Example sentences of "that [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was perhaps because of this , and because I tried to foster the whole idea of positive thinking , that I began to concentrate more and more on visualization . |
| 2 | The amounts of exercise I did meant that I had to eat more than my father ! |
| 3 | Firstly , that I seem to spend more time out of the house than in it , and then more time away from home than at home , and finally but just as significantly , more time just watching the world go by then dashing around with it . |
| 4 | The next facet of my approach was that I wanted to see more flexibility in the hands of local family health services authorities over the application of funds and the use of the substantial sums of money that are available to them for the development of primary health care . |
| 5 | ‘ The main conflict they always had was that she wanted to work more and he would not allow her , ’ according to Jane . |
| 6 | ( Or did you feel that you wanted to say more ? ) 3 Did everyone else get a fair chance to express their opinion ? |
| 7 | Other possible reasons for this will be discussed below , but in 1976 June Sheppard suggested that we need to pay more attention to the correlation between land tenure and social structure in the feudal system of these settlements , since there seems to be some relationship between ownership , devastation in 1069–70 , and new planning in the north . |
| 8 | If mixing causes difficulties , will the dementia sufferers gain from a segregated day centre or segregated days in a day centre or hospital , or will this merely put them at a disadvantage ? b Literature Arie ( 1979 ) states that we need to know more of the pros and cons of integration in day hospitals . |
| 9 | Chilly weather does mean that we have to pay more attention to our walking clothes . |
| 10 | Some 51.2% of those questioned at the end of 1991 said that they planned to buy more hardware but only 40.3% actually did . |
| 11 | Critics think this means that they prefer to import more parts and to retain control in Japan . |
| 12 | He says that it seemed to take more than half an hour . |
| 13 | At his farewell , received various gifts from the company and workmates , and said that he plans to devote more time to his allotment and to his duties of vice-chairman and bar-chairman at the Ipswich Conservative Club . |
| 14 | But in later years , as he was promoted to more senior posts , he found that he had to travel more and more to oversee fund-raising projects . |
| 15 | This morning , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) said that he wanted to see more policemen on the beat , yet when he was a member of the last Labour Cabinet he cut the number of policemen and left the police force under strength . |
| 16 | He told Mr Major he will leave once the Maastricht Treaty is ratified by Parliament , adding that he wanted to spend more time with his family and pursue his interests in the art world . |
| 17 | He explained his resignation on the grounds that he wanted to spend more time preparing his candidacy for forthcoming presidential elections . |
| 18 | ‘ I 've been trying to get it into his thinking that he has to do more running , that he has to fight more and that there are defensive duties he has to do . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I 've been trying to get it into his thinking that he has to do more running , that he has to fight more and that there are defensive duties he has to do . ’ |