Example sentences of "[adv] with more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Through her tears she repeated her previous words , only with more anguish and entreaty . |
| 2 | In their dealings in the office they 'd worked well together , achieved an excellent rapport regarding the PR for the business fair , but somehow he 'd been the model of teasing aloofness , apparently with more time for Stephanie Marsa than for Caroline . |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps with more planning and a little more planning among the living these businesses would last longer . ’ |
| 4 | He was good at them , linking all the stories together with more gum and spit , reintroducing the characters with , ‘ You know that bad bad man who was caught naked in the bathing hut ? ’ , as in a wild soap opera , until he knew that at the end of her day spent sucking on dusty brain juice , her maddening mouth would inevitably say , ‘ Hey , Changez , husband or whatever you are , do n't you know any more about that politician geezer that got thrown into jail ? ’ |
| 5 | Liberals favour the protection of human rights together with more participation and decentralization in government . |
| 6 | Tonight with more rain predicted , the National Rivers Authority said that 's just what we DO N'T need . |
| 7 | Whenever she did this successfully , of course , I 'd reward her handsomely with more food and words of praise . |
| 8 | The opening Maple Leaf Rag is an unfortunately hard-driven introduction to the set , but matters improve thereafter with more subtlety and refinement in the less fraught pieces . |
| 9 | This time I worked out a pattern to my own measurements with correct tension and hopefully with more luck . |
| 10 | But he insisted on continuing to live on the houseboat Duende , despite Joan 's pleadings to find somewhere with more room to accommodate the needs of their growing daughter Holly . |
| 11 | Women , said Jessica , languidly at first , but later with more interest . |
| 12 | Indeed it is perhaps a pity that he did not take his own advice , after writing in the New Guide ‘ for the author of the present work might with greater ease , and probably with more advantage to himself , have worked up for the amusement of the eye a number of drawings and paintings during the time he has been engaged in this matter of mere utility ’ . |
| 13 | A MAJOR expansion of The Independent begins today with more space for news , features and sport . |
| 14 | And as to this present situation one of us is going to tire eventually , ’ Maggie pointed out tartly with more bravery than she really felt . |
| 15 | Even with more time lost , it was all over before the last hour . |
| 16 | Then there were new Switchboards springing up all over the place , sometimes with more enthusiasm than resources and occasionally with decidedly dubious intent or policy . |
| 17 | Governments , throughout Europe especially , found themselves , sometimes reluctantly as in Britain , sometimes with more enthusiasm as in Prussia , assuming an increasingly managerial role in economic life as the basis of political and military power . |
| 18 | And you may ask yourselves , my dear and most innocent readers , whether he spoke there with more gentleness or cunning , since the lady set such store on giving herself of her own free will , and since also the castle with its gardens , though now measurable with pins and fine stitches and thumbnails and thimbles , were lordly and handsome enough for any man to wish to spend his days there . |
| 19 | I looked at it vaguely and then with more attention , remembering the thing that had sung past my ear . |
| 20 | A fire destroyed some parts of the western end , and then with more rebuilding it was converted into four dwellings . |
| 21 | Then with more confidence , ‘ And at the abortion thing in May . ’ |
| 22 | Forcing his useless legs to work he made his way to the bridge , awkwardly at first , hobbling , as if in some grotesque mimicry of his wife , then with more confidence as the blood began to flow , his muscles come alive again . |
| 23 | ‘ No , ’ she said again with more conviction . |
| 24 | If either of these occur , start again with more chocolate to avoid spoiling the rest of the recipe . |
| 25 | ‘ It 's too late , ’ said Rats-Tail again with more hostility than petulance . |
| 26 | It is the sun , they said ; it is such a different sun , so much more beautiful than ours , cooler yet with more warmth . |
| 27 | Suddenly Webb looked more relaxed and Ince could drive forward with more confidence . |