Example sentences of "[adv prt] more [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I feel in more of a muddle about politics every moment . ’ |
| 2 | She turned to see Sendei gulping down more of the pink drink . |
| 3 | It is relieved that the most the Americans now want ( apart from money , naturally , of which the Koreans are putting up $220m ) is for Korea to take over more of the job of defending itself , thus freeing American troops and equipment based in Korea for duty in the Gulf . |
| 4 | A three year old is comparatively weak and easy to get to the bottom of , whereas a four or five year old will be able to put up more of a resistance ( if that is in his nature ) . |
| 5 | Although Iraqi forces behind the front line put up more of a fight than those overrun in the initial phase of the offensive , resistance remained both light and sporadic . |
| 6 | If you exercise more , you use up more of the energy from your food , so reducing your chances of putting on any additional weight . |
| 7 | has revealed plans to open up more of the VHF radio band for broadcasting . |
| 8 | Another way is to give five points to the team which finishes first and ten to the team which fills up more of the bottle in a single round . |
| 9 | While the middle single coil on the EG-2 is of regular design , the single coils on the EG-1 are designed especially to keep the noise down , and presumably also to emulate Gibson 's P-90 in picking up more of the vibrating string , thanks to some added width . |
| 10 | Erm it is quite clear from that that because the inner routes er are much closer in er to the urban area , they do pick up more of the local movements between Harrogate and Knaresborough er than does the outer route . |
| 11 | Ideally , there should be more comprehensive information on housing need and the supply of dwellings across all tenures ( particularly if local authorities are to take on more of an enabling role ) . |
| 12 | Japan , especially , is likely to be pressured to take on more of the burden sharing . |
| 13 | Anyway , with the Soviet threat on the wane and the Europeans proposing to take on more of the burden that is left , the cost to the United States of staying on in Europe will henceforth be smaller . |
| 14 | There is likely , for example , to be a progression away from blue-collar jobs to white-collar or service occupations , but these could well take on more of the character which factory work has had in the past , if the tendency is not resisted . |
| 15 | It takes on more of the form of a consultation , aimed at course development , rather than simply being a judgemental exercise . |
| 16 | Therefore , as the firm takes on more of the cheaper form of financing , debt , the cost of equity should rise so as to offset the advantage and maintain a constant cost of capital regardless of the debt — equity ratio . |
| 17 | Although information about the roles of heads is argued as being incomplete , particularly if new bases are needed for management training , there seems little doubt that their willingness to help the performance of their colleagues by taking on more of the low-level chores of school life can be misdirected . |
| 18 | If a deal goes ahead , the debtor gets more money , or owes less debt ; it can pay back more of every remaining unit of debt than before the deal . |
| 19 | I think the show would have been less timid if he had sought out more of the artists in their 20s who nowadays keep coming up in mixed exhibitions in Liverpool , Birmingham , Leeds , Whitechapel and so on . |
| 20 | I had also made myself a promise that ( a ) I would use up some of the many cones in the cupboard and ( b ) I would try out more of the built-in patterns in the 950i machine . |
| 21 | Then she read out more of the article . |