Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] more quickly [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now he knows I am here he may be more careful , or he may act more quickly than he had planned . ’ |
| 2 | He said : ‘ What is happening in Great Britain should perhaps show Mrs Thatcher and Chancellor Lawson that they should act more quickly than anticipated in terms of bringing the currency into the EMS . ’ |
| 3 | Pierre Beregovoy , the Finance Minister , told a business meeting : ‘ What is happening in Great Britain should perhaps show Mrs Thatcher and Chancellor Lawson that they should act more quickly than anticipated in terms of bringing the currency into the EMS . ’ |
| 4 | The results of production should increase more quickly than expenditure upon it . |
| 5 | As we have seen , some genetic change may not take place at random , or events may occur more quickly than Darwin believed . |
| 6 | Resources : The Ninth Five-Year Plan ( 1971–75 ) stipulated that light industry would grow more quickly than heavy industry ; nonetheless , the opposite took place . |
| 7 | When Japanese demand picks up again , imports will grow more quickly than in past recoveries . |
| 8 | We can only hope that common sense will prevail more quickly than it did in the previous instance . |
| 9 | ‘ Whichever way she goes we can go more quickly because we can stay on the ride and she dare not . |