Example sentences of "[prep] be more [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is n't the way that the current system reasons , and I would certainly like to take the current system and push it in this direction of being more expert in a human sense . |
| 2 | It is perhaps significant that there appeared to be more choice of newspaper than of television news . |
| 3 | There tends to be more division between workers where the strike may be defined as ‘ illegal ’ ; employers are likewise more apt to continue production and employ strikebreakers ; and trade unions are more likely to elicit more public condemnation and encounter ‘ more vigorous state repression ’ when they deliberately flout the law ( ibid.:1125 ) . |
| 4 | Five million more motor cars on the roads since 1980 mean that there is bound to be more damage to , theft from and taking of motor vehicles . |
| 5 | The Adagietto , too shows the Boston Symphony Orchestra at its most refined , but , while I admire Ozawa 's emotional restraint , there needs to be more sense of ebb and flow , even at such a slow speed , if the moment is not to fall apart . |
| 6 | When embalming a case which has been the subject of a post-mortem examination , there is likely to be more opportunity for formaldehyde to enter the atmosphere but care is taken to minimise this . |
| 7 | Domestic oil interests , mindful of Mr Bush 's background as an oilman , would prefer there to be more emphasis on encouraging domestic production . |
| 8 | The growing role of municipalities in providing health care means that there is bound to be more emphasis on primary care . |
| 9 | I 'm sure Councillor and erm , and certainly there does seem to be more emphasis on helping people with difficult educational disabilities , and those with learning difficulties , but if we could encourage even more , excellent , and I think it 's very important that er , bank agencies er emphasise the fact that it 's training , plus their main aim being er also a qualification , which does help them get , erm jobs . |
| 10 | CAPRICORN There 's likely to be more contact from family members this week , as you feel the urge to be closer to home . |
| 11 | Moreover these gods are said to be more part of the world 's spiritual furniture than transcendent of it — perhaps more like the saints in Catholic tradition . |
| 12 | His grasp of foreign languages was causing Paul to consider asking him to translate some of his work , and knowing Nathan to be more help in that matter than she , Dinah , would ever be , she left the pair of them to their task , and herself enjoyed the jaunts in the carriage sent by the devoted amateurs of the locality . |
| 13 | In peace-time the selection ratio , the ratio of applicants to available jobs is a key feature , there tends to be more testing in times of economic depression when jobs are scarce and also in post-war periods when there is extensive experience of using tests . |
| 14 | Where a high level of uniformity is required throughout the organisation , and where effective coordination of different parts of the organisation is essential , there is likely to be more centralisation of authority . |
| 15 | But there will have to be more penetration against a side which forced a draw at Derby County last Saturday . |
| 16 | The long term trend is that it 's actually going to be more room at the top of the market I think . |
| 17 | Still to come , the Prison Officers Association warns there 's going to be more violence in our prisons , and thieves steal historic relics from Stanton Harcourt Manor in Oxfordshire . |
| 18 | When you choose your meeting room , the size has to be such that there always appears to be more interest in the event than the organisers anticipated . |
| 19 | There was likely to be more interest in a member of the family who seemed to have come to the boil than in Sara who would cost time and patience to bring to blood heat . |
| 20 | He also called on the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) to be more understanding towards Africa , urging them to relax conditions in order to allow new lending and the relief of existing debt . |