Example sentences of "but it [verb] [adj] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | His voice was quite kind , but it forbade any more questions and Jinny fell silent , looking back over her shoulder as they reached the lip of the little hollow . |
| 2 | But it took five more years , and the Tiananmen massacre , for its residents fully to grasp their prospective vulnerability as citizens of China . |
| 3 | Finally , under the obscurity of dust and smoke the Germans managed to get a foothold on the summit , but it took three more days of bitter close combat before the vital Côte 304 was finally theirs . |
| 4 | I walked — in amazing Cecil B de Mille film type downpour yesterday for tea with a young lawyer son of one of John 's contemporaries at Gordonstoun , so that he could help me finalise the leaflet for a seminar on 14th January in respect of INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY , which many think is akin to copyright and so on but it embraces much more than that nowadays , especially in respect of computers , TV and sound usage , collaboration in respect of research and development projects which eat investments budgets and so on . |
| 5 | Boenninghausen had previously produced a repertory but it contained many more remedies under each heading than Kent 's repertory , which is easier to use . |
| 6 | But it includes much more … from personal hygiene to library studies … from a Police course to knowing what it 's like being deaf . |
| 7 | But it leans much more towards the second account . |
| 8 | But it conveys much more . |
| 9 | I understand that the Minister is talking to London Transport about advertising the campaign , but it needs much more than that . |
| 10 | Welding trainee Paul Marlborough , 21 , of Moore Street , Hartlepool , said : ‘ The scheme has been told its funding is to be cut to £39,000 for a full year 's training , but it needs much more than that to survive . |