Example sentences of "[vb past] more [adv] [conj] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More and more , simple ways of saving money will be found : lights will be turned off , as may water supplies during the holidays : cheaper estimates for repairs/maintenance will be sought and outside bodies charged more realistically when letting school premises . |
| 2 | They were heading westwards to where the land rose more precipitously and broke into a grey surf of scattered granite . |
| 3 | With the increasing growth and concentration of activities that accompanied urbanization , pollution nuisances occurred more frequently and affected larger numbers of people , yet pollution was essentially perceived to be a problem of dense smoke emission to be dealt with at the local level ( figure 8.1 ) . |
| 4 | Our hypothesis was that hypoxaemia occurred more often than suspected clinically from the presence of cyanosis and that selected clinical signs , including respiratory rate , would be useful to predict its presence . |
| 5 | By learning his Technique children became more upright and showed greater enquiry , both physically and mentally . |
| 6 | Their long , slurred vowels rendered their German almost incomprehensible to me , though it was impossible not to listen in as they argued more loudly and grinned more broadly at each other 's jokes as the beer did its work . |
| 7 | The chain of command must be defined and lines of reporting well established so that specialisation optimises time , man-power and professional skills and results in a better quality job produced more quickly and showing increased value for money . |
| 8 | They also recovered more quickly and left the hospital on the day following the operation . |
| 9 | It also emerged that the oil was a light crude , which meant it dispersed more easily and did not soak into sandy beaches or adhere to birds ' feathers in the way that the heavy crude of the Exxon Valdez had done . |
| 10 | But he nodded more forcibly and beckoned again . |
| 11 | It had fewer reporters , fewer offices and relied more heavily than did the Times on official press releases from the Government and its news agency , ZANA . |
| 12 | Their hands touched more often than seemed necessary . |
| 13 | With this pleasing thought she settled more comfortably and looked about her . |
| 14 | Pound wrote to Frank Morley in 1937 , but for all his growing concentration on European civilization , Eliot saw more clearly than Pound the dangers of Fascism . |
| 15 | The papal letter which he was carrying to the king had been superseded by another , which spoke more mildly and suggested that Anselm himself had been a mischief-maker , and that a compromise agreement could be reached with good will on both sides . |
| 16 | Nils smiled more widely and sauntered casually away . |
| 17 | This second wave struck more rapidly and spread more broadly than its predecessor . |