Example sentences of "[noun] [to-vb] [prep] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | We must embrace change in the way we do things , to get better value for money to go to more places and cover more stories . |
| 2 | Arguments then ensued as to who allowed other speakers to continue for more than their allotted time . |
| 3 | The lists of attainments in Profiles of Development are not only a means to record learning , they are also an intervention in teaching — an attempt by the authors to define in more detail the National Curriculum as it applies to ‘ individuals for whom there is concern over progress ’ . |
| 4 | At this time of year there was n't enough milk anywhere in the village to borrow for more than a few days . |
| 5 | If there is a need for screening , it is in identifying the types of congenital malformations , such as anencephalus , which will not permit the child to live for more than a few weeks . |
| 6 | And from C P R E's point of view we we would feel that the best way to do that is to is to reconvene if that 's the right word , the forum of Greater York authorities to look in more detail at at each of the sectors and under undertake the the technical comparison I think in a in in a fair and reasonable way which which I do n't think we 've really we 've really achieved during erm three hours of discussion today . |
| 7 | Parallel workshops on the second day will provide an opportunity to discuss in more detail the matching of user requirements in the individual technology areas . |
| 8 | We do not yet know the implications for job numbers of the reorganisation , but as stated in the AEA Times Bulletin there may be a need to plan for more reductions than previously anticipated . |
| 9 | It may be that like the other NCT groups people do not feel the need to attend for more than a few months ( ca n't stay a New Mum for ever ! ! ! ) and at the moment no one needs the MiE group I do not know and I would like to find out . |
| 10 | But after a week of total failure to concentrate for more than a minute he had to acknowledge to himself that nothing was going right . |
| 11 | If all this leads the controlling group to scream for more money from the Government , and it will inevitably , I suggest they start using the money they have more sensibly and not waste it on their more extravagant schemes . |
| 12 | But our belief is that , in the long-term , we shall improve education because even this Government will see the need to pump in more money to get teachers . ’ |
| 13 | Second , the electorate will have every incentive to vote for more government services because they do not pay for them directly and individual tax payments may bear little ( if any ) relationship to the benefits which they may derive from such services . |
| 14 | Unfortunately , the reported effect on some of the older generation is to make them regret having lived so long and apologize for their need to call on more services than do younger people ( Norman 1987b ) . |
| 15 | There is no room to squeeze in more runways , and no large groups of people in the advanced countries would tolerate vast new airports in their back yards . |
| 16 | But were the Liberal Democrats not in favour of higher taxation — with their famous penny on basic rate income tax to pay for more education spending , and a new top rate of tax set at 50 per cent ? |
| 17 | Is it expected that that will be the embryo for a carbon tax to pay for more investment in renewable energies ? |
| 18 | This most frequently involved the use of ceilings : banks being told not to allow advances to expand by more than a certain percentage compared with the previous year . |
| 19 | This use of technology ( like Jethro Tull 's seed drill ) increased agricultural productivity : by replacing men by machines or giving men machines to work with more crops were produced and with less labour power . |
| 20 | In the setting of residential or day care , group work offers a social worker the chance to work with more people in a different way . |
| 21 | This period — which we shall have occasion to discuss in more detail later — was known , for those living in it , as ‘ the Last Times ’ , or ‘ the Last Days ’ . |
| 22 | Meanwhile , the government is prodding Japan 's aircraft firms to collaborate with more foreigners . |
| 23 | We now have a unique chance to build on more than a decade of solid progress , bringing further benefits and new successes to a nation that is , at last , getting used to real achievement . |
| 24 | I have already written to BBC to plead for more time for Eldorado . |
| 25 | Point ( 3 ) , on sampling , is a technical matter which is very difficult to explain properly and it might well be beyond the abilities of many housewives to understand without more explanation what random sampling means . |
| 26 | We can expect the protesters to continue with more vigour than usual this year , and to exhibit renewed enthusiasm when cruise hunting starts . |
| 27 | However , he informed a parliament committee meeting on Jan. 9 that the central government was " working on a comprehensive action plan for revamping the administration in Punjab " , and did not rule out amending the Constitution to provide for more autonomy as long as all other political parties co-operated in the matter . |
| 28 | Meanwhile , some argue that that pool of resources could be expanded further by allowing solicitors to plead in more types of case . |
| 29 | The interviewer may ask a question and follow it up with ‘ prompts ’ or ‘ probes ’ to encourage the respondents to go into more depth with their answers . |
| 30 | In 1985 dredgers were busily raking up gravel from the shoals in the river to put into more gabions for bank reinforcement beside the Trannon . |