Example sentences of "more [verb] on [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly we come along and say he 's got to do it all over again with several stone more perched on top . |
| 2 | Tony applauded loudly with the rest and the applause continued until the young man once more strolled on stage , this time dressed as a policeman . |
| 3 | ‘ A lot more depends on book reviewers . ’ |
| 4 | Last year Eyre was once more seen on television , quizzing representatives of ‘ the major league ’ of world religions — a Jew , a Muslim , a Buddhist , a Christian and a Hindu — about matters of spiritual import . |
| 5 | I believe that the new man and the new woman are totally related to the new society , which we all know is socialism , As Christians , we want this society to be more humanitarian , more based on criticism and self-criticism , more about sharing and equality . |
| 6 | Plans to build a series of nuclear pressurised water reactors halted , although Sizewell B will still be completed ; funding on promoting energy efficiency has been halved ; insulation programmes cut by 60 per cent ; 100 times more spent on research into nuclear power than on renewable energy . |
| 7 | By contrast , competition law in the USA and the EC is ostensibly more focused on competition and economic efficiency . |
| 8 | In yet other cases , such as the early-nineteenth-century German Brotherhood of St Luke , the emphasis was on the breakaway from academic training towards a workshop kind of organization , more centred on training and development than on exhibition . |
| 9 | When things go wrong , liability is more and more falling on company directors , with their own personal wealth at stake when they get sued , Neil Fitzgerald reports . |
| 10 | Jack Charlton , the Republic of Ireland manager , did not attend Saturday 's draw in Rome but seemed more upset on TV back home than did Bobby Robson , who made all the right diplomatic noises in the Palazzo dello Sport without giving much away . |