Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] more [n mass] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The number of people becoming unemployed has eased over recent months and more people are leaving unemployment and getting back to work , ’ she said . |
| 2 | I was surprised to find there an air of prosperity and sophistication , large hotels catering for tourists , much activity at the harbour and more people on the streets than I thought there would be … |
| 3 | If everyone can learn to understand , however , how wars can be started so easily , there is a hope that more people might work to prevent them . |
| 4 | ‘ I am willing to be identified in the hope that more people who may have information will contact the police . ’ |
| 5 | Yesterday I bought a juicer to feed my family in a healthier , more environment-friendly way — less red meat , more vegetables and more fruit — but I completely forgot to raise any of the above questions . |
| 6 | There are two unsolved murders ; crime rates are rising more rapidly here than anywhere else in the country ; and there 's an on-going battle for a bigger budget and more staff . |
| 7 | This is because they pay a premium rate to be ‘ first in break ’ , on the basis that more people are still watching ( prior to making the tea , or whatever ) , and that they 're still watching more attentively . |
| 8 | ‘ I think it is a shame that more people are not convinced by the results that care in the community is producing and are not prepared to move over in greater numbers , ’ says Mrs Polson , who was also a sister at Aycliffe Hospital during her 10 years there . |
| 9 | I share Mr. Cleaver 's sentiment of placing equal value on every human life ‘ whether that be Jew , Christian or Muslem ’ ; the world would be a better place if more people did so . |
| 10 | The new system needs more transport and more people and money involved in selling the products . |
| 11 | Although it boasts little in the way of modern conveniences , it offers many services : mountain hut , camping area and thunderbox , basic shop — in truth very basic and equally expensive — bakery , fish , fish and more fish , church and pure honesty . |
| 12 | The problem now is finding the right sort of staff reliable ladies with their own transport as more people realise how nice it is to come back to a house someone else has cleaned . ’ |
| 13 | Once a day or more 2% |
| 14 | Barrie Irving of the Police Foundation is quoted as saying : ’ There is much evidence that more people are going out with knives . |
| 15 | However the Occupational Pensions Board called for a pensions tribunal and Tony Thurham , chairman of the Association of Pensions Lawyers , said : ‘ Many pensions lawyers would have preferred a tribunal since it would probably have had greater powers and more staff . |
| 16 | Questions of prestige , irrational though they might be , received new emphasis when more people identified themselves with the nation . |
| 17 | The first such charts should be done early — at the end of the first day even , and then added to and/or modified day by day as more data is obtained . |
| 18 | Everyone said afterwards it was a miracle that more people had n't been killed or injured . |
| 19 | Only the closed minded can pretend that it 's bad news that more people can afford to travel , that was once the province of the few , is now open to the majority . |
| 20 | For access details and more info. : Lillian Winter 061 368 1334 . |
| 21 | Elaborating on this statement , he said that some of the increase would come from widening access , with more women , more older people and more people from ethnic minorities entering higher education , but he also anticipated a doubling of the participation rates among young people of the relevant age , from the present 15 per cent to 30 per cent . |
| 22 | Straw-burning after harvest , now widely practised , exacerbates this problem , and some downland farmers are finding it necessary to go back to grass and more livestock to maintain the humus level and soil structure . |
| 23 | It has introduced an ambitious Company Plan which will lead to better service , cleaner trains and more staff at stations and on platforms . |
| 24 | Properties are older and more likely to be terraced houses or flats ; they have fewer rooms but more people per room ; and they are less likely to have a garden . |
| 25 | If , objectively , corporate crime is the more serious , in the sense that more people are avoidably killed , maimed , and robbed and that the last of these aggregated far exceeds the value of ‘ conventional ’ theft , then that in itself would justify prioritizing its study . |
| 26 | The custom of marriage has gained strength , in the sense that more people are entering into it and that it seems to be considered a necessary prelude to having children . |
| 27 | In summary the Unit is the victim of its own success and badly needs increased working space and more staff to meet its steadily increasing workload . |
| 28 | More more tomatoes and more tuna . |
| 29 | Yet a taxi driver told me recently that more money should be spent on Aids than on dementia because more people would die from it . |
| 30 | A stagnant economy heaps increased demands on government as more people are in need . |