Example sentences of "[vb infin] for more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fact is , transition to the simpler rules will involve costs , though at the end of the day it will make for more cost effective regulation than the present encyclopedias . ’ |
| 2 | Sitting at right-angles to them ( on either side of the corner of a table ) or even alongside them will make for more harmony . |
| 3 | Regardless of the amount of time involved it seems likely that staff will always opt for more time if this is offered to them . |
| 4 | At times of high wages or low food prices , out-workers could opt for more leisure , but in times of slack trade they might well find themselves unable to get enough work to compensate for falling rates . |
| 5 | Shiva thought , I must wait for more news , I must bear it and wait . |
| 6 | In fact if you think about it evolution might promote your reproductive success by making you vaguely unhappy most of the time , cos that might make you strive for more success . |
| 7 | If he was ever to be an artist , he should strive for more balance . |
| 8 | In North Wales for example eight of the eleven part-time farmers said they would look for more work . |
| 9 | Most give telephone numbers you can ring for more information , and many will tell you over the phone if they are likely to offer you a place . |
| 10 | A company with a listing on the market ( either the main or USM market ) may return for more equity capital from time to time . |
| 11 | First , it was not an annual report but a one-off ; secondly , it did not call for more funding — |
| 12 | Jessop could bat anywhere in the order , but I will have him at No.5 , on the understanding that he is prepared to move up should the situation call for more urgency . |
| 13 | The funds will also pay for more research into the Earth and marine sciences , and for the study of the upper atmosphere ( New Scientist , 18 November 1982 , p 406 ) . |
| 14 | I thought about the possibility but when my friends kept saying that I would be chosen I said that I thought the selectors would go for more experience . |
| 15 | So why do n't manufacturers put full instructions in the leaflets and — more annoyingly — why do n't they put their full address on products or packaging , so that purchasers could at least write for more information ? |
| 16 | You can telephone for more information any weekday on |
| 17 | He sent a transcript of the testimony to Colombo , where it was perused by a secretariat official who might ask for more evidence before accepting or changing the local recommendation . |
| 18 | Also if we do this self employment , I 'll ask for more admin time . |
| 19 | German Chancellor Helmut Kohl told them bluntly : ‘ Do n't ask for more money . |
| 20 | I did not ask for more money — I was in Bayreuth at the time . ’ |
| 21 | that 's why all these people can now ask for more money . |
| 22 | Spencer has his characters busy washing sheets , making beds , tidying cupboards , and Christ and his apostles appear in Cookham as though attending a summer regatta- ’ ‘ Fine , ’ he says , rising from his chair , ‘ I could n't ask for more proof of realism , of everyday life … |
| 23 | After a long discussion , they decided that one of them should ask for more food after supper that evening , and Oliver was chosen . |
| 24 | Labour , he said , would fight for more cash to run social services , not just lie down like the Tories and accept what they were given . |