Example sentences of "more [coord] [adv] on " in BNC.
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| 1 | One who saw both camps preparing for the talks says : ‘ It was all arranged so that Diana could stay more or less on her terms . |
| 2 | able to take a weekend away more or less on impulse ; |
| 3 | They keep her more or less on her old run , a regular freight Service from Holland to London , with occasional trips to the Baltic . |
| 4 | Thus , any decision by an authority to spend more or less on services than the government 's assumed level will be reflected directly in the level of charge it has to set . |
| 5 | At the same time , at the level of practical pedagogy , there is a counter-tendency in the study of the national canon to concentrate more and more on a small and diminishing number of texts . |
| 6 | Increasing market share , becoming the low-cost producer , developing new products , and/or increasing employee productivity depend more and more on the kinds and quality of information systems in the organisation . |
| 7 | Ollivier had already been forced to remake his Ministry , which was now weakened by the presence of many who gave him only grudging support , and this in turn forced him to rely more and more on the Emperor 's personal intervention when difficulties arose . |
| 8 | It was perhaps because of this , and because I tried to foster the whole idea of positive thinking , that I began to concentrate more and more on visualization . |
| 9 | As agriculture became more intensive , with larger amounts of the same crop grown on the same land year after year , farmers came to rely more and more on chemical pesticides . |
| 10 | We will have to rely more and more on the back-up squad to keep us going . |
| 11 | Hence we have come to rely more and more on books , classes and professional advice to tell us how to give birth and bring up children . |
| 12 | As the world comes to depend more and more on telecommunications and computer networks , AT&T is striving ever harder to pre-empt or avoid the kinds of breakdowns that have plagued its long-distance network and caused chaos in parts of the US over the past couple of years . |
| 13 | Without new taxing powers , local authorities would come to depend more and more on help from the National Exchequer and , since he who pays the piper calls the tune , the result must be even stronger central influence over local decisions . |
| 14 | But I soon had to rely more and more on my imagination . |
| 15 | Over the past few years , the industry has tended to lean more and more on contract labour . |
| 16 | Women are having to rely more and more on civil ’ remedies ’ for protection . |