 23 | This alludes to the finding that during short bursts of intense activity , an animal , including a human animal , day expend more energy than can immediately be supplied by aerobic respiration ; that is , by using oxygen to ‘ burn ’ sugar . |
| 24 | Consultations with various bodies have revealed that Welsh Water and the county highway authority do not object , but the National Rivers Authority want more time to consider the proposal , in view of proximity to the river . |
| 25 | In fact Samuel omits is from this point on , and in this respect his repetitions of the phrase become more Creole ; however , the consonant of the now starts to appear as [ ] ( l. 8 , three times ) , the pronunciation associated with " Standard " both in Jamaica and Britain . |
| 26 | Erm perhaps children , young people , English young people and children of a similar age have more freedom , more social freedom . |
| 27 | Does your meal planning need more structure ? |
| 28 | Parts of the economy need more spending in order to sustain profits , but all need to be taxed less . |
| 29 | Religion and fiction use more conjunctions than science and journalism . |
| 30 | Yet while companies like Sinclair and Acorn sell more computers in Britain than many of their overseas rivals , the products of the UK firms are relatively cheap , so the industry 's overall sales are not high . |