Example sentences of "[vb infin] more [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many competitive markets the company may not be able to do much about price recovery , but , by separating out those effects , it can focus more accurately on cost reduction and internal efficiency . |
| 2 | His arrival suggests that Mr Bush will appear more often on television , spend less time at his Maine seaside retreat , and less time playing with his dogs . |
| 3 | Some analysts argue that the rise in wealth and the fall in savings are both caused by a third factor : people 's belief that their incomes will grow more rapidly in future . |
| 4 | In recent months there has been a lively debate — much of it behind the scenes — into how the hospitality industry can speak more effectively to Government . |
| 5 | Lee left Gabriel with his pirates , opened her eyes and focused on a sign on the wall in front of her , which read : ‘ WILL CLIENTS PLEASE SPEAK MORE QUIETLY IN FRONT OF THE BEAUTY ROOMS . |
| 6 | Write notes on what they say , suggesting that a record is being kept ( this can help you think more rationally about counter-attack , but it may be distracting — in which case , a supporter could do it ) . |
| 7 | Not because they may relate more positively to menstruation and to their sexuality ( as some psychologists have suggested ) , but more likely , I believe , because they rarely have the opportunity to experience menstruation . |
| 8 | And , as I shall explain more fully in Chapter 2 , it is quite possible to ensure that they do not suffer in any way at all , whether mentally , physically or emotionally . |
| 9 | Others are grateful for the additional money but believe that the ISF should work more closely with government agencies . |
| 10 | First that I believe the causes you serve are vital to the welfare and happiness of people in this country , and that they will become more so in future . |
| 11 | Darwin was not specific as to why males should typically compete more strongly for access to breeding partners than females and it was left to biologists of this century to provide the answer ( Fisher , 1930 ; Bateman , 1948 ; Trivers , 1972 ) . |
| 12 | More conventionally , Microsoft 's UK systems marketing manager David Smith says that the company ‘ will have products in the coming year ’ that will compete more directly with Lotus Notes . |
| 13 | A Department of Agriculture might function more effectively for agriculture if it did not take on , unnecessarily and confusingly , a role in food marketing . |
| 14 | The idea that the body clock might adjust more readily with practice is an attractive one , but there is no evidence to support it . |
| 15 | The gravitational force between two bodies would decrease more rapidly with distance than it does in three dimensions . |
| 16 | One could try and explain this as follows : subjects perceived an increase in k as necessitating an increase in output since the opportunities for using output from other periods to increase sales this period had been reduced by the increase in the storage cost ; accordingly , one should produce more now in case the price this period turned out to be a high one . |
| 17 | ‘ you should get more out of life . |
| 18 | Last week , the ARC turned out in force at the National Agricultural Centre near Coventry to show farmers its work , and to persuade them to ‘ get more out of muck ; ’ . |
| 19 | I dare say their dabblings in a wide pool of indie noise styles would gel more effectively on record , but tonight it 's just directionless and dull . |
| 20 | Conventional wisdom will now have it in Scotland that Labour should push more energetically for home rule . |
| 21 | ‘ The Goths wore stirrups and , because they did , could fight more efficiently on horseback . |