Example sentences of "more [adv] and for " in BNC.
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| 1 | He saw with pleasure that she looked cold but not frightened ; she was beginning to swim more slowly and for the first time with trust , as if the water were a friendly and not an alien element . |
| 2 | His lace assumes a natural look he 's able to sit up and breathe more normally and for a time seems well My dear Dr Dunstaple , perhaps you could explain to us why , if the symptoms are caused , as you seem to believe , by damage to the lungs or by a poison circulating in the blood and depressing the action of the heart … why it 's possible that these symptoms should thus be suspended by an injection of warm water holding a little salt in solution ? " |
| 3 | Bigger animals , such as humans , horses , and cows , have relatively more dark meat , made of many slow muscle fibres that can sustain activity much more cheaply and for longer periods than fast fibres . |
| 4 | During a hesitant phase , a speaker would pause more often and for longer periods in the long clauses , than during a fluent phase . |
| 5 | An obvious answer is to have this basic groundwork done by a much smaller group who would meet more regularly and for longer periods at a stretch . |
| 6 | The models were also approached more closely and for a longer duration when presented with large crests ( female responses : for closest approach , log-likelihood ratio G =63.8 , d.f . |