Example sentences of "[conj] it [vb past] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh aye aye er there was always that in the back of their mind that the the more rivets they put in per day , although it meant more money at the end of the week possibly , er it also meant that the the boat was therefore progressing or the ship was progressing that quick , that they were getting nearer the gate as the the saying went . |
| 2 | Gina 's friends told him that this was a ‘ personal canvas ’ and that it had more integrity than conventional beautified portraiture . |
| 3 | The most telling comment on the wealth of the metropolis is that it had more men worth upwards of £100 than most other towns had taxpayers of all grades ; indeed , the number of four-figure assessments equalled the total taxpayers of some tiny market towns . |
| 4 | Frequently the results were so error-prone that it took more effort to correct the translation than it actually did to manually translate the text . |
| 5 | There was public and media speculation that the real purpose of the ANC 's letter was to rally its supporters in the townships , and to fend off criticism that it attached more importance to pressing on with constitutional negotiations with the government than to defending its own people . |
| 6 | Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds |
| 7 | There were n't , we did it singly and it made more people did n't it ? |
| 8 | It meant we had to chase the game and it left more room for their two dangerous strikers . |
| 9 | It 's grown on a , a north facing wall so bit , bit more now I think if it got more sun . |
| 10 | Using the Temple as a short cut was also forbidden by Jewish Law and yet the priests turned a blind eye to it because it brought more trade into the Temple . |
| 11 | I could see it running in her until it overflowed , and as fast as it ran more grief took its place until the lane and the streams ran with grief and all the valley was the colour of grief . |
| 12 | It might be that if a bird tried to defend too large a territory the amount of energy it would gain from its territorial habit would actually decrease , as it spent more energy on extra defence than it gained from extra food supplies . |
| 13 | Between four and six episodes was Verity Lambert 's ideal length for a story , preferring the latter as it gave more opportunity for character development which , in her belief , audiences appreciated . |