Example sentences of "more [prep] them [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whatever they get up to is their own business , but I wish more of them would stay open . |
| 2 | The traditionalists in the Labour Party , already concerned at the loss of some ‘ respectable ’ working-class voters over the Tory council-house purchase policy , were alarmed that even more of them would desert Labour over such close associations with homosexuality . |
| 3 | More of them would have obtained jobs . |
| 4 | However , if hon. Members had been given more time to study these complicated regulations , more of them might have realised how adversely they affect some of their constituents and would have made it their business to be here . |
| 5 | They are not going to gain anything , in fact quite the reverse , it will probably mean more of them will go sooner ! |
| 6 | The Tory counter-attack will be to remind London voters that , since they tend to earn above the national average , more of them will suffer from higher Labour taxes . |
| 7 | are much cheaper to fly but simply having more of them will push up costs so it 'll need about twice as many passengers . |
| 8 | Thus in a rapidly growing population there will be relatively few older people , as in many contemporary Third World countries ; while in a stagnant population they will be relatively more numerous , and more of them will lack the support of children . |