Example sentences of "[conj] [vb base] [noun] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | After that , the dust will begin to settle and you must settle your differences , too , since you will need all the support you can muster to make your mark at work or make life more financially secure . |
| 2 | It is not about how to achieve better discipline , or make maths more interesting , or organize the filing cabinet in which you try to keep track of the GCSE coursework . |
| 3 | In addition to providing a much needed resource you want to enhance the school 's reputation , gain publicity , strengthen the school 's identity or link parents more closely to the school . |
| 4 | The potential to produce ever more sophisticated reports and analyse and measure against every type of performance indicator does not necessarily mean that the firm will take action to correct profitability problems or reduce work in progress or collect debts more quickly . |
| 5 | Aerosol resist coating too thick : — increase exposure time or use spray more sparingly . |
| 6 | Naturally , it is unfair that developing countries should have to forgo the luxuries that make life more comfortable such as fridges and air conditioning , but it is essential that the West makes available the best technology so that they can produce ozone friendly equipment . |
| 7 | Some studies show that it is those in the higher socio-economic groups that use lawyers more often than those in the lower groups . |
| 8 | It is clear that male birds with more complicated repertoires can intimidate rivals more successfully and/or attract mates more readily . |
| 9 | The trial succeeded in finding several organisational problems but did not achieve its secondary objective because it became clear that the breadth and depth of knowledge needed by the individuals were implicit in the experience needed to do the job and that the individual could work quicker and chop and change subject more easily than the expert system . |
| 10 | Or would it be a sign of still greater maturity for their staff to go on contributing to a national system , a system in which the collaboration of the entire academic community could raise standards higher and judge quality more surely ? |
| 11 | The adverts are designed to shock abusers and make parents more aware of the dangers . |
| 12 | Radio achieved its greatest impact when it related most clearly to the experiences of listeners , who expected it to reflect and comment on life as it was , give advice on difficult contemporary and age-old problems and make life more enjoyable by providing entertainment . |
| 13 | This would produce safer food with greater reliability , increase consumer choice and make agriculture more environmentally friendly . |
| 14 | There were a number of areas where greater willingness was apparent to include children with special needs and make services more locally responsive . |
| 15 | You can improve soil structure and drainage by incorporating organic material such as compost , and make soil more porous by digging in grit or bonfire ash . |
| 16 | The aim is to ‘ calm ’ or , apparently , slow down and make passage more difficult for all traffic on these trunk routes through a busy part of the city . |
| 17 | This would provide access to larger markets and raw materials , and make industry more efficient . |
| 18 | With unemployment spiralling upwards , Mr McLeish said , it was particularly important for Mr Lang to take a grip on training policy , to improve people 's skills and make industry more competitive . |
| 19 | We 're trying our best to strengthen the family and make men more conscious of women 's rights . |
| 20 | Good idea : this would extend the tourist season into late summer and autumn and bring Britain more into line with its European neighbours . |
| 21 | An issue that the guillotine motion will not allow us to discuss does not involve improving the average standards , but the fact that those local authorities that already exceed the minimum standard and conduct inspections more frequently than once every four years will be required to lower their standards . |
| 22 | These then drain better and hold chemicals more easily . |
| 23 | Perhaps those of you , my readers , who are involved , like me , in curriculum design , might join me in a New Year 's resolution to keep our wishful thinking in check and face reality more consistently . |
| 24 | The announcement was the chess federation 's response to the decision by Kasparov and Short to stage their final outside FIDE 's auspices in an attempt to attract higher prize money and give players more control over professional chess . |
| 25 | Literacy campaigns push back the boundaries of ignorance and give people more chance of controlling their own destiny . |
| 26 | These tendencies were carried much further by the younger men , Gibbons , Coprario , the younger Ferrabosco , Thomas Lupo , and a number of others , who would base a short section on a popular morris-dance tune ( as Gibbons does in a four-part viol fantasy ) and use motives more clear-cut in rhythmic profile sequentially as Giovanni Gabrieli does . |
| 27 | And social awareness enables them to create opportunities and neutralize opposition more skilfully . |
| 28 | We intend to take all these initiatives further and offer parents more choice in the new Parliament . |
| 29 | Other high hills in the Outer Hebrides are found where the igneous rocks of eastern South Uist crop out , and include Ben More and Hecla . |
| 30 | Family size in class I and II is concentrated on two- and three-child families more than in any other class . |