Example sentences of "[prep] more emphasis " in BNC.

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1 Recommendations were that the New University of Ulster move towards more emphasis on mature students , distance learning and non-degree work ; that Ulster Polytechnic increase emphasis on vocational studies ; and that Queen 's University Belfast continue largely as before , though with more emphasis on broadly based and part-time courses , and , where possible , three-year degree courses ( instead of four year ) .
2 ( I detect a subtle shift towards more emphasis on individual 's ‘ choice ’ , including choice to leave . )
3 ‘ A very kind man and always good to me , ’ she said with more emphasis .
4 Perhaps it will be both rather more demanding and more flexible than some , asking for a few hours a year but with more emphasis on personal planning .
5 But changes in the means of production , and especially printing , led to new forms of control , with more emphasis on prevention than on retribution : a direct reflection of the new conditions of rapid and extensive reproduction .
6 Recommendations were that the New University of Ulster move towards more emphasis on mature students , distance learning and non-degree work ; that Ulster Polytechnic increase emphasis on vocational studies ; and that Queen 's University Belfast continue largely as before , though with more emphasis on broadly based and part-time courses , and , where possible , three-year degree courses ( instead of four year ) .
7 The flow can still be described with more emphasis on these systematic features rather than random ones .
8 Catching Lucy 's expression , she added with more emphasis , ‘ Really , I will . ’
9 With more emphasis on household products , does this mean that Marks and Spencer is turning itself into a supermarket ?
10 The growth of overseas financial institutions in terms of their numbers has been a major factor in the formalisation of supervision with more emphasis on the ‘ rulebook ’ and a relative decline in the less formal traditional system .
11 Mr Baker 's demands for more emphasis on grammar began a ridiculous debate in the newspapers , during which most participants revealed their misunderstanding of language by taking for granted that the rules of grammar are fixed and permanent throughout time .
12 The NI has campaigned consistently over the years for more emphasis to be placed on primary health care than on expensive technological options — in other words for local people to be trained to combat the most basic diseases , as in China 's revolutionary ‘ barefoot doctor ’ system .
13 She told the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities conference at Dunblane that this week 's speech by Ian Lang , the Scottish Secretary , on the need for more emphasis on the three Rs and other traditional teaching methods was yet a further move which would demoralise teachers .
14 The range of political institutions and objectives is well discussed , although one could have wished for more emphasis to be placed on European Community matters and where they may lead us .
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