Example sentences of "[coord] [vb base] [pers pn] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would it slow them down or make them more vicious ? |
| 2 | Despite voices to the contrary , our standard of play at club level is not that high , and anything we can do to improve it or make it more appealing should be done . |
| 3 | ‘ Do n't play games , Miss Adams — you know who I mean well enough , or have you more than one lover you intend running away with ? ’ |
| 4 | He also has to learn not to watch his feet , because bending his head downwards will probably increase his spasticity , and make him more likely to fall . |
| 5 | In addition , they can shorten the child 's attention span and make him more easily frustrated — and this in turn leads to a poorer performance in school . |
| 6 | Soon he will change those plans , and make them more elaborate . |
| 7 | At precisely the time that the Party leadership was extolling the horse as a modern and fuel-saving means of transport , it was also planning to increase the journey-times of the rural population and make them more dependent on motor transport — or perhaps to shorten the time they had left to themselves , to sleep , think and so on . |
| 8 | It is even possible that Gloucester 's claims of another plot against him were intended not only to justify Hastings ' removal but to impress the council with the gravity of the situation and make them more disposed , not less , to back Gloucester 's leadership as the one hope of stability in a worsening political climate . |
| 9 | Erm , putting images into words is not always easy , a colour in a painting can give you a way in and the brown of Van Gogh 's jacket erm affected me with this one particularly and the sun flower I felt was inappropriate misplace , in a vase to , to small , erm and it gave me an image a very strong image of suffering and this poem is in its very early stages and its literally just a list of images and I wanted to be able to show you how I start off which is with a series of images and then I have to put some filler in and open them up a bit and , and make them more accessible and understandable , but this is just a list form . |
| 10 | All these moves are aimed at beating the stress which can weaken new stock and make them more susceptible to the other little problems of a new tank . |
| 11 | You do try and use them through that , and try and make them more confident in themselves , they 're you know people do accept this a lot more today , than they used to , erm and you know they need n't feel quite so self conscious . |
| 12 | Will the Government please review the workings of the Act and make them more effective ? |
| 13 | It will improve public services to the point of excellence , restore the morale of the people who deliver them and make them more efficient and capable of delivering good service to our constituents . |
| 14 | In view of the understandable difficulty that this inelegant and complex piece of legislation presented to these people , one must stand in awe at what one Member , Sir Michael Havers , had the temerity to say at the Third Reading of the Bill : ‘ One of the great ambitions of successive Parliaments is to simplify the laws that they pass and make them more readily understood . ’ |
| 15 | It is even possible that Gloucester 's claims of another plot against him were intended not only to justify Hastings ' removal but to impress the council with the gravity of the situation and make them more disposed , not less , to back Gloucester 's leadership as the one hope of stability in a worsening political climate . |
| 16 | Conservative privatisation was supposed to break up the big monopolies and make them more competitive and accountable to the public empty propaganda indeed . |
| 17 | He wanted to take me where the cold would hurt me and make me more miserable . |
| 18 | The health benefits and disciplines gained enhance the balance between our mind and body and make us more able to achieve our aims and to counter disease . |
| 19 | I also , er , we are also putting in for your community computing scheme , erm , realising that it will not only , if we get it , increase our own expertise and make us more efficient , which heaven knows , all organisations need to be , but will also be ab enable us to give advice to all the organisations we represent , and thus have an enormous ripple effect . |
| 20 | The authorities do not require other methods of recovery to be tested , and it is therefore not always possible to be sure whether using the aileron , for instance , will flatten the spin and make it more difficult to stop . |
| 21 | He promised to demystify the all-powerful presidency and make it more accountable to congress and the voter . |
| 22 | ‘ It will give the market extra flexibility and make it more attractive . |
| 23 | ‘ It will give the market extra flexibility and make it more attractive . |
| 24 | A good quality under-felt is essential to prolong the life of your carpet and make it more comfortable to walk on . |
| 25 | As an absolute last resort , rather than manhandle a horse and make it more fearful , and so teach it to be always difficult in a similar situation , it is better to tranquillise the horse . |
| 26 | This may confirm Joan 's fear of greed and make it more frightening for her to know about her own . |
| 27 | It gave operators and management timely information that they used to alter the running characteristics of the line and make it more cost effective . |
| 28 | More immediately , according to his biographer , Izaak Walton , he was persuaded by his landlady during this visit to London that he was a man of tender constitution who needed a wife to prolong his life and make it more comfortable ; because of his modesty and dim sight , Hooker left the choice to her , and soon found himself married to her daughter . |
| 29 | Does the press narrow popular conceptions of rape and make it more difficult for raped women to obtain justice ? |
| 30 | Those who can pay but refuse to do so muddy the waters and make it more difficult for local Labour councils to adopt and sustain humane collection policies . |