Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] with more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We readily agreed that the conversion had been carried out with more imagination than we would have been able to bring to it , but could we afford it ? |
| 2 | Eventually four relatives of Anwar 's turned up with more drink and food , and gifts of cloth and pots . |
| 3 | With the benefit of fifteen years ’ experience and from the security of a university in Britain , it is possible to pronounce with considerable confidence upon what should have happened ; to comment owlishly on how untidy and illogical were the processes employed , how more information should have been spelt out with more precision , how more evaluation should have been undertaken sooner , how unreal were our expectations in terms of how quickly and how evenly changes can effectively take place . |
| 4 | Boardwalk bounded along with more enthusiasm than grace at the head of the second group while two horses , including the favourite , made the running some three lengths clear of her . |
| 5 | The son of a stockbroker and part of a large and easy-going family , James was brought up with more options than most . |
| 6 | According to this notion , fertility decline since the war can be interpreted partly in terms of concomitant swings in public attitude , irrespective of formal religious affiliation , between the fundamentalist and the pragmatic pole ( Simons 1982 ) , On this view , by the end of the 1960s parents raised under the more fundamental , disciplined 1930s had been replaced in the childbearing years by those brought up with more material security and freedom , both moral and legal , from traditional restrictions . |
| 7 | ‘ He 's run in with more self-belief , ’ he explained , ‘ and that has given him an extra bit of nip to beat the bat . |
| 8 | In those two years since his world fell apart on the paradise island of St Lucia when he left the England tour — ‘ I handled it really badly , ’ he reflects , ‘ I cried my eyes out ’ — Ellcock has put up with more adversity than most people expect in a lifetime . |