Example sentences of "[vb pp] for more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move , by the new coalition of Liberals and Christian Democrats , satisfies the Dutch confederation of industry , which has lobbied for more support for industrial R&D and innovations . |
| 2 | In Scotland and Wales public pressure developed for more independence than could be gained from decentralized administration . |
| 3 | The range of political institutions and objectives is well discussed , although one could have wished for more emphasis to be placed on European Community matters and where they may lead us . |
| 4 | However they confirm that farmers who had claimed for more quota than they had ewes would be given ‘ around ’ two months after the statutory instrument had passed through Parliament to secure their extra rights to ewe premium and to notify the authorities of the transfer . |
| 5 | But neither can the scheme continue unless Sri Lankans are squeezed for more money . |
| 6 | She has argued for more competition in state lottery tenders . |
| 7 | Recently ethnolinguists , deriving their inspiration in England from the work of J. R. Firth and his disciples at SOAS ( The School of Oriental and African Studies ) , have also challenged ‘ universalism ’ and have argued for more attention to ‘ language-specific ’ descriptions before more general claims about language can be made , Fought , for instance , writing of attempts to analyse traditional Mexican languages , argues : |
| 8 | This view is held by Mr Leahy ; it is expressed most forcibly by Jeffrey Sachs , a Harvard economist who has advised the Russians and long argued for more aid . |
| 9 | Action is being taken to encourage closer cooperation between Stockton council and its Asnieres-sur-Seine Twinning Association , which has appealed for more support . |
| 10 | He has appealed for more vigilance by staff in shops and offices to stop ‘ sneak-in ’ thieves who steal bags , purses and wallets during the working day . |
| 11 | There was a rustle of excitement as the listeners exchanged expectant looks and then shifted for more comfort on the hard wooden seats . |
| 12 | Victim Support Patron HRH The Princess Royal has called for more help to be offered to victims of crime . |
| 13 | The left called for more nationalisation ; the ‘ traditional ’ right wing of the party argued that this ‘ needed more research ’ and conveniently forgot about it , while the new ‘ revisionist ’ current represented by Healey , Jenkins and Crosland saw public ownership as irrelevant and raised ‘ equality ’ as the prime goal of socialism — a position formalised in Crosland 's ‘ Future of Socialism ’ in 1956 . |
| 14 | Though the problem of radiation embrittlement has been recognised since the outset of the civil Magnox programme in the early 1960s , the inspectorate called for more evidence of the safety of Magnox plants in 1990 after it found the rate of embrittlement may have been faster than predicted . |
| 15 | Teachers have long called for more opportunity to get on with what they regard as quintessentially " their " work ; they should normally welcome the opportunity to off-load tasks which can just as effectively be performed by other people . |
| 16 | While the leftists in the capital called for more development , on the ground the communities welcomed the expected bonanza from mining . |
| 17 | The prime minister called for more restraint , in the wake of an article in the Bank of England 's Quarterly Bulletin noting the continued problem . |
| 18 | The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom has recently called for more training in educational methods for all university teachers . |
| 19 | This motion advocated a revival of nationalist Gaullist traditions to distinguish the RPR electorally from other right-wing parties , and called for more party independence , asserting that in its present state , still demoralized by the defeat of Chirac in the 1988 presidential elections , the RPR was incapable of forming an effective opposition . |
| 20 | The International Stock Exchange has called for more time to implement the changes but so far it has had little success . |
| 21 | The scare that cellular phones might cause brain tumours has died away — everywhere except in Germany : according to Reuter , German cellular phone firms and experts called for more research to soothe public fears of possible dangers from electromagnetic radiation from portable telephones — despite the fact that most experts , including the head of the government telecommunications agency , told a hearing in parliament that research suggests no health danger from phones . |
| 22 | Erm , the , all the arguments for and against organic dips have been considered this last nine months by the Veterinary Products Committee , and they 've come out with a report I think , that satisfies no one , because it does n't go either , either way in that respect at all , it 's called for more research and , and erm , development in that , in that sense . |
| 23 | Doctors at a Bristol hospital said today , they 'd called for more research following two cases there in which mothers had used water baths in the early stages of labour . |
| 24 | LEADING lung cancer specialist Ray Donnelly has called for more cash to wipe out the disease which kills 1,600 Merseysiders every year . |
| 25 | If funds are to be raised for more space , then the gallery must decide what that space would be for . |
| 26 | MILLIONS of home-owners could be stung for more council tax because of a Government blunder . |
| 27 | If I 'd paused for more thought I perhaps would n't have had the nerve , but I simply opened his door , checked up and down the corridor for observers ( none ) and went inside , shutting myself in . |
| 28 | They 'd asked for more space , as part of the head office refurbishment , but this was ridiculous ! |
| 29 | In its evidence to the Ashby Committee , the WEA had asked for more grant-aid to finance ‘ a considerable increase ’ in the number of full-time staff . |
| 30 | We have occasionally been asked for more news of , and items of particular interest to , UCN and external graduates . |