Example sentences of "but more [adv] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I use the Park both for walking and as a motorist , but more frequently for cycling , and I write on behalf of ‘ Spokes ’ and Edinburgh cyclists in general . |
| 2 | The Guinness Affair aroused serious public concern specifically about the government 's competition policy , but more generally about self-regulation in the City , leading to calls for statutory framework . |
| 3 | With her children grown up , Helen returned to journalism , writing with humour but more particularly with balance and concern for the under-canvassed areas of life . |
| 4 | Here he died , after a short illness , perhaps , as his nephew 's biography says , of a liver disorder , but more probably of gaol-fever , debility and the shock of re-arrest , coming on top of the disappointment of all his worldly hopes . |
| 5 | In one sense this is a hopeful sign , at least for hearing people , since BSL learning is not determined solely by the inability to hear but more probably by motivation and the identification of the learner with the community of users ( see chapter 1 ) . |
| 6 | The 1980s saw a rising trend of bad debts , first in developing countries but more recently at home , especially in property loans . |
| 7 | For now he will continue to live in London , but more out of consideration for his daughter who is sitting her A-levels than a disinclination to move north . |
| 8 | She ran the last few yards and was breathing heavily , but more out of anxiety than exhaustion . |
| 9 | He reminded the Treasury that in 1856 he had made it a policy that all public buildings in London should be open to competition and not given as a matter of course to one of his officers , and if their Lordships did not want to hold another competition , they could well appoint the winner of the Foreign Office design , as the judges had selected the prize-winning schemes ‘ not only in regard to their external appearance , but more especially on account of the excellence of their internal arrangements ’ . |
| 10 | Men continue to hunt in North America , rarely these days for subsistence , but more usually for sport . |
| 11 | Elaine and Ethel and Nell and Mary — the Girls , as the two nans called them , fondly sometimes , but more often in despair of their ever growing up . |