Example sentences of "[adv] [vb infin] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sleep would perhaps make more sense after thirty-six hours straight on duty , much of it spent with a sullen Jamaican who had killed his landlady and her three children in the crowded kitchen of a house behind the Westway . |
| 2 | they are less economistic than men , that is they do not only seek more rewards ; |
| 3 | To meet this point I think one must say that Bentham 's view was , in effect , that a right action must not only do more good than harm , but must also be such that neither the particular good it does , nor any other comparable good which might have substituted for it , could have been achieved at less cost in terms of harm done . |
| 4 | Capitanchik : Now while this wo n't necessarily create more jobs , it means better employment for your people , does n't it ? |
| 5 | Throwing money at the problem , however , is not the answer ; this may only create more difficulties for the environment . |
| 6 | But you 'll naturally have more stock wo n't you at the beginning of the year . |
| 7 | Prosecutions for abortion doubled between 1900 and 1910 and doubled again during the next twenty years , but this may merely indicate more vigilance on the part of the authorities rather than increasing incidence . |
| 8 | If the Church would only have more faith in Carey and the wise words of moral guidance that he offers perhaps more of us would have faith in the Church . |
| 9 | If you do not have a computer or you are daunted by them ( or your computer breaks down within a week of your arrival in a remote village ) you will obviously have more papers to keep track of . |
| 10 | The railway would merely permit more people to move about , meet and be stupid together . |
| 11 | He could perhaps take more care with his appearance , but he is handsome . |
| 12 | Where jobs are available , there is evidence that higher AFDC payments do apparently encourage more people to remain dependent on the state than where they are lower , but overall variations in labour market buoyancy mean that ‘ analyses which place the blame for poverty among these families upon the welfare ‘ largesse ’ are deficient' ( p. 210 ) . |
| 13 | To flee cravenly would only invite more complaint , and personal complaint too . |
| 14 | Ordinands do not necessarily have more imagination than others . |
| 15 | Erm it is n't necessarily dirtier than the average street , it does n't necessarily have more dog shit or more paper strewn around it but neither does it have a , any sense of activity within it . |
| 16 | Be that as it may , we should perhaps pay more attention to the context rather than the content of the distinction , and the relationship between the two environments or worlds : the department and the firm , the laboratory and the field , the lecture-room and the ward . |
| 17 | Mr Stewart said he was sure the centre would not only allow more organisations to win EC backing but , more importantly , would lead to the implementation of research and development in the form of new products and new processes in UK companies . |
| 18 | This way you 'll not only get more personality into the room but you 'll also go more slowly , giving yourself more time to think around problems . |
| 19 | The passage , even when returned to context , will obviously abide more interpretations than one . |
| 20 | I think it may be it may be that they could perhaps get more money if the local parties affiliated separately but |
| 21 | Against a background of rising unemployment and deepening recession , blamed to a large extent on economic mismanagement by Tories in London , some feared John Major 's staunch defence of the Union could only drive more voters to Labour and the Liberal Democrats , both promising a Scottish Parliament . |
| 22 | ‘ That is the only possible explanation for the steady supply to newspapers and authors of this information that can only put more pressure on the prince and the Royal Family . |
| 23 | The Regulations for manual records make the position much easier to administer for the school though they may perhaps cause more family friction . |
| 24 | Wishing desperately that she were able to defend her grandfather , but knowing that to explain would only cause more trouble until she 'd been able to speak with his mother , and fervently wishing she had locked her door when she 'd come up to bed , Ellie said tiredly , ‘ I do n't know why . |
| 25 | Or do they just make more noise ? |
| 26 | Gravity would soon yield more disbenefits than benefits . |
| 27 | But in economic affairs state intervention can easily do more harm than good . |
| 28 | Eliminating skilled labour would thus give more power to management . |
| 29 | These people are called merchandisers and their activities provide support to traditional salespeople , who can thus spend more time selling . |
| 30 | Horses paddocked on a hillside will normally spend more time running along the higher boundary than the lower one — they need to get to the top of the hill for visual freedom . |