Example sentences of "of more [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In January 1989 the Civil Aviation Authority 's study of the long term options for the use of airspace and airports in the South East painted a gloomy picture of increasing airport delays and flight cancellations in the absence of more runway capacity . |
| 2 | Ballesteros explained that at a meeting of top players at Wentworth last year he had pushed the idea of more match-play golf and when told that American captain Tom Watson was also planning on the same lines he said : ‘ He copied me . ’ |
| 3 | Trevor Francis yesterday handed a vote of confidence to his stumbling Sheffield Wednesday stars by declining an offer of more transfer cash from the big-spending Hillsborough board . |
| 4 | 1986 was also the year of more TV coverage . |
| 5 | De Gaulle showed , in a press conference on 9 September , that his most serious concern was the introduction of more majority voting in the Community in future and that this was where he most wanted changes . |
| 6 | Tory candidate Tim Devlin has been accused of ‘ political mischief ’ in his claims of more home rule to come for Thornaby by Labour rival John Scott . |
| 7 | Quite simply , the alternative of more home investment was not attractive . |
| 8 | I am glad that the hon. Gentleman is in favour of more Government publicity campaigns and I shall listen to his advice on that . |
| 9 | We could have tried to address the problem without all this talk of more Government cash , more this , more that , more the other . |
| 10 | The training of more specialists and the provision of more day hospital care was duly set out . |
| 11 | The Labour administration approved the scheme wholeheartedly in 1986 , and used it at a public inquiry to try to oppose the imposition of more A-road architecture on the site approved by the previous Tory administration . |
| 12 | Last week the Nationwide Anglia announced it was closing 170 branches with 400 job losses and warned of more estate agency closures to come . |
| 13 | He claimed that adding VAT to domestic fuel and power would help create a greener and cleaner world by stimulating the use of more energy efficiency measures , particularly in the home . |
| 14 | It was a combination of pressure from the Consumers ’ Association ; the introduction of more consumer protection legislation ; the injection of national government funding and the reorganisation of local government in 1974 that led to the establishment of some 110 Consumer Advice Centres run by local authorities by the end of 1976 . |
| 15 | One is the suggestion that periods of great carbonate deposition correlate with peaks in the productivity of volcanoes and result from the presence of more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere . |
| 16 | Despite the vote in favour of more free-market reform in the referendum , Mr Chernomyrdin continues to say things like , ‘ If we do n't set up barriers to technology purchases from abroad , we will never survive . ’ |
| 17 | These fortunate people are able to seize the opportunities of more leisure time . |
| 18 | Reminding visitors that the whole thing had been lifted onto the mountain by helicopter , Robert Smith , the director of APRS said : ‘ If you are going along the way of more leisure time then this building is the shape of things to come . ’ |
| 19 | On Thursday , England began the Test with Graham Gooch out with food poisoning , and both Mike Gatting and Robin Smith unable to field because of more stomach trouble . |