Example sentences of "it [vb past] more [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | It 's grown on a , a north facing wall so bit , bit more now I think if it got more sun . |
2 | But having had some estimates for that , it became inappropriate to , it became more cost effective to replace the entire pipe with a wider diameter pipe . |
3 | Consequently , it produced more smoke than flames and Ridley cried out in pain . |
4 | Last year , for the first time , it produced more computers than Hitachi , and took second place in the field to Fujitsu . |
5 | It produced more tension and more time away from my family . ’ |
6 | Well , it made more sense than ‘ good morning ’ . |
7 | When the same species was found occupying two separate territories , it made more sense to work out how it could have migrated from one to the other than to assume that it had been created independently in each area . |
8 | Our masters have had to size up the capacity they have at different plants and it made more sense to move production to Leeds |
9 | Last year it made more profit than any of the clearing ( commercial ) banks against which it increasingly competes . |
10 | There were n't , we did it singly and it made more people did n't it ? |
11 | The quatrocentennial Columbus exhibition cost a staggering $30m : it drew more visitors than any previous event in history . |
12 | Yet it devoted more space to a rival attraction at the London School of Economics that same evening , Britain 's first teach-in ; the subject , the Vietnam War . |
13 | With nostrils at the end of a proboscis-like beak , conspicuous ears and unable to fly , it seemed more mammal than bird . |
14 | I am sure that had nothing to do with her withdrawal but the way she did it raised more questions than it answered . |
15 | Particularly impressive was its handling of greyscales — it displayed more subtlety than you 'd expect . |
16 | It might be that if a bird tried to defend too large a territory the amount of energy it would gain from its territorial habit would actually decrease , as it spent more energy on extra defence than it gained from extra food supplies . |
17 | It needed more lights to make it brighter . |
18 | You see , it needed more strength than an elderly lady or a boy could have . |
19 | I thought it required more teachers caring about their subjects as much as he obviously did . |
20 | Using the Temple as a short cut was also forbidden by Jewish Law and yet the priests turned a blind eye to it because it brought more trade into the Temple . |
21 | It looked more silver than gold on this dull , overcast day . |
22 | It meant more bread for the hungry , higher wages , and fewer hours of work . |
23 | Oh aye aye er there was always that in the back of their mind that the the more rivets they put in per day , although it meant more money at the end of the week possibly , er it also meant that the the boat was therefore progressing or the ship was progressing that quick , that they were getting nearer the gate as the the saying went . |
24 | If we go on to books erm , I think that Longman performance is exceptionally good erm , of course for book business it 's very much first half , second half , most of the profit coming in second half , but er , erm , Longman only dropping seven percent on the year before seems to me a particularly good performance given the environment and in fact it generated more operating cash flow than the year before . |
25 | It took more courage than she knew she possessed to follow him . |
26 | Frequently the results were so error-prone that it took more effort to correct the translation than it actually did to manually translate the text . |
27 | It took more optimism than most people could summon to believe that man could renounce the time-honoured outlet of war utterly and at a stroke . |
28 | Between four and six episodes was Verity Lambert 's ideal length for a story , preferring the latter as it gave more opportunity for character development which , in her belief , audiences appreciated . |
29 | It said more evidence was needed , and added : ‘ The information upon which the Tomlinson report based its recommendations was wholly inadequate . ’ |
30 | Gina 's friends told him that this was a ‘ personal canvas ’ and that it had more integrity than conventional beautified portraiture . |