Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] [adv prt] [art] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is impossible to guarantee that anyone you invited will turn up , so you could try to guard against wasting your time and money by sending courtesy cars to pick up the more important people . |
| 2 | The American film industry took on a more highly integrated personality and its package of entertainment now universally referred to as ‘ Hollywood ’ moved into a position of cultural dominance in America itself and into a position not far short of that in other English-speaking countries . |
| 3 | By the start of the 1990 season membership had increased to twenty and the club took on a more professional approach . |
| 4 | Together the two relationships take on a more dynamic quality and the determinate relationship is mediated by human practice . |
| 5 | She believed that the more a girl covered up the more exciting she was . |
| 6 | The night creatures which had drifted through the streets were no more , and the market stalls and poverty-stricken beggars took on the more comforting image of a capital apparently little changed since Blake 's day . |
| 7 | Do n't suppose he had the strength left in that little body to fight back no more , though you 'd have thought they could 've saved him with these new pills they got . |
| 8 | Immediately the room took on a more homely , comfortable appearance . |
| 9 | ‘ On-site staff discuss the catering service at daily briefings and on a monthly basis carry out a more formal team briefing . |
| 10 | Teachers readily admit at the present time that in most cases they have had little or no training in assessment procedures , and therefore feel they lack both the skills and the confidence to take on a more responsible role in certification . |
| 11 | Sick and tired of their ‘ wild ’ reputation , it seems THE QUIREBOYS have formed a vigilante group to stamp out the more unseemly aspects of boorish male behaviour . |
| 12 | Sick and tired of their ‘ wild ’ reputation , it seems THE QUIREBOYS have formed a vigilante group to stamp out the more unseemly aspects of boorish male behaviour . |
| 13 | In the event the vast majority continued to make for the seaside resorts in the area , leaving the conservationists to fend off the more predatory designs of farmers and water authorities . |
| 14 | If there were space travellers on this planet , and it seemed that there were , their forward flight through the wastes took on a more logical purpose than the pursuance of a prophecy from a discod sleeve . |
| 15 | Relations took on a more positive tone in 1989 when the leader of the City Council returned to the Board , reflecting the reconstituted Labour group 's more pragmatic policy of forming alliances with government and the private sector . |
| 16 | All very sensible — but there are no safeguards to stop a future Secretary of State drawing up a more political booklist . |
| 17 | Last year the government turned down a more ambitious National Coal Board proposal for three mines in and around the vale . |
| 18 | TRAINING CENTRE TAKES ON A MORE COMPETITIVE EDGE |
| 19 | This is a delightful , funny , quirky old thriller , belting along on high octane enthusiasm and using its copious quantities of High Tech to dress up a more human story which gleefully sings the praises of Spirit over Machine . |
| 20 | By 1988 , married couples with children made up no more than 26 per cent of all households in Britain . |
| 21 | Similarly , the general SVQ at level III involves four mandatory core skills modules , plus the three modules making up a more advanced National Certificate Cluster . |
| 22 | I will argue that a major readjustment needs to be made whereby the researcher takes on a more participative role working with and alongside practitioners and clients . |
| 23 | The only gain from what at times were acrimonious exchanges may be that the British Boxing Board of Control will renew its vigilance in the protection of its licensed boxers , before a campaign to stop boxing takes on a more menacing shape for those involved in the business . |
| 24 | The efforts to achieve Vera 's release take on a more desperate urgency in the face of her excruciating loss . ’ |
| 25 | His face took on a more pleasing expression , the immense frown being jacked upwards into an insouciant grin . |
| 26 | AFTER 21 years service has covered his drawing board for the last time to take up the more leisurely pursuits of photography and walking in his retirement . |