Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | The form book insists Jodami will need to improve by more than a stone if he is to trouble The Fellow . |
| 2 | ‘ There is no effect in nature which the Author of nature can not bring to pass by more ways than one . ’ |
| 3 | And apart from these two activities she would like to indulge in more horse-riding . |
| 4 | Then you can pick out what you 'd like to see in more detail another time . |
| 5 | I will however keep looking for more info . |
| 6 | I should like to reply to more of what was said by the hon. Member for Sedgefield when he opened the debate . |
| 7 | Before proceeding to the discussion of pull-out torque/speed characteristics for the variable-reluctance motor , we must pause to consider in more detail the effects of neglecting the harmonics of phase current . |
| 8 | Lane accepted it without comment , although at another time he might have pressed for more of an answer ; he was n't a man who liked to be kept in the dark . |
| 9 | but then if you read the report of the match it said they could have won by more than that , they did all playing they were just unlucky , but he 's pleased with the result |
| 10 | In Wallshire Ltd v Aarons [ 1989 ] 1 EGLR 147 , it was argued that a surveyor conducting a rent review as an expert should have looked at more evidence of comparable lettings . |
| 11 | Martin Hyman of British Aerospace got five enquiries and said that though he could have wished for more , those that he had talked to had , he felt , benefited considerably . |
| 12 | No headmaster could have wished for more . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Pearce could have done with more than the seven years he had at British Aerospace to achieve the kind of management culture he would have liked to have bequeathed to the company . |
| 15 | The three-times world champion has a good tale to tell and , while the format could have done with more meat on the bones , this volume certainly does not pull any punches . |
| 16 | Luke could have done with more help , but Umberto had barricaded himself into the tack room with another bottle . |
| 17 | Er we could have done with cars , he says , what are they bringing out this silly thing when we could have done with more cars you know . |
| 18 | I think Teresa felt very much as well that she could have done with more training on target setting and things like that . |
| 19 | Thorfinn said , ‘ If the landings take place on the north side , they 'll have to look for more boats upriver and get themselves across till we can come . ’ |
| 20 | We 're gon na have to look for more , you know , it 's December now , |
| 21 | ‘ Derek has to realise he has a fight on his hands and he will have to put in more effort . |
| 22 | Some will wish to press for more neighbourhood educational provision for visually handicapped pupils and will hope that their child can go to school on a daily basis from home like his fully sighted peers . |
| 23 | And th they will they will have dealt with more incidents up here than I would imagine any other erm place of employment that they 'll go to . |
| 24 | She spoke as if she should have known about more than the dying town . |
| 25 | His voice was cold and contemptuous ; he could n't have spoken with more disdain if he had tried . |
| 26 | With Ms Doi 's passion for pachinko and the industry 's reputation for large-scale tax evasion — both public knowledge - who could have asked for more ? |
| 27 | I could n't have asked for more . ’ |
| 28 | Even had he not , he might have supported with more equanimity that defeat . |
| 29 | The Liberal Democrats are the only party to offer the Bank the carrot of political independence , and might have hoped for more of an endorsement from Threadneedle Street . |
| 30 | By then legal costs alone will have run to more than half the price of the toilet . |