Example sentences of "[adv] more for [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps some countries were exploited rather more for their natural resources and others for their cheap labour , but they all fitted in to a global pattern in which the capitalist-imperialist centre underdeveloped the rest of the world . |
| 2 | When asked about the factors which influenced how and where they shopped , many older people said they would be ready to pay a little more for their purchases at shops which provided places to sit down , had lavatories and employed staff members who had the time and inclination to help them . |
| 3 | Thus the Decorator collection , into which she plunged more and more of her energies , was not only a useful device for slicing through hidebound public taste , but gave Laura a focus once more for her creative effervescence . |
| 4 | ‘ I will ask you once more for my brother-in-law 's address , ’ he said , his voice as cold as the Arctic snows . |
| 5 | By the end of the following day he was in hospital , his landlady , probably more for her sake than his , having insisted on calling a doctor . |
| 6 | An even closer parallel is John Milton 's masque of Comus , which Tolkien must have admired partly for its theme — it is an analogue of ‘ Childe Rowland ’ , a tale of a maiden lost in a dark wood and imprisoned by a wizard , till her brothers and her guardian angel come to the rescue — but even more for its hovering between fact and symbol . |
| 7 | The industry is working twice as hard to hold on to their share of advertising and is concentrating on giving readers even more for their money — quality editorial , more colour etc . |
| 8 | Its main drawback is that you will be paying significantly more for your components , as you will not be getting the benefits of bulk buying . |