Example sentences of "and more on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We will have to rely more and more on the back-up squad to keep us going . |
| 2 | ‘ There was a certain amount of dandruff on the shirt collar and more on the collar of the jacket . |
| 3 | With machinery being used more and more on the farms , the village has seen the number of people employed on the land drastically fall , and is now one of many with commuters travelling further afield to their place of employment . |
| 4 | Purity workers developed their own re-reading of the Darwinist debate , though they placed less stress on integrating the two systems and more on the subordination of science to the dictates of morality . |
| 5 | There was less emphasis on integration into a white-dominated society and more on the need to define a black " identity " based on black culture and black values . |
| 6 | The emphasis will be less on the mechanics of neutralisation and more on the means to exclude certain forms of involvement in Southeast Asia by outside powers . |
| 7 | Increasing market share , becoming the low-cost producer , developing new products , and/or increasing employee productivity depend more and more on the kinds and quality of information systems in the organisation . |
| 8 | When will the Government spend less on advertising and more on the police and crime prevention ? |
| 9 | The emphasis would be less on workers and families as individuals and more on the roles they play , and how these roles are constrained by certain formal and informal rules . |
| 10 | He thus put less emphasis on military drill and weapons training and more on the mastering of the legal and technical aspects of police duties . |
| 11 | Agrarian policies have come to be focused less on land tenure arrangements and more on the growth and distribution of food . |
| 12 | As the life of the city began , haltingly , to achieve some simple routine , Nicholas spent his time more and more on the business of medicine . |
| 13 | Ollivier had already been forced to remake his Ministry , which was now weakened by the presence of many who gave him only grudging support , and this in turn forced him to rely more and more on the Emperor 's personal intervention when difficulties arose . |
| 14 | A harsh restructuring of basic industries , particularly steel and shipbuilding , took place under the Socialists ' rule , although it relied less than in Britain on the power of the ‘ market ’ and more on the intervention of the state . |