Example sentences of "and [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Many people know they should be cutting down on fat and eating more fibre . |
| 2 | We need to work hard to promote membership of the Society , increase participation and recruit more teachers ' these will be the underlying objectives although the prime one will be the enjoyment and increased knowledge of our members . |
| 3 | The Ministry for Women will have special responsibility for coordinating childcare policy , improving women 's safety and encouraging more women to participate in public life . |
| 4 | In theory , the government was pledged to promote more competition among airlines , with the aim of reducing fares and generating more services . |
| 5 | We saw it as a tremendous opportunity to secure the future of our Elderslie factory by introducing more volume and generating more profit for our group — particularly at a time when I know everyone is aware that business is very tight in all our trading divisions . |
| 6 | Research by other scientists showed that birds spent more time on the nest and laid more eggs when peckable objects were attached to the wall beside it . |
| 7 | A large retail chain may want to expand and build more stores or it may be content with its current size since all the most profitable regions are covered . |
| 8 | Tadpoles grew up and became more frogs . |
| 9 | This will bring the benefits of home ownership within the reach of more people and introduce more diversity in local authority estates . |
| 10 | The passive version can get rid of all the theys and introduce more variety in subject position : |
| 11 | It 's just a cynical publicity campaign to promote himself and sell more copies of the video . |
| 12 | ‘ As it 's featured on the château label , the legend could be used to attract visitors , and sell more wine . ’ |
| 13 | In an attempt to cure this problem ( and sell more skegs ) the manufacturers have come out with a number of ingenious shapes . |
| 14 | The Committee continued to monitor the development of CPD and sought more resources to enable the regions to offer a service to members . |
| 15 | So even if they made a little , if they 've got the glass cutter , made a little round hole then reached , still could n't get the window open they 'd be forced to break the whole lot and make more noise . |
| 16 | Some time ago , Rover 's management declared its intention to move all its cars up-market , perhaps to produce them in smaller volumes than in the days of Austin Rover , to charge higher prices and make more profit per unit . |
| 17 | Not only were they able to pick out more surface counters and make more judgments but these were different in kind . |
| 18 | Town jobs are easier and make more money , so it is off to the north and let the country go hang . |
| 19 | Nature conservation is not a primary policy aim in these Parks but it tends to follow as a secondary consideration from the primary aims which are to conserve the social and cultural heritage of the Region , improve employment and make more use of the Region for recreation and education . |
| 20 | For the deaf and aphasic , they will need to employ pen and paper in addition to speech , and make more use of bodily and facial cues than might otherwise be necessary . |
| 21 | That 's what he wanted to do to from the start , cut the wages down and make more slate , that 's what he had in mind . |
| 22 | SF incoherence has been adopted by mainstream writers — from Borges to Rushdie , Doris Lessing to Woody Allen — as literacy and literary competence has developed and spread , and readers are prepared to accept more incoherence in texts and make more effort to resolve meanings . |
| 23 | Rogers Communication Inc 's Toronto-based Rogers Cablesystems says it has successfully demonstrated Digital Video Compression on its cable system : the technology will give Rogers cable subscribers ‘ near video-on-demand ’ capability and offers more flexibility , it says . |
| 24 | Then Jamie coughs and offers more coffee . |
| 25 | If you wanted to you could work a few more rows of stocking stitch and just put in a single row of holes again , but for our practise piece it is better to carry on and make more holes . |
| 26 | Does he further agree that it is sheer hypocrisy to oppose privatisation in principle and to promise more nationalisation , yet to claim that there will still be privatisation proceeds to spend , as did a Labour Front-Bench Treasury spokesperson this morning ? |
| 27 | Since the improvement to roads to Ben Nevis and Glen Coe in the west , and the Cairngorms in the east , visitor numbers have boomed , creating more pressure for tourist developments and bringing more people — including climbers and walkers — into these remote areas . |
| 28 | She only had to shake a hand to increase the revenue and bring more publicity to the organization than any amount of money could buy . |
| 29 | Larder , who quit as Great Britain 's assistant coach to take over the Chemics , will go to any lengths to help Goulding build on that promising beginning — and bring more success to Widnes in the process . |
| 30 | You can visit Earth again soon , and bring more people to the Moon colony . |