Example sentences of "more [noun pl] for [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | TWO MORE DRUGS RELATED DEATHS AND ARREST / IN CONNECTION WITH ALLEGED POSSESSION / BRINGS MORE CALLS FOR FULL INQUIRY |
| 2 | So , the little money from the shop , plus about ten more shillings for part-time secretarial work , helped in augmenting her husband 's small income . |
| 3 | She claims proudly that one news agency had more requests for that photograph than any other that year . |
| 4 | Subsequently , Hedley Byrne asked several more times for further reports and these were provided . |
| 5 | Meanwhile , Mercury has more plans for transatlantic services using an existing Intelsat-V satellite . |
| 6 | The conference backed Janet 's demand for more homes for battered wives . |
| 7 | The limitations in the work and conclusions of those of us of the older generation , may soon be painfully obvious if , in the future there will be an increase in the scale of the work and more opportunities for effective scientific study . |
| 8 | Similarly , comparisons between northern and southern populations of land animals reflect the many more opportunities for polar recruitment , and the wide range of available niches , to be found in the Arctic . |
| 9 | More opportunities for individual and small group Work in the infant schools would make it more likely that children will achieve fluency in reading early enough to prevent the rejection of learning which so often accompa-nies failure as children move on into the older primary classes . |
| 10 | Size might mean that there are more opportunities for internal transfers to cope with temporary absences or peaks . |
| 11 | As one settlement worker remarked , while the after-care committees provided ‘ many more opportunities for direct personal service than there had been in the past ’ , the exchange system brought the home visitors and the club managers into the ‘ industrial side ’ and , therefore , united the social and industrial welfare of adolescents . |
| 12 | There are more opportunities for quick thinking and it should make things very interesting with the need for players to be constantly on the alert . |
| 13 | Since 1900 , Britain has been governed by outright , formal coalitions of two or more parties for 7 years between 1915 and 1922 , for 1 year from 1931 to 1932 , and for 5 years from 1940 to 1945 . |
| 14 | The lack of inflation between the wars allowed merchants to hold large stocks that were ready for drinking within two years , and weekly deliveries by Berry Bros. to the cellars of the aristocracy and English gentlemen could be up to thirty dozen or more bottles for immediate use . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'll play a few more years for sure . |
| 16 | All participants enjoyed the course and ERC plans to conduct more classes for other clients in the near future . |
| 17 | Schools are often obliged , therefore , to amalgamate two or more classes for massed singing , or to rely heavily upon BBC Schools ' broadcasts . |
| 18 | It took two more days for these to appear , in a lengthy convoy of ox-drawn sledges which could only move painfully slowly . |
| 19 | Great that we 're making a few bob at last ; I 've bunged down a few more ideas for old Clash songs we could flog to various fee-paying customers . |
| 20 | THE issue of Roman Catholic primary schools in Darlington and the need for more places for Roman Catholic pupils is quite remarkable , not least because it has seen the local MP Mr Michael Fallon who is also the Government 's Schools Minister make a complete turnabout in his approach to the subject . |
| 21 | The most obvious change appears to be an even greater enthusiasm to be called at Question time ; one Member told me that he , like others was tabling a lot more Questions for oral answer to try to secure a television slot , and the Speaker confirmed that television had made Members generally anxious to be called , both for Questions and in debates at prime time . |
| 22 | The upshot of all this is more problems for hard-stretched environmental departments — and more court cases that are decided unsatisfactorily , more on the whims of magistrates rather than on concise technical criteria . |
| 23 | Edward Simpson , former Deputy Permanent Secretary at the DES , and ironically in charge of planning for almost a decade , has argued cogently the same case for more resources for primary schools as a result of the introduction of Local Management of Schools . |
| 24 | As a result , Educational Priority Areas ( EPAs ) were established , in which extra money was spent on better primary schools , more teachers , and more resources for primary classrooms . |
| 25 | He also aired his anxieties — particularly about the distinction between pharmaceutical developments that make treatment easier and cheaper , and technology that mobilises more resources for fewer people . |
| 26 | Because of the uncertainties ahead , which are likely to cause more difficulties for smaller companies , the bulk of the trust 's portfolio is , at present , mainly in the larger blue chip companies . |
| 27 | Mr Peter Lloyd , the Home Office junior minister , agreed that more powers for local authority inspectors were necessary , but to compel licensing of all breeders would place unnecessary restrictions on pet owners wanting to sell a litter . |
| 28 | They would want more powers for local government , plus a Northern Ireland committee at Westminster , but the possibility of the SDLP or Dublin being diverted from the three-strand approach is remote . |
| 29 | A spokesman from the firm responsible said : ‘ Some of the designs might be a bit near the knuckle , but the bonking snowmen have been so sucessful that we 've commissioned even more variations for next year . ’ |
| 30 | Even if you go to a 424Mb disk for $4,800 — £4,060 — you still have plop down more bucks for more RAM . |