Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] more [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | These speculations are used as justification not only for opposing more prosecution advocacy by employed lawyers , but for blocking the entire application . |
| 2 | If you set out with the idea of generating more clubhead speed by delaying the hit or the release of the hands , you must balance this with a much faster hand and arm action through impact . |
| 3 | ‘ However , some of these emissions could be reduced if the Government would keep to its pledge before electricity privatisation of installing more flue gas desulphurisation equipment . ’ |
| 4 | There is a lot of teacher input into the examination boards , and all sorts of moves towards introducing more course work , and more practical elements into the syllabuses . ’ |
| 5 | There are the obvious slots for plugging in more circuit boards , sometimes as many as eight ; there are sockets for adding more main memory , sockets for adding more video memory , and a socket for co-processor to help with complicated maths ; and there are bays next to the disk drive lying vacant waiting for CD-ROM drives , bigger hard disks or whatever . |
| 6 | His plan was to push the banks into investing more risk capital — a pressure which the banks so far have been able to resist . |
| 7 | Harry had recently retired as a director of a multi-national company , and , apart from spending more time gardening , had not developed any replacement interests . |
| 8 | But most of the plan is devoted to encouraging more energy production . |
| 9 | But you know , the these people ha have hardly been treated erm and a , a contract for obtaining more health care year by year so , you know if yo , if you 're saying that erm these wi will will reduce or that the action has already taken place , it ca n't reduce erm so , then again it 's , it 's not really relevant to erm the proposal of running a , a health authority , you know , these people should talk . |
| 10 | In a Parliamentary reply I said : ‘ The Government have no plans to change the present system of financing the National Health Service largely from taxation and will continue to review the scope for introducing more cost consciousness and consumer choice and for increasing private provision which is already expanding . ’ |
| 11 | Yes , they will go , but the government should do two things , and it should have done them in the White Paper announcement ; it should have said ‘ we are proposing to get rid of all advantages for company cars in tax terms and we are proposing to make sure that people pay by paying more road tax or more petrol costs if they have high gas-guzzling cars ’ . |