Example sentences of "he [modal v] [verb] more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He ought to take more care . |
| 2 | He may give more weight to pattern than to vocabulary : how to say things rather than what to say . |
| 3 | He may have more tax to pay if he does not survive seven years ( IHTA 1984 , s7(4) ) . |
| 4 | Although he may receive more help in the first few months than the widow usually does , he may find that his sudden change in life-style is a considerable shock . |
| 5 | If the hon. Member for Gordon wants to make speeches criticising the Labour party , he should do more homework first . |
| 6 | He should have more sense than to leave her alone . |
| 7 | Instead , he must devote more time to drafting letters , making records , and writing reports in the office . |
| 8 | He discovered that in order to isolate and demonstrate the importance — or otherwise — of a single factor , he must take more work on board than he had intended : he must attempt a complete English political history from the battle of Sedgemoor ( 1685 ) to the Peace of Amiens ( 1802 ) . |
| 9 | If he , the Home Secretary feels that Wiltshire 's so badly funded next year , if he 's a caring and considerate Home Secretary , then he 'll put more money into Wiltshire and provide more police officers for Wiltshire . |
| 10 | Otherwise defender Darren Wassall may begin to wonder if he might make more money by doing something else at Wembley tomorrow . |
| 11 | He acknowledged that ‘ having him loose does raise the potential that he might make more mischief , take to the hills and be very hard to find ’ . |
| 12 | The Exercises were ill-received , and Gassendi seems to have decided that he might make more headway against the Aristotelians by systematically presenting an alternative point of view , rather than by direct argument against them . |
| 13 | However , to get him to the point where he might be weaned from the ventilator , one must allow him to sleep and get stronger , so if it was that kind of day or that kind of period , he might have more sedation than other times . |
| 14 | Republicans are likely to pick up seats in the House , so he might have more leverage there , but this will be counter-balanced by the probable increase in the number of Democratic seats in the Senate . |
| 15 | ‘ He could start back after Christmas but that would be too late for Cheltenham and there is always the risk that he could do more damage which would set him back for next season . ’ |
| 16 | I thought he could do more good with Miss Oliver 's money in England , than as a missionary under the baking sun in the East . |
| 17 | Meanwhile , Andy had discovered windsurfing and that he could make more money in a day teaching it than he could in a week in his other job . |
| 18 | It had to go because he could make more money having erm the three caravans on the site that this occupying . |
| 19 | He traced its origin to his former position in the trade union movement ( hinting that he had an agreement to go back to the TUC where he could make more trouble for any government if they pressed him hard ) . |
| 20 | How did they think he could get more production from his work force if they allowed so little cash for its upkeep ? |
| 21 | His profits climbed as the efficiency of the bulbs increased , and he could sell more lighting as a service , without having to pay to generate more power . |
| 22 | And if he was professional , he 'd have more sense than to come up behind her . |
| 23 | Otherwise he would show more interest — Oh , God ! |
| 24 | He also had to show that he would suffer more harm if the interim remedy were not granted than the defendant would suffer if it was ( the ‘ balance of convenience ’ ) . |
| 25 | I say to him , if he did more gardening , more real gardening , more digging , he would keep more lissom . ’ |
| 26 | He would work more overtime and try to get home for the winter . |
| 27 | Peter Lilley looked like he would have more time than most to do so . |
| 28 | During his two years at Lib Dem headquarters he insisted on being paid nothing because he felt he would have more authority and room for manoeuvre that way . |
| 29 | I think he would require more justification than that , ’ Jehan said mildly . |
| 30 | You see , he knew he would get more income in the long run from returning your hat than from keeping it and selling it . ’ |