Example sentences of "they [adv] [verb] [verb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | they constantly threatened to become more than a handful in every sense , so one sad Saturday he sold the sows with their litters at Taunton market — and since then has dealt with pigs only on paper . |
| 2 | They also tend to have more of the male sex hormone testosterone in their blood : a hen can even be made to ascend its dominance hierarchy by injecting some of this hormone into her blood . |
| 3 | They also agreed to take more of the defence burden from the USA . |
| 4 | They also seem to shoal more than other species . |
| 5 | That procedure became operative so effectively that I think the management subsequently realized that unless they had shop stewards who were capable of discussing the matter intently you know , and objectively , then they were on a loser , because they then stood to lose more productivity than hitherto . |
| 6 | ‘ They never seem to last more than about a week . ’ |
| 7 | Certainly everyone involved in the building process finds that contracts play an increasing part in their daily lives and that they therefore have to take more interest in them . |