Example sentences of "on more " in BNC.
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1 | Unless you do something about it you will be losing money — money you could have invested in new equipment , or better marketing , or taking on more employees . |
2 | He found he had taken on more than he bargained for . |
3 | The leaflets , softer in tone than much of the BMA campaign , suggest that hospitals that fail to compete in the new NHS market could go bankrupt ; GPs will be forced to compete for patients , with those that take on more having less time for patients ; while ‘ opted out ’ hospitals may drop some specialist services if they are not financially viable . |
4 | The Prince was becoming enthused , and as he grew more confident about the area he had targeted and took on more projects , he began to make increasingly serious and significant speeches . |
5 | Japan , especially , is likely to be pressured to take on more of the burden sharing . |
6 | Part of the point of selling state businesses is to raise hard cash , and taking on more debt to fund worker buyouts in return for low or non-earning equity stakes ( which may prove to be worthless in the long run ) is not a real option for the government . |
7 | Anyway , with the Soviet threat on the wane and the Europeans proposing to take on more of the burden that is left , the cost to the United States of staying on in Europe will henceforth be smaller . |
8 | As the firm takes on more debt , so the cost of equity ( the total return demanded by investors ) must rise in proportion . |
9 | This means that the value of a firm would indeed rise as it took on more debt because it was paying less of its earnings out to the taxman . |
10 | At the same time , firms not taking part in takeovers took on more debt , either gradually or in so-called ‘ leveraged recapitalisations ’ — in effect self-takeovers in which firms ' existing shareholders swapped some of their equity into debt . |
11 | If a business takes on more debt , its calculations can be thrown out by two things : if the interest cost of servicing the debt rises by more than was expected ; and if the cash flow earned by the business falls by more than had been planned for . |
12 | I know I can improve on my acting by taking on more demanding roles , performances that are more difficult than playing Charlene day in day out . |
13 | HEIs have been tempted to take on more research than perhaps they should have done . |
14 | Meanwhile , Easy Rider , itself , began to take on more menacing tones as it neared its climax . |
15 | Their marriage was certainly not typical , yet it is possible that even in the early twentieth century it was not uncommon for retired men to take on more responsibility at home , as many do today : for lack of other evidence , we can only speculate . |
16 | It 's obviously important to make sure you do n't take on more than you can afford . |
17 | Slowly the exterior background settings for religious paintings , the major activity of artists in the seventeenth century , took on more detailed contours and established geographic as well as topographic influences that we still see in some forms of landscape painting today . |
18 | Do n't expect governors to take on more than they can manage . |
19 | In a year of recession , Land Rover is taking on more staff and increasing production to cope with the worldwide demand . |
20 | I knew too that if Jerry had ever behaved as I did , taking on more than he could chew , then I too would have responded in like manner . |
21 | This acts as an insurance against driving protest below the surface where it may take on more sinister forms . |
22 | Add power to cruise revs ( all the while keeping the yoke fully aft ) and roll on more bank until the upper wing is almost vertical , and the Aircoupe will twizzle round like a good ‘ un , with nary a murmur or complaint , and will even climb in this state on a good day . |
23 | She was n't going to take on more trouble … there was enough of her own . |
24 | There is likely , for example , to be a progression away from blue-collar jobs to white-collar or service occupations , but these could well take on more of the character which factory work has had in the past , if the tendency is not resisted . |
25 | The scheme announced yesterday means women who now have to collect their children from school can take on more demanding jobs with longer hours . |
26 | Some management theorists maintain that in every organisation there is a hard core of mavericks who are reluctant to take on more responsibility . |
27 | TOURISM businesses are bucking the recession with two west Suffolk employers taking on more staff and one of them , a hotel , reporting its busiest February for 20 years . |
28 | He said American Airlines wanted to take on more transatlantic routes , but had been bogged down by bilateral agreements between the British and U.S. governments which had still not been finalised . |
29 | Graham says that if the set-up is a success — and it certainly looks as if it 's going to be — he may take on more charity tanks in the future . |
30 | HEAD FOR HEIGHTS : A stuntman took on more than the scary Jaws |