Example sentences of "[subord] it [verb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Blood heat should be the highest temperature for a smooth glossy result , although it takes more time to melt . |
| 2 | Treatment at home has advantages for some patients , although it requires more of the therapist 's time in travelling . |
| 3 | Oh aye aye er there was always that in the back of their mind that the the more rivets they put in per day , although it meant more money at the end of the week possibly , er it also meant that the the boat was therefore progressing or the ship was progressing that quick , that they were getting nearer the gate as the the saying went . |
| 4 | Although it costs more to buy , fluorescent lighting is much cheaper to use than light bulbs ; it uses less electricity , and the tubes last much longer . |
| 5 | This model , too , is silent on gender issues , although it leaves more space for their inclusion . |
| 6 | The programme carried a myriad of possibilities — although it promised more than it delivered on more than one occasion . |
| 7 | The system works excellently over short distances but as the length of the tube increases , so it becomes more and more inefficient . |
| 8 | Meanwhile , the BBC SSO is holding fire on balloting its members until it receives more information about the merger to create a National Orchestra of Scotland , which would double as the orchestra for both the BBC and SO . |
| 9 | And if it goes more than that , I said , it can go , I said . |
| 10 | If it loses more customers than expected , the value of its franchise declines . |
| 11 | It 's grown on a , a north facing wall so bit , bit more now I think if it got more sun . |
| 12 | If externalism is a sound stance , then the argument from error is irrelevant ; for it does no more than elaborate on a defective ( though traditional ) approach to epistemology or if it does more , it succeeds only in showing how that defective approach must lead to scepticism . |
| 13 | What if it offered more than Medau ? |
| 14 | The council has warned that unless it gets more funding from Central Government , further job losses can be expected next year . |
| 15 | However , our test formula shows that , given an equal number of constituency and of list seats , a party with an average of only 31.2% of the constituency vote and the same percentage of the list vote ( y ) would not have even one excess seat unless it won more than 62.4% ( x ) of the constituency seats . |
| 16 | It ‘ is more dynamic , not in the sense that it expresses movement ( which a noun can also express ) but because it creates more activity between the words of the sentence in which it is used ’ ( 1955a:75 ) . |
| 17 | Other patients give a negative skin-prick test but respond positively to an intradermal test ( see p 288 ) , which is more ‘ sensitive ’ because it uses more antigen and places it in a deeper layer of the skin . |
| 18 | Using the Temple as a short cut was also forbidden by Jewish Law and yet the priests turned a blind eye to it because it brought more trade into the Temple . |
| 19 | And because it allows more tests in less time , mathematical modelling has become an essential tool for aircraft designers . |
| 20 | Because it involves more things . |
| 21 | There is no really well-defined pattern , but the constellation is not hard to identify , because it lies more or less between Altair and Fomalhaut ; the line of three stars of which Altair is the central member points to it . |
| 22 | These themes are only noted here , because it makes more sense to develop them in Chapter 4 around relevant empirical information . |
| 23 | Thus Verkehrsberuhigung was described as ‘ an unfortunate word ’ , because it means more than making the traffic quiet , it means making surrounding areas better . |
| 24 | Staff at St Tiggywinkles say the holiday season is bad news for wildlife because it means more cars in the countryside . |
| 25 | Staff at St Tiggywinkles say the holiday season is bad news for wildlife because it means more cars in the countryside . |
| 26 | Meribeth often recommends standing up to make important telephone calls because it puts more energy into the voice . |
| 27 | This is perhaps unfortunate , because it throws more of a burden onto plausibility checking ( and makes evaluations such as Walker 's rather more difficult to carry out ) . |
| 28 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 29 | The Prime Minister gave his go-ahead at a meeting with the Chancellor , Treasury Chief Secretary Michael Portillo , Social Security Secretary Peter Lilley and Employment Minister Michael Forsyth , after being told that doctors , especially in inner city areas , sign people on for the benefit because it pays more than dole money . |
| 30 | It is certainly true that it is worth ‘ pooling ’ sovereignty in some areas since it makes more sense to do this than to act independently . |