Example sentences of "[adv prt] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , many philosophers today would probably go along more with Hare 's original position and say that although Kant may well have answered the third sort of question ( page 98 ) well , he has not adequately answered the second ( still less , it would generally be thought , the first ) . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , as I said , Else went along more for a night out than anything . |
| 3 | The Kimmeridgian stage of the Upper Jurassic is here developed to an exceptional thickness in a narrow strip along more than 10 miles of coast . |
| 4 | His brother said that he had been more excitable lately , and more ineffective , and running up and down more . |
| 5 | Now , with the Tokyo stockmarket 's Nikkei index down more than 23% from its December 29th peak , with the yen sliding against the dollar and with interest rates on the up , the mood has switched to fear . |
| 6 | In Britain the birth rate ‘ Bulge ’ , which hit its peak in the late Forties , went down more slowly than anyone had expected . |
| 7 | In the twenty-two years since Ian Paisley had campaigned for Kilfedder in West Belfast , the world had been turned upside down more than once and the three men had crossed and re-crossed each other , like figures in a bizarre dance . |
| 8 | As a master of the long line himself , Karajan would probably have endorsed some of Boult 's sentiments ( many of Karajan 's recordings have been put down more or less in a series of single takes ) , but he would also have agreed to an extent with Gould that ‘ good splices ’ can also ‘ build good lines ’ . |
| 9 | That means it breaks down more often and they are prepared to pay Dowding 's premium prices for fast service . |
| 10 | The Turkish military is believed to be sharing intelligence with Israel , which in 1982 carried out a highly successful raid on the Bekaa Valley , shooting down more than 80 Syrian planes . |
| 11 | In the defence of Tobruk his battery shot down more than 50 Stuka dive-bombers , for which he was awarded the DSO . |
| 12 | Given , then , that volcanoes have a predilection for the seaside , let's now pin down more precisely where they occur . |
| 13 | Wholemeal bread and flour can be eaten instead , as these are broken down more slowly and do not release glucose all at once . |
| 14 | I cried to come down more insistently than I had pleaded for a ride . |
| 15 | With that , or taramasalata , or pâté ( also usually high in fat content ) , you could well be packing down more than 400 calories before you even start your main course . |
| 16 | Species such as these which will accept a wide range of foods in nature are likely to settle down more easily to the aquarium feeding pattern . |
| 17 | When chipping and pitching into the wind , the ball will settle down more quickly and the stroke must be quite positive , with a quite noticeable acceleration through impact . |
| 18 | She was surprised and sat herself down more carefully than was necessary on the stone seating . |
| 19 | If for example women were turned down more often than men because their employment history was shorter , they were not in a skilled job , and they did not have a bank account , this would not constitute discrimination against women — as the conditions , only part of an overall scoring system , would not be absolute . |
| 20 | And he advised Premier John Major : ‘ Once you have accepted the slump in the pound you might as well bring them down more . ’ |
| 21 | When nature has provided you with a highly efficient set of incisors capable of cutting down more than 100 trees in one season , and an overriding instinct to build complex dams up to 4,000 ft. long and 12 ft. high , you can regard yourself as one of her senior architects and master builders . |
| 22 | The place is electric with drama , with something weighty , weighted down more by the pressure of the storm . |
| 23 | The German economy stopped growing last summer and is now in deep recession , with industrial output in the year to March down more than 10% . |
| 24 | The biggest losers were Germany 's Mercedes-Benz , Sweden 's Volvo and Spain 's Seat , all down more than 30% . |
| 25 | But do n't add commercial fertiliser yet — homemade compost breaks down more slowly , so the nutrients wo n't be washed away . |
| 26 | The rain was coming down more heavily now ; the car splashed through pools on the uneven road . |
| 27 | In other departments business ran down more slowly . |
| 28 | You settle down more quickly in a place you know rather than a new place where you need time to get used to the seating , the lighting , the visual distractions . |
| 29 | Corridors that sloped down more and more steeply , so that they had to sit and shuffle down the last few metres . |
| 30 | But when the I L P wanted to lay down more militant lines the Labour Party wanted to throw them out anyway , and so the I L P-ers all decided that er the best thing to do was to leave rather than get thrown out . |