Example sentences of "they [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ulph ( 1987 ) points out that those who earn close to the tax threshold will enjoy little or no income effect from the tax cut so that the substitution effect should dominate , causing them to work more hours . |
| 2 | They should let them buy more land and do more council building . |
| 3 | This will encourage them to sell more exports . |
| 4 | That going in the form of higher spending power to the workers themselves allows them to buy more goods or services . |
| 5 | Rising living standards for those in work have also enabled them to buy more consumer goods . |
| 6 | The logic of their own methods is thus pushing them to buy more parts locally — for their own reasons , regardless of political rules demanding higher local content . |
| 7 | Married men with children were the group most likely to reply that taxation made them work more hours . |
| 8 | All this winter training is to prepare them to win more gold at next August 's World Championships . |
| 9 | Beneath them lie more layers extending downwards for thousands of feet , seemingly unchanged in character . |
| 10 | The workers will have to be part of the success of the sell-offs , which is why advisers like Mr Brennan are proposing that they be given sizeable stakes in companies for nothing — up to 5 per cent or more — with the possibility of them buying more shares at big discounts . |
| 11 | And , and , you know , they 've got paid youth officer 's working in Harlow , now they are , there are , they 're over they 're over stretched it 's true and , but we , I mean what were doing here is actually supplementing there service and were not meeting all , we would n't of erm meeting all the demands , but the important thing I think is that were continuing to erm , you know , were trying to do something about it , and one of the things that were trying to do as officer 's in the Local Government Unit is work with Leisure Services and get them to put more resources into doing things for young people . |
| 12 | But when consumers have a choice which includes widely different types of credit arrangements , it may often be more sensible for them to give more weight to the total cost of credit or the amount of each instalment . |
| 13 | They told the Cannes conference that new legislation that requires them to give more information on toxic chemicals to federal safety watchdogs could leave them wide open to spies . |
| 14 | And erm based on that , erm we would hope that we 're able to give them everything that they are looking for , certainly on the results point of view and also in terms of erm the commitment and the on-going situation for the future , that will help them sell more product . |
| 15 | ‘ Companies would benefit by drawing from a wider pool of talent and ability than is currently considered , ’ he writes , ‘ and it would enable them to appoint more women . |
| 16 | Some women find a cup of strong coffee every hour or so helpful , as it helps them pass more water . |
| 17 | They lay more eggs than European owls : the mean clutch size in Malaysia is 6.6 compared with around 5.5 in Europe ; and while Europeans lay only one clutch each year , the Malayan barn owls reproduce twice or even three times a year . |
| 18 | ‘ They gain more experience by tackling the job themselves . ’ |
| 19 | They gain more fulfilment from the jobs and in the end , backed by a high level of innovation , they produce a better product . |
| 20 | Oh they do yes , well because nowadays , because they got more men on each job now than they really want . |
| 21 | Well Charlton had to improve in the second half , and they did ; they got more men into mid-field , and United began to run out of a little bit of steam . |
| 22 | That 's when you know they got more crime committed round and Valley then , cos there was a lot more kids up there . |
| 23 | They got more votes than Labour in the county elections , but they won fewer seats . |
| 24 | They bring more drink . |
| 25 | So they sell more papers on Saturday . |
| 26 | But when they reached the implementation stage , in which their orientation was to concrete tasks and the skills required of them were chiefly technical , then they became more directive and used client participation less . |
| 27 | There are instances of change in diet related to habitat : tawny owls living in wooded areas eat more moles and fewer birds , whereas in more open areas they eat more voles and birds ( Southern , 1954 ) . |
| 28 | They do n't l they want more light . |
| 29 | John quickly became intimate friends with Mr Huddlestone , the general manager of the Winter Gardens complex , and together they produced more scenes and numbers during the summer season and well into the autumn . |
| 30 | Most commonly they requested more help with social security benefits . |