Example sentences of "[adj] [prep] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | More and more suffering for more and more . |
| 2 | I think this is very bad , I think that I would like to see an expansion of the , of the intake and a broadening of its social base , and by the same token I would like to see erm it possible for more adult students to come in , perhaps on a part-time basis erm into the universities . |
| 3 | Mrs Lowes said : ‘ The plan shows Bellburn Lane as the proposed access but this is a quiet cul-de-sac and far too narrow for more traffic . |
| 4 | I would be grateful for more information . |
| 5 | We see no reason why the word should seem strange for more than a short time . |
| 6 | ‘ I doubt if Aldhelm would have lain helpless for more than a quarter of an hour from that blow on the head . |
| 7 | Hardly enough to keep a man alive for more than a month or two . |
| 8 | Turkish diplomats say they 're hopeful the couple will be freed unharmed after more than a week in captivity . |
| 9 | Over-50s are excluded from the two groups to whom resources are directed : 18-to-24 year olds who have been unemployed for at least six months ; and 25-to-50 year olds unemployed for more than a year . |
| 10 | There is a great deal of prejudice about age , with the result that the older you are the more likely you are to remain unemployed for more than a year . |
| 11 | In April 1972 , the proportion unemployed for more than a year accounted for one-sixth of the total unemployed ; by April 1981 , the proportion had risen to one-fifth . |
| 12 | Since 1950 the number of those unemployed for more than a year has increased from 34,000 to more than a million at the start of this year . |
| 13 | THE NUMBER of people unemployed for more than a year passed the one million mark yesterday . |
| 14 | Only a few of the Christian residents appeared to notice that the Syrians had come prepared for more than just a few days ' stay . |
| 15 | Pascoe arrived prepared for more questions about his trip to the second floor and provided the wording of his note to Mona : ‘ Mona . |
| 16 | And her laugh was halting and light and willing for more fun . |
| 17 | There are 5,733 empty council houses , almost 2,000 of which have been empty for more than a year . |
| 18 | We shall continue to put pressure on local authorities with stock that has been empty for more than a year . |
| 19 | He rightly points out that — apart from Brent , which has no overall control , and Tower Hamlets , which is controlled by the Liberal Democrats — the 10 authorities with the highest percentage of empties in their stock are Labour controlled , and about 20,000 properties have been left empty for more than a year . |
| 20 | She did n't deny the accusation , for they were interrupted by the children with hands outstretched for more lire to finance the Star Wars programme . |
| 21 | Quinn said : ‘ I 'm not interested in more than a month on loan here . |
| 22 | You do n't have to be a star , you do n't have to be rich , you just have to know what you 're about , you have to have a point of view in life , and what I 'm interested in more than anything else , is an exchange , being able to talk to somebody . |
| 23 | Readers interested in more than the bare formula of a dish will appreciate the charming , simple and well explained recipe below . |
| 24 | Readers interested in more details of such techniques are referred to Refs. [ 22 , 29 ] . |
| 25 | This case is likely to be messy in more ways than one . ’ |
| 26 | The profit diagrams for options ( Figs 7.5 and 7.6 ) are a little more complex than those for securities as the profit is dependent on more than just the share price at expiry ( S ) . |
| 27 | Are they guilty of more abuse than domestic companies ? |
| 28 | A lot more people got in , and at St Paul 's , just when Alice thought it was impossible for more to get in , five did . |
| 29 | The writing of a biography is simply impossible for more than a few major churchmen and even fewer secular rulers in the early Middle Ages . |
| 30 | The woman would think she was avid for more of the background of Benedict Beckenham , which indeed she was , but it was scarcely polite to show it ! |