Example sentences of "they [verb] [to-vb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Britain they failed to convert more than a faction of the Labour party , which was outvoted the year after it won its victory at the party conference . |
| 2 | Some 51.2% of those questioned at the end of 1991 said that they planned to buy more hardware but only 40.3% actually did . |
| 3 | They agreed to invite more men to the next meeting ( two attended the Harare workshop ) and to make a concerted effort to bring their concerns to the AACC leadership . |
| 4 | Because the home is a workplace for women , they tend to spend more time there than men or children . |
| 5 | Many commentators have suggested that non-manual workers enjoy considerable advantages in employment over their manual counterparts : they tend to enjoy more job security , work shorter hours , have longer holidays , more fringe benefits , and have greater promotion prospects ( Table 7 below illustrates some of these points ) . |
| 6 | This suggests they tend to pay more attention to cigarette advertising . |
| 7 | They tend to have more empathy towards anything foreign and are more aware of language learning difficulties — having struggled to master English to a fairly high level . |
| 8 | These fabulous looks were created by the Artistic team at Forresters and they want to see more of our readers . |
| 9 | Like their wives , they want to express more of themselves and get in touch with the caring and home-making aspects of their personalities . |
| 10 | Gloucester still fighting for survival … its the game of the season for the cherry and whites … its the game they want to win more than anyother … last season at Kingsholm they pulled it off … they squeezed home by two points … it was 14-12 to Gloucester and win or lose there 'll be nothing in it tomorrow |
| 11 | Both say they want to get more people who 'll stay longer . |
| 12 | They want to be taught earlier , preferably at 11 , and they want to know more than just how babies are made . |
| 13 | The protesters say they want to know more about the process , and that it 's a mistake for the government to legalize irradiation without proper research . |
| 14 | With the help of local people , Liphook and District Businessmen raise thousands of pounds each year for local charities and this year they hope to raise more than ever . |
| 15 | They seemed to reflect more of their owner 's personality . |
| 16 | They seemed to have more money . |
| 17 | I am loathe to take it back to SMAC where I bought it new , as they seem to do more harm than good whenever it goes back there . |
| 18 | Their initial relationship is one of icy formality , but as time goes on they seem to have more in common … |
| 19 | And yet they seem to have more resources , more crime prevention officers , more everything |
| 20 | Or will they attempt to funnel more business through their factoring subsidiaries on the grounds that they are better placed than the local branch managers to monitor the banks ' exposure to risk ? |
| 21 | In 1989 however they decided to bring more people into Medicaid up to 100 per cent of the line , by restricting the number of treatments it would pay for . |
| 22 | Does they tend to have more gumption , they tend to have to stand up to him in the end . |
| 23 | Although other services are able to provide 32Kbps transmission , they choose to provide more lines per pipe . |
| 24 | It was n't Lloyds fault , it was just that they were complying with the original P E P regulations about reporting and , and er so on , so they had to charge more . |
| 25 | In old villages , the greater bargaining power tended to be with the lord and the larger landowners ; the peasantry lost status as they had to sacrifice more and more to find enough land to feed themselves . |
| 26 | Despite their expertise in such field craft , though , there was a limit to the area the Australians could control , and they had to send more men south to protect their supply line from the coast . |
| 27 | Critics think this means that they prefer to import more parts and to retain control in Japan . |
| 28 | Sometimes key changes can be used as formal divisions , as they help to give more definition to the beginning of new sections . |
| 29 | Strict separation was the order of the day , forcing some couples to leave notes in drainpipes and resort to all kinds of strategies if they wished to communicate more than a passing word . |
| 30 | Net margins on sales may be better than those of their foreign counterparts ( see table ) , but they have to employ more capital to build the new prettily-lit , out-of-town shops that the British want . |