Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone needs practise and Jack got the opportunity for more than most . |
| 2 | She was keen to learn , and his trust in her had grown to the point where they alternated the night watches so both had the opportunity for more rest . |
| 3 | ‘ I have done a fair bit of business travelling to meetings in London , ’ said Mr Pilkington , who seizes the opportunity for more practice on train journeys appropriately since BR is sponsoring this year 's Times championship . |
| 4 | Foreign Secretary Douglas Hurd has asked the Ministry of Defence for more information . |
| 5 | The repeated frustration of his attempts to introduce changes led to an impassioned plea in the Sunday Express for more freedom of action at club level : ‘ I appeal to the authorities to release the brake which they seem to delight in jamming on new ideas … as if wisdom is only to be found in the council chamber … |
| 6 | Aunt Margaret scrubbed at her board for more space . |
| 7 | But even if the proposition be true , it could not be the case for more and better education because of the nature of education itself . |
| 8 | It 's always angled towards the case for more funds to be allocated to reform schools set up for ‘ the salvaging of these youngsters whose natural growth has been marred by bad upbringing , bad companions , bad luck . ’ |
| 9 | They are often organised and structured in the interests of influential and powerful bodies in order to make a particular point , perhaps to make a case for more money or resources , or to show a particular body or organisation in a good light . |
| 10 | This is stressed by Ives et al. ( 1987 ) , who argue the case for more research to obviate the problems associated with the extrapolation of data , often erroneously , from the micro-to the macro-scale within the Himalaya region . |
| 11 | Edward Simpson , former Deputy Permanent Secretary at the DES , and ironically in charge of planning for almost a decade , has argued cogently the same case for more resources for primary schools as a result of the introduction of Local Management of Schools . |
| 12 | In Stirling this weekend , a pressure group geared to advancing the case for more women to be given key party posts will be set up . |
| 13 | The Convention of Scottish Local Authorities claimed that the Government had failed to acknowledge the overwhelming case for more investment . |
| 14 | They had been moving steadily through a very thick part of the forest in which it was impossible to maintain a constant direction for more than a few paces . |
| 15 | THE first sight of Rothesay Pier with its clock tower , the Skeoch Woods beyond , spelt two weeks of freedom for more mammies and daddies than there are spokes in the wheels of a paddle-steamer . |
| 16 | Other nearby springs supplied Frogwell below the Town Hall and the conduit which ran from Springfield into the brewery for more than a century on the perhaps appropriate site of the new Health Centre . |
| 17 | CA is planning to build a laboratory in Milton Keynes to provide in part for more tests with other European Organisations . |
| 18 | Oh , that 's called a howler , that 's a howler , if you leave your handset off the hook for more than a minute , 25 seconds , or is it 60 I ca n't remember , for a length of time you get the howler . |
| 19 | Whether one tries to illustrate subsidiarity by an upturned pyramid or a spiked helmet is irrelevant : Sir Christopher 's definition makes it clear that , far from being a guarantee for decentralisation , ‘ subsidiarity ’ is a blank cheque for more and more power to be transferred to Community level , just as the principle 's enshrinement in the German constitution has led to massive centralisation of power and expenditure in that country . |
| 20 | Mr McDonald no longer drinks but has been an alcoholic for more than a decade . |
| 21 | Schools and their children have suffered change after change for more than a quarter of a century , especially since the Tories came to power . |
| 22 | Plea for more power stations . |
| 23 | A plea for more ESAs |
| 24 | In one memorable outburst , he once made a plea for more money , claiming that professional footballers were little more than ‘ white slaves ’ . |
| 25 | My own view is that while that type of system will be important in the future it may not have the central role assumed for it by John Alvey — hence my plea For more resources to be devoted to looking at real user needs and trying out alternatives to the IKBS approach . |
| 26 | THE Treasury is expected to give the go-ahead soon to the RUC 's plea for more manpower and resources . |
| 27 | Passing this on , he was making a plea for more funds . |
| 28 | WISCONSIN STATE REJECTS STEVE CHEN 's PLEA FOR MORE CASH |
| 29 | It is no wonder the Home Secretary came up with a derisory response to the heartfelt plea for more police to restore a sense of security to our communities . |
| 30 | Peter Roberts writing in 1981 put in a plea for more textbooks that deal with the processes of historical enquiry . |