Example sentences of "they [vb mod] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Indeed , one of them may get more information out of it than the author realised he was putting into it . |
| 2 | The open and public part of the contest between the two companies for the monopoly of the Indian trade ( apart from the normal process of lobbying , in which it was said very large sums were spent on bribery ) was devoted to finding which of them would lend more money to the government . |
| 3 | When people adept at hypnosis sit quietly with their eyes closed , they may spend more time sending out alpha waves than people who are ‘ bad ’ hypnotic subjects . |
| 4 | And they 're not coming back for their education ; they 're coming back for the support that Arbour gives them , so they may spend more time with Monica in the nursery looking after the baby and gradually they 'll move back into the classroom in their own time and get back to their exams . |
| 5 | Not only do they have better-paid jobs , but society expects that they should work and , for this reason , they may receive more help with looking after children . |
| 6 | They may have more toys , games and TVs per room than any other generation but lack the stimulation of reading , listening to music and the radio of Gable 's youth . |
| 7 | Chief Inspector , Robin Harrier , says the increase in crime means they must take more action . |
| 8 | He says that they must have more staff and investment in the system . |
| 9 | Pig and poultry companies have been told that they must export more meat or go out of business , because profits from sales here have fallen by fifty per cent . |
| 10 | Peattie and some others were converted to the view that they should build more 120MW sets in 1952 , but Shakeshaft and Pask remained attached to a conservative mix of 30MW and 60MW units , with only a cautious experimentation with larger sets . |
| 11 | If they do n't get more jobs they should open more jails . |
| 12 | Leaving aside any suspicion that people might tend to agree with any suggestion put to them that they should have more information , how helpful can this information be in practice ? |
| 13 | Historically , the behaviour of the students in the five or so years starting in 1969 can be seen as one more blow to education , one more reason for the public to begin to demand that they should have more control over the educational system . |
| 14 | Perhaps they should spend more time concentrating on protecting interests of workers than promoting constitutional debate within the Party . |
| 15 | If they 're serious , they should put more money in and do something about it . ’ |
| 16 | I am not interested in scoring cheap points in this debate about the underfunding of sport , but if sport is using underfunding as an excuse or justification for taking large amounts of money from the tobacco industry , the Government must address the question whether they should put more money into sport so that sport does not have to use that excuse . |
| 17 | The Profitboss can hire cleaners just as cheaply as a subcontractor , and they 'll take more pride in identifying with him and the company than with some boss once removed . |
| 18 | ‘ They 'll need more back up . ’ |
| 19 | If United are to avoid relegation against all the odds , they 'll need more performances like this 5-2 win over fellow strugglers Newcastle , a result which prompted the Tynesiders to sack the manager and call for Kevin Keegan . |
| 20 | I mean the way we look at it really is to group villages together so perhaps they 'll have more cover if they 've got two or three specials who work different hours if they have a vehicle they can have access to , provide the cover there . |
| 21 | The credit card companies will be happy because they 'll have more business . |
| 22 | and they 'll get more money |
| 23 | I think it 's better if you give them fi They 'll buy more tickets if they 're getting |
| 24 | If they could n't beat Greycoats by skill , they might stand more chance by guile , and one needed to learn all one could about the opposition . |
| 25 | He can play , if Wallace was more inclined to work WITH his partner they might strike more times ( he 's a selfish git ) . |
| 26 | They might cause more trouble than that . |
| 27 | More expensive wheeled models are available and are easier to handle , but they might need more room to manoeuvre . |
| 28 | Maybe if she and Julie did n't have such tiring , exhausting jobs they might have more time to concentrate on the culinary arts . |
| 29 | Well it it it was based er basically on the fact that they could earn more money than than most tradesmen in the yard at that particular time er I would say that . |
| 30 | They worked hard for any money they got er but basically this was the idea that they could earn more money than say a joiner or a plumber or whatever , and therefore they had a wee bit of pride in themselves . |