Example sentences of "[verb] a bigger " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And I shall need a bigger wardrobe ; I think I saw one in that other bedroom . ’
2 I 'll need a bigger spoon . ’
3 A man weighs about as much as 3000 mice , and might need a bigger dose on the same scale .
4 I 'd need a bigger size —
5 The odds are you 'll now need a bigger loan , and the original endowment policy will not give enough cover .
6 But she 's right about one thing : we do need a bigger house .
7 ‘ They would need a bigger margin than that to mount a search down there at the bottom of the world .
8 You may need a bigger stable , safer fencing and a stock of supplies for foaling emergencies — such as bottles , teats , a foal rug and replacement milk powder .
9 Yet top rate taxpayers today provide a bigger share of our tax revenues than they did before .
10 Today only Seagate is still up there among the leaders , IBM is still striving to build a serious OEM business , and the big names alongside Seagate are Conner Peripherals Inc , Quantum Corp and Maxtor Corp , with Hewlett-Packard Co becoming a bigger presence .
11 Several economists in the City expect a bigger fall , to perhaps 3–4% by mid-1991 , as interest rates start to fall , and the poll tax , the rise in excise duties and the mortgage-rate increase drop out of the figures .
12 Most City forecasters expect a bigger fall in the current-account deficit .
13 Retailers expect a bigger improvement in June , but their expectations have proved to be over-optimistic in the past two months .
14 The majority of EC governments support Mr Delors in using the impulse of the moves to democracy in Eastern Europe , and the overwhelming backing for EMU shown at last weekend 's Strasbourg summit , to secure a bigger role for the parliament .
15 Both West German federal and regional Parliamentarians also want a bigger say over EC legislation but they believe this should be assured by being made members of a new , upper house of the European Parliament .
16 I want a bigger range to choose from and hopefully this role will help me .
17 ‘ I want a bigger basket than this .
18 If you want a bigger car you take another test .
19 ‘ I like it , and so do the frogs , but now I want a bigger one that does n't have plastic edges , so the effect is completely natural .
20 I want a bigger bike but she 's not gon na ride it until she 's had the baby .
21 Though it still has no intention of selling directly , Microsoft wants a bigger say on how its products should be used .
22 Now he wants a bigger say in how the money he gives is spent .
23 Better than new and excellent opportunity as owner wants a bigger boat .
24 Well it 's not the grate , it 's the I think when we 've cemented it together it wants a bigger fireplace for that
25 Teacher : If you found a bigger box could we add it to the train for me to sit in ?
26 ‘ The aim is to provide a bigger market place .
27 ‘ Simensen now looks a bigger danger , and we will need to watch every move during the last two days . ’
28 The three biggest US airlines — American , United and Delta — had hoped that approval of the BA-USAir deal would have been linked to their gaining a bigger foothold in the UK market .
29 The three biggest US carriers , American Airlines , United Airlines and Delta Airlines , had hoped that approval of the BA-USAir deal would have been linked to their gaining a bigger foothold in the UK market and argued that the original $750 million proposal would have given BA wide entry into the US market while restricting US airlines from further expansion into the UK .
30 Yet Labour has a bigger vested interest in there being a European Parliament which — during the transition to a more federal union — co-legislates with the Council , rather than exists as a largely powerless consultative assembly .
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