Example sentences of "[adv] [be] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His wish had been granted , but he had only been given more time to experience cruel and unabated pain . |
| 2 | Some naturalists argued that all characters should be taken into account when determining relationships , but others claimed that some characters were more fundamental than others and should thus be given more weight . |
| 3 | Meanwhile IBM Corp , which took a 3% to 4% stake in Wang for $25m last year and agreed to consider a 12% to 16% stake if its AS/400 and RS/6000 OEM deal was successful , will not be investing more money . |
| 4 | But she will probably already be experiencing more loneliness than they imagine , for much as she may enjoy her parent 's company , she will also have a need for other friendships and contacts with the world outside the home , and these may be very difficult for her to achieve . |
| 5 | In 1808 the elder Burn sent William , at the age of 17 , to the office of Sir Robert Smirke , then only three years in the business and already being offered more business than he could safely undertake . |
| 6 | Rather than concentrating almost exclusively on the training of direct service practitioners , they should probably be devoting more resources to training professional personnel who will function in indirect service roles , directing , co-ordinating and supervising the work of paraprofessional personnel and providing appropriate in-service training for them . |
| 7 | Firstly , you will probably be spending more time at home , so items like heating and lighting are liable to be costlier . |
| 8 | As you 'll probably be spending more time in the living area , this will be your starting point . |
| 9 | It is more likely that the sentence beginning with also is adding more detail to support the general conclusion that the individual concerned is right-sided and is part of the internal structure of a paragraph beginning with Generally . |
| 10 | If she 'd done the job herself she 'd doubtless by now be sporting more paint then the ceiling , but he 'd managed to avoid almost all the splashes . |
| 11 | Magistrates in Didcot have today been hearing more cases against non-payers of the poll tax . |
| 12 | The downside , as far as concerns book publishing in general , is that the lower-grade extended-caption tie-ins hog the limelight and drive out ‘ real ’ books which might otherwise be given more shelf space , and which would almost certainly be of far greater merit in themselves . |
| 13 | By 1996 , Britain should again be exporting more cars than we import — for the first time since 1974 . |
| 14 | There is a florist 's shop in nearly every town ; nowadays large stores too are selling more plants and may look for your services in the retail sector . |
| 15 | They 'd decided they could use the lunch break on changeover day to review the first part of the week and plan the second , so they would actually be working more hours than most . |
| 16 | Adrian , who professes to prefer football to cricket , will certainly be paying more attention to the game from now on , particularly as we are giving him a year 's membership to the Young Cricketer Bunbury as our Young Cricketer of the Month . |