Example sentences of "[vb mod] [vb infin] more [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , the truth of the problem was lameness , which may affect more than one leg . |
| 2 | But all of them are constantly watching the keyboard for their particular call up command and it is possible that one command may affect more than one accessory — with predictable , and disastrous , results ! |
| 3 | Although the move to representative democracy may reduce the dimensionality , there may remain more than one dimension ( e.g. , ‘ Liberal-non-liberal ’ as well as ‘ left-right ’ ) . |
| 4 | Upon his decision ( or decisions , for the opportunity may arise more than once ) rests the ability of the spirit to learn that lesson and to progress to the next stage in its development . |
| 5 | Its frequency is usually fixed , though problems may arise more or less often than review cycles . |
| 6 | The idea that literary texts may trigger more than one level of reading is also central to Irene Fairley 's paper , which is a discussion of a corpus of interpretative responses to Sylvia Plath 's poem " Mushrooms " . |
| 7 | Because households may include more than one of the ‘ assessment units ’ used by the DHSS to calculate rates of benefit , RNR is based on the sum of the entitlements of each assessment unit within the household . |
| 8 | Your army must include at least 25% of its points value as units chosen from the following list ; it may include more if you wish . |
| 9 | Your army must include at least 25% of its points value as regiments chosen from the following list , and it may include more if you wish . |
| 10 | You may need more than one interview . |
| 11 | You may need more than one sequence to cover all the points about any one piece of apparatus . |
| 12 | 8 No entrant may win more than one prize . |
| 13 | No entrant may win more than one prize . |
| 14 | No competitor may win more than one prize . |
| 15 | Yet almost in the same breath they stated that men should earn more because they had ‘ wives and bairns ’ to support . |
| 16 | Or expressed another way , real exchange rates — that is nominal exchange rates adjusted for inflation differences — should remain more or less constant over time . |
| 17 | She should think more before she spoke . |
| 18 | However , it is not to be taken as part of the definition of a causal circumstance that it must include more than one element — more than one condition , event , individual property or whatever . |
| 19 | It will seek to ensure that all priority patients are treated within three months and that nobody should wait more than twelve months for treatment . |
| 20 | There were good reasons why the nucleated village should survive more or less intact . |
| 21 | The later Range Rover , although slightly higher geared than the old model and quite a lot heavier , should do more than 50 mph in third . |
| 22 | It has much more to do with control of the party 's thinking and its power structures ; the debate about modernisation of ideology and whether or not the Scottish party should become more or less independent of the rest of the UK Labour Party . |
| 23 | At present , many residential homes for adults run by local authorities have over 25 residents , whereas it is felt that no residential homes should have more than twenty-five places and that it would be much better if the average size was much lower . |
| 24 | ‘ We wo n't have all 60 scenarios , but we should have more than one . ’ |
| 25 | No question should have more than 25 minutes in a 6-in-3-hours examination . |
| 26 | These voters often determine the outcome of statewide elections , and Texas politicos predict that they will do the same this time ; if not in the primary ( where the winner must get more than 50% of the vote , which is unlikely ) , then in the run-off in June . |
| 27 | The Saturday Review bitterly commented that they had ‘ framed for themselves a rule which we must characterize as both illogical and unfair — namely , of distributing their patronage so that no competitor should net more than one premium ’ . |
| 28 | shortlisting and interviewing should involve more than one person ; |
| 29 | One example of such reforms is Curran and Seaton 's proposal that no group or individual should own more than three national newspapers ; another proposal is to limit cross-ownership of media . |
| 30 | ( 4 ) Each manager must hold at least one ordinary share in Newco and work for more than half his time in the " management or conduct of the company " or an associated company ; alternatively he must own more than 5% of the ordinary share capital of Newco ( the " material interest " test ) ; for these purposes , the shareholdings of any associate of an individual manager are aggregated with his holding ; " management or conduct of the company " ( rather than its business ) connotes the function of directors and senior managers , so other employees and middle management will not be able to obtain relief , since they are unlikely to have a sufficient holding in Newco to satisfy the material interest test . |