Example sentences of "more [noun sg] [to-vb] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | People who own a property have more freedom to engage in the ‘ all-American leisure style ’ if their house belongs to them and not to a public or private landlord . |
| 2 | He says central government has tightened legal and financial restrictions at a time when council 's need more freedom to deal with the deprivation and social problems caused by high long-term unemployment . |
| 3 | Mr Honecker evidently felt that things were going so well he could afford to relax and give his people what they wanted most : more freedom to travel to the West . |
| 4 | I hate doing it so much that I think I will find just one more excuse to put off the preaching . |
| 5 | The way it is at present , we can not , we can not get more loot to put into the new project but the bank manager , i.e. the Chancellor of the Exchequer , reminded us a few months ago that the other way of funding our projects he encouraged us to look at our current assets and if possible liquidate some of that asset and fund it , or or use it to fund our new schemes and this Mr Mayor is what we should be doing . |
| 6 | If the community itself becomes prosperous , the people living in it will have more money to spend on the goods and services being provided by the companies . |
| 7 | Then he promised manager Kenny Dalglish a lot more money to spend on the team . |
| 8 | She had been working in Poole as a trading standards officer and has moved to London to earn more money to pay for the venture . |
| 9 | For instance , in choppy water it is worth sacrificing your angle to the wind for a little more speed to punch through the waves . |
| 10 | There was more drama to follow in the actual race , where Shemaka held on by a nose from Baya . |
| 11 | Individuals transferring as a result of a promotion have more incentive to move to the new location than those being asked to move as a result of a group move . |
| 12 | One more day to go before the end of Week 3 . |
| 13 | Cohesion , the force holding the water molecules together , causes more water to move into the leaf cells from the xylem . |
| 14 | It was felt that married women like Butler should lead the movement , because her status as wife and mother gave her more authority to speak about the delicate issue of sexuality . |
| 15 | Bertha , of course , never went anywhere , but Rabbi Moishe sometimes wished his daughter-in-law had a little more — humanity ? no , no , he must n't judge — a little more inclination to mix with the other married women ; he respected his daughter-in-law , she was holiness itself , as frum as an angel , and as for housekeeping . |
| 16 | For me , it makes much more sense to look at the world from the point of view that things should be perfect . |
| 17 | ‘ Would n't it make more sense to land at the Luftwaffe base at Cherbourg ? ’ |
| 18 | Last month , for example , the ministers of the Länder stated that ‘ some WIPers need to make much more effort to integrate into the universities ’ . |
| 19 | WIRRAL Council may have to sell off more land to head off the crisis over home improvement grants , Liberal Democrat leader Coun Phil Gilchrist warned last night . |
| 20 | Recently , Steve gave up his joinery business to set up a small security firm , hoping for more time to devote to the much-needed rescue . |
| 21 | The premature end to what could have been a professional ballet career meant that Carol at least had more time to devote to the blossoming courtship with a young accountant , Ron Minogue . |
| 22 | She looked at him reflectively , realising it would give her more time to cope with the task that concerned him . |
| 23 | When you cook with the Debut you will realise that such benefits will give you better cooking , an easier time in the kitchen and more time to indulge in the things you enjoy in life . |
| 24 | This would enable the men on the bank to keep her head up and give more time to spend on the attempts to raise her from the quagmire . |
| 25 | That does n't necessarily mean you will take more time to get around the golf course . |
| 26 | Maybe if she and Julie did n't have such tiring , exhausting jobs they might have more time to concentrate on the culinary arts . |
| 27 | Back on the country roads there was more time to play with the switches , and wonder how we might stop the heated seats giving us sticky shirts ( no luck , though Swedish efficiency doubtless means that this was our fault ) . |
| 28 | Cristiani had earlier given the impression that the government had accepted a proposal by UN Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali on Oct. 23 to extend the deadline ( currently Oct. 31 ) for the completion of the UN peace process , to give both sides more time to comply with the details of the accord . |
| 29 | But there was also a tendency in both kingdoms for more and more power to pass into the hands of the chancellor . |
| 30 | But it was one more fact to add to the picture of Ted Mosse , that ambiguous figure who was heavily disliked in one street , a doubtful ‘ poor old fellow ’ in another , and more or less mistrusted in all three . |