Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [vb pp] for more " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the battle-hardened Winterbottom 's experience has counted for more for this particular mission . |
| 2 | If the incipient spin has progressed for more than about half a turn because the pilot has kept the stick back , applying the full opposite rudder must be a good thing because it helps to stop the rotation and to even up the stalling of the wings . |
| 3 | Laybacking had accounted for more than half his leader falls , and retreat did not bear thinking about . |
| 4 | In its evidence to the Ashby Committee , the WEA had asked for more grant-aid to finance ‘ a considerable increase ’ in the number of full-time staff . |
| 5 | A number of readers have asked for more advice on entries that cover matches in pairs and trios . |
| 6 | Her campaign has qualified for more than US$1 million in federal matching funds , surpassing Jerry Brown 's . |
| 7 | The International Stock Exchange has called for more time to implement the changes but so far it has had little success . |
| 8 | Cornwall County Council and the National Rivers Authority have asked for more information but have been refused by the MOD on the grounds that there is insufficient evidence to merit further investigation |
| 9 | Many readers of the first edition of The Birmingham Magazine have asked for more information about current courses ran by the University . |
| 10 | Round the corner to our right was what we journalists liked to refer to as ‘ No-Man's-Land ’ , into which no man had ventured for more than a year . |
| 11 | US State Department official Margaret Tutwiler stated on March 5 that the US government had insisted for more than a month on a public inquiry into the current political violence and had offered technical assistance in its investigations . |
| 12 | Trade union-sponsored MPs , who in the 1935 Parliament had accounted for more than half the party , were now less than a third of the total . |
| 13 | Patients with adenocarcinoma had smoked for more years in total ( median 38.5 , range 4–54 years ) than patients with CLO ( median 29.5 , range 6–55 years ) ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 14 | Patients with adenocarcinoma had smoked for more years in total ( median 38.5 , range 4–54 years ) than CLO patients ( median 29.5 , range 6–55 years ) ( p<0.01 ) . |
| 15 | THE public has applied for more than half of the £5.3billion water privatisation issue , with more than 1.4 million people signing cheques for an average of £2,000 . |
| 16 | THE public has applied for more than half of the £5.3billion water privatisation issue , with more than 1.4 million people signing cheques for an average of £2,000 . |
| 17 | in his arms and treat and Mr Bumble rushed into the room with great excitement and addressed the gentleman in the high chair said I beg your pardon sir , Oliver Twist has asked for more , there was a for more said compose yourself Bumble and do I understand that he asked for more after he 'd eaten supper he did sir replied Bumble , that boy would be hung I know that boy will be hung |
| 18 | LEADING lung cancer specialist Ray Donnelly has called for more cash to wipe out the disease which kills 1,600 Merseysiders every year . |