Example sentences of "[to-vb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No man , even such a strong and determined minister as Duncan Sandys , can force Whitehall to accept more change than it collectively sees as reasonable . |
| 2 | SF incoherence has been adopted by mainstream writers — from Borges to Rushdie , Doris Lessing to Woody Allen — as literacy and literary competence has developed and spread , and readers are prepared to accept more incoherence in texts and make more effort to resolve meanings . |
| 3 | The system has the option of calling into action an articulatory loop , a form of silent speech rehearsing which gives the system more time either to accept more information or to examine the message in greater detail . |
| 4 | The Department of Industry is trying to tempt more companies to enter this area . |
| 5 | The government is hoping to tempt more people who are disabled or unemployed back to work by paying their benefits in an initial lump sum . |
| 6 | In the poor north-eastern part of Brazil infant mortality went up by 20 per cent between 1982 and 1984 , even though the Brazilian government had made a special effort to establish more health-care facilities during the same period . |
| 7 | Need to know more 23% |
| 8 | He started attending regularly in order to get to know more people . |
| 9 | Not going to school , and having to pretend I did n't live on the island all the time , has meant that I did n't grow up with anybody of my own age ( except Eric , of course , but even he was away for a long time ) , and about the time I was thinking of venturing further afield and getting to know more people Eric went crazy , and things got a bit uncomfortable in the town for a while . |
| 10 | Chief Supt Dave Thompson , who is in charge at Sefton , the division where the murder took place , said : ‘ The family feel alone and isolated and they are going through a sense of frustration and they need to know more information . ’ |
| 11 | I 'd like to know more details of the circumstances of it , but one must always mourn the deaths of people whether they are innocent civilians , members of the security forces or paramilitaries , because it 's an indication that there 's a failure of the system in Northern Ireland . |
| 12 | Erm , yes , I 'd like that number fifteen on the reductions erm , I would like to know more detail of quite what that is , is all about , because erm , it 's fairly hefty in terms of voluntary organizations , so it 's a hefty erm , reduction . |
| 13 | As ACCOUNTANCY goes to press , Charterail is making a last ditch attempt to find more funding and reopen negotiations with BR . |
| 14 | Some of you I know are working but some now Roger are people of leisure and will therefore I hope er be able to find more space in their diaries to quaff the glass of er cheap wine and er raise it |
| 15 | Actually I 'm trying to find more writers who are around now , but it 's hard to find someone who does n't use all the songs for themselves . ’ |
| 16 | And if he was n't searching through magazines and papers he was looking into boxes , bags and bundles to find more magazines and newspapers to search through . |
| 17 | With more time on your hands you may have to find more things to occupy your time : day trips , hobbies , societies . |
| 18 | The Regional Council does not accept that the effect of the opinions referred to by the appellant are ‘ informed ’ , ‘ tested– or ‘ overwhelming ’ , or that there is any need , let alone an urgent need , to find more land in advance of the Structure Plan Review . |
| 19 | Although probably unlucky not to salvage a draw , Alton need to find more flair if they are needed to finish in the upper half of the table . |
| 20 | Local communities thus had to find more money to fulfil even their admitted obligations under the statute of 1327 , and the regular wearing of military uniform , which began in the 1330s , added to their burden since it too had to be paid for by the community . |
| 21 | Each church is to be asked to find more money . |
| 22 | Membership of the Founders ' Trust had changed frequently in the quest to find more women , working-class people and blacks , but at the time the prospectus was issued the original five Founders — Lowe , Walsh , Cooper , Sadgrove and Power — had been joined by a mixture of others . |
| 23 | In order to liven their party up , she had gone to the United Social Club in Green Street to find more guests . |
| 24 | One who appears to find more comfort in the Feathers than the church . ’ |
| 25 | I 'll try to find more people who think that way too . |
| 26 | ( Refer to pages 92– ( A-E ) to find more details of this system of hill sheep farming . ) |
| 27 | Two limitations in particular have driven young readers for many decades to prefer adult adventure stories to those written specifically for them or at least to find more satisfaction in junior tales with adult heroes . |
| 28 | HOSPITAL fund raisers have hit back at claims that they were staging a begging plea in a bid to find more cash . |
| 29 | And it is feared Durham County Council may have to find more cash to subsidise bus services as operators could either put up fares or scrap unpopular routes because they can not afford to replace worn out vehicles . |
| 30 | ‘ Your English is more English than mine , ’ the doctor said , not really to make conversation but to find more time to see . |