Example sentences of "'s [noun sg] [verb] more [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps FYT 's ministry has more significance than we realise to merit such concerted antagonism ! |
| 2 | SCOTVEC 's intention to devolve more authority to RGIT is seen as a logical move in line with recent trends in higher education ’ . |
| 3 | The government 's programme to clear more land for agricultural production and to boost timber exports , which accounted for almost 7 per cent of GDP in 1989 , also provoked a crisis in September 1989 when environmentalists backed aboriginal Penans in Sarawak in disrupting logging operations . |
| 4 | To put it another way , reducing income tax will increase people 's capacity to afford more leisure . |
| 5 | A mother 's campaign to prevent more road accident . |
| 6 | ‘ Obviously Jenner 's work aroused more interest than Professor Liawski 's . |
| 7 | One in three people will become a carer at some time in their life , and the figure 's rising as a result of the Government 's move to provide more care in the community . |
| 8 | The possibility of obtaining loans from the Phnom Penh museum was then followed up by the curator in Asian art at the ANG , Doctor Michael Brand : ‘ Normally it would have been the ANG 's desire to have more time , but 1992 was chosen because the Japanese were trying to borrow some objects for a show to be held in 1993 . |
| 9 | Instead of providing the British people with more incentives to work hard and succeed , the Labour Government preferred to increase taxes , so that it was hardly worth one 's while to produce more wealth . |
| 10 | Vincent 's father spent more time ministering to the Catholic majority than to his own Protestant flock in the Brabant . |
| 11 | AND FROM THE RACISM THAT SADLY AFFLICTS US ALL AND LEADS WHITE PEOPLE TO ASSOCIATE INFERIORITY AND DARKNESS , KURTEN 'S RECONSTRUCTION MAKES MORE SENSE , SINCE NEANDERTHALS LIVED IN GLACIAL ENVIRONMENTS AND LIGHT SKIN MAY BE AN ADAPTATION TO LIFE IN MIDDLE TO HIGH LATITUDES . |
| 12 | THE MEN 'S MOVEMENT NEEDS MORE THRUST , MORE GRASP , IF WE 'RE TO WHIP UP A STIFF FRONT TO MEET THE FEMINIST POSITION AND LAY THE GHOST OF LIMP WET LIBERALISM ! |
| 13 | DOS 5 is more efficient at managing memory and can install itself in a previously unused area of the computer 's memory leaving more memory available for running programs . |
| 14 | As irritable as ever ( Mark Smith 's only comment was to compare the trendy utilitarian decor of The Waterfront to that of an open prison ) , The Fall 's lip cuts more ice when it 's backed up by more than just Smith 's mouthings . |
| 15 | As irritable as ever ( Mark Smith 's only comment was to compare the trendy utilitarian decor of The Waterfront to that of an open prison ) , The Fall 's lip cuts more ice when it 's backed up by more than just Smith 's mouthings . |
| 16 | Polls have disagreed on whether the Socialists or the conservative People 's Party enjoy more support . |
| 17 | Poor John Durbeyfield 's death had more importance than his family realized at first . |
| 18 | I could tell that Otto 's face expressed more sympathy than he felt . |