Example sentences of "they [vb base] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Because the home is a workplace for women , they tend to spend more time there than men or children . |
2 | Many commentators have suggested that non-manual workers enjoy considerable advantages in employment over their manual counterparts : they tend to enjoy more job security , work shorter hours , have longer holidays , more fringe benefits , and have greater promotion prospects ( Table 7 below illustrates some of these points ) . |
3 | This suggests they tend to pay more attention to cigarette advertising . |
4 | They tend to have more empathy towards anything foreign and are more aware of language learning difficulties — having struggled to master English to a fairly high level . |
5 | Both say they want to get more people who 'll stay longer . |
6 | I am loathe to take it back to SMAC where I bought it new , as they seem to do more harm than good whenever it goes back there . |
7 | And yet they seem to have more resources , more crime prevention officers , more everything |
8 | because this has happened time and time again and yes they do need more life cover or they do need a PHI policy or a savings plan . |
9 | Although other services are able to provide 32Kbps transmission , they choose to provide more lines per pipe . |
10 | mm I mean every Government does some good and some bad , but on the whole I think the Conservative have done good , because they 've made more people home owners than ever before |
11 | But they 'll be back , when they 've gathered more men , if we do n't do something about it . ’ |
12 | that 's lining their pockets who 've they 've got more money than they know what to do with |
13 | So what you think , they 've got more things there ? |
14 | They 've got more clout than anybody else . |
15 | One , one suspects with some authorities they , they 've got more justification for referring to these elected clowns that get in the way . |
16 | Apparently they 've got more power than most organizations or , you know |
17 | er by bloody Christ , they 've got more backs than bloody forwards I think |
18 | Constant hum , people started from the first day and they 've been flowing through ever since with a high point at the weekend when they 've had more time to come up to London to have a look at things look at things . |
19 | Critics think this means that they prefer to import more parts and to retain control in Japan . |
20 | Sometimes key changes can be used as formal divisions , as they help to give more definition to the beginning of new sections . |
21 | Second bottom United were five points from a survival spot at the start of this week , though they have played more games than any of the three clubs immediately above them . |
22 | Americans think they have lost more ground than others and are now making great efforts to catch up . |
23 | Net margins on sales may be better than those of their foreign counterparts ( see table ) , but they have to employ more capital to build the new prettily-lit , out-of-town shops that the British want . |
24 | Because of their brutality and frequency , they have attracted more attention than any others for many months , both here in Northern Ireland and in Britain . |
25 | If they want care for children , then they have to provide more cash . ’ |
26 | They have won more awards in CAMRA 's pub design competition than any other company , most notably for their careful refurbishments . |
27 | It will take a while to get the body out ; they have to get more guys down there , take photographs ; the usual shit . |
28 | Some have argued that the TNCs have disrupted traditional family life where they have hired more women than men , for example along Mexico 's northern border ( see Fernandez-Kelly , in Nash and Fernandez-Kelly , 1983 ) . |
29 | All say they have had more letters on this foreign-policy subject than any other . |
30 | Erm , this idea that the police had more more money , yes they have had more money , what , what er , has been very conveniently ignored is the enormous amount of money we 've had to spend on special protection duties . |