Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.

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1 You may still want to lose more weight and inches , and your top priority may be to achieve a much slimmer body than you have so far .
2 We do not want to see more knife carrying by people who are mentally ill , although that clearly affects a minority of community care cases .
3 It is likely that Unit will want to acquire more engineering interests to tie in with the Surrey business .
4 Larry Finlay , advertising and promotions director of Transworld , said that publishers should consider publishing more paperback originals .
5 In the longer run , if Thailand is to sustain its growth rate it will need to create more jobs in higher-value-added industries .
6 Interviewers will make up their own list depending on the job and will not doubt give more weight to some items .
7 They may need to go out in pairs which is why I think that we do need to put more money into the budget to provide this service and make sure that we 're doing it in the best possible way , erm so I mean I think that it 's very important that we 're consistent about this .
8 Do not the Government need to give more attention to devising a regional strategy within Europe ?
9 We may need to devote more attention to helping the teacher discern their effects and to relate them to the intentions .
10 ATB staff and Group Organisers might need to pay more attention in future to the exploration of wider alternatives in course structure and timing .
11 If there does not seem any room to get rid of storage jars , canisters , cook tools and so on , you might need to add more shelves and hooks .
12 Do the learners need to spend more time in some areas than in others ?
13 When the situation is only moderately favourable for the leader , he will need to show more concern for people — ie be a psychologically close manager .
14 Foreign Minister Roelof " Pik " Botha , who had led the government delegation , however , insisted that CODESA would continue , but would need to involve more parties .
15 For instance car manufacturers may offer exceedingly cheap credit , not because they believe their borrowers are uniquely low risk , but because they may want to sell more cars .
16 For instance car manufacturers may offer exceedingly cheap credit , not because they believe their borrowers are uniquely low risk , but because they may want to sell more cars .
17 But not as many as you would have if you were using the treble clef because you 'd probably end up with a lot of lower this is wha , that is n't a particularly good example really because it has n't given a lot of lower notes but normally you 'd expect to see more notes down on these lines .
18 ‘ Firefighting has traditionally been a male preserve but we do expect to see more women joining our ranks , ’ said a brigade spokesman .
19 Time is money , and one must expect to see more pressure being brought to bear to reduce to a minimum the time taken from the start of a project to the arrival of the product on the shelves .
20 The implications of this for employment are that we would still expect to see large-scale manufacturing in developed countries , absorbing substantial amounts of labour ( though this labour would be involved in knowledge work rather than metal-bashing ) ; and we would expect to see more labour employed again in small firms producing semi-custom-made products or services using machinery produced by the large companies .
21 Now if you knew which numbers were selected less frequently than others , and you kept that information to yourself and you bet on those numbers that were selected less frequently , then unless there 's any special reason why those numbers should produce fewer score draws than other numbers , you 're giving yourself an advantage because on the weeks in which those numbers produce score draws there are fewer people who 'll have them down as their numbers , and so there 's more money around for those few people who have them down , including you , and so if you win , then you 'd expect to win more money .
22 ALL THE PRESIDENT 'S TAXMEN On the campaign trail , the next US president promised that high earners could expect to pay more tax — and foreign-owned companies much , much more — if he won the election .
23 The new contracts may improve accounting procedures , but do not appear to offer more choice to either doctors or consumers , who will be bound by contractual arrangements , which the government recommends should be on a three-year rolling basis .
24 Schools in ‘ well off ’ areas can expect to raise more money in direct appeals and in fund raising activities than schools serving poorer communities .
25 The possible developments that the trust could achieve include more emphasis on research , on training and education , on challenging behaviour , and on autism and brain damage .
26 Do I want to buy more hash , a chunky offering for my wicker mini-basket ?
27 I tried calling softly , but there was no reply , and I did not dare make more noise for fear of disturbing the others .
28 McKinnon said he would like to see more plays of this quality receiving second and third productions in Scotland where there was a tendency to forget about a play after its premiere .
29 So I 'd like to see more emphasis on the activity of the , the pupil as historian .
30 I would just like to see more diversity of people and styles .
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