Example sentences of "[v-ing] [prep] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | Made form high-performance polyurethane foam , it has one of the highest expansion capacities of any foam filler on the market : it will expand to 2½ times the volume of the product extruded , allowing for more and larger tasks to be undertaken . |
| 2 | These headings need a minimum fullness of twice the track length and calculations should be treated in the same way as for pinch pleat heading , but allowing for more pleats ( ‘ tubes ’ ) of a smaller size and closer spacing . |
| 3 | It will be hard , as only one in ten succeed in abstaining for more than a year . |
| 4 | With EDS funding due to end next year , ICL is lobbying the European Commission to extend financing for more software research until 1994. 50% of ICL 's EDS research budget came from the EC 's Esprit purse . |
| 5 | She gave a hoarse moan of resistance and desire , pushing at his broad shoulders as his strong hands pressed her hips closer to his body , and as she felt that mouth claiming hers with deeper passion , and felt the evidence of his hard excitement , she felt her body clamouring for more , her eyes closing and her mouth moving under his hungrily , little gasps of shocked desire coming from the back of her throat . |
| 6 | Their recent blockbusting Belfast 1991 production at the Group Theatre left everyone clamouring for more . |
| 7 | Mineral extraction and quarrying were the only other enterprises producing for more than immediate local demand , though practical considerations must generally have limited the distances stone could be transported . |
| 8 | She suggested they would do better if they only sat five exams and spent the rest of their time on work which could give them a much broader education than just swotting for more GCSEs . |
| 9 | See CORROSION-PROOFING & DESCALING for more details . |
| 10 | He was a raw young bull , itching for more action and glamour in his life . |
| 11 | The retailers Carpenter 's have been trading for more than a century . |
| 12 | It was also one of the main reasons for people returning for more training . |
| 13 | His hands swept boldly over her body , pushing aside her flimsy robe to scorch her trembling skin with his touch , and she pressed closer still , aching for more of the devastating fire . |
| 14 | Most of those pressing for more individuals in the stockmarket have an interest in doing so . |
| 15 | London East TEC is obviously not getting everything that it would like , and the hon. Member for Newham , North-East and I will be pressing for more spending to cure the ills of unemployment in our area . |
| 16 | Several of the Board 's leading civil servants had been pressing for more equality in provision . |
| 17 | The second part , I thought might be useful to members in explaining in more detail what each of the schemes were about . |
| 18 | Both Jenny and Kathleen were up to various things and I 'd been having a go myself , but although my name was appearing on more and more waiting lists , nothing substantial seemed to be happening . |
| 19 | Both BBC-TV and ITV , both early and main evening news , all followed the same trend : they all screened more presentation than controversy until the third week ; then they screened between two and four times as much controversy as presentation in the third week , before reverting to more presentation at the end of the campaign . |
| 20 | Ironically Leicester are heading for the top using Brian Clough 's style of passing football and it 's Forest who are reverting to more of the long ball game . |
| 21 | This technique involves spreading out the pastel dust with a tissue as an exceptionally thin film into which delicate variations can then be introduced , either by dabbing on more dust , perhaps of different colours , or by lifting it away with a putty eraser . |
| 22 | DRIVING at more than double the speed limit cost a young Newton Valence woman her driving licence . |
| 23 | With Neodata , and its partner on the project , Electronic Data Systems Corp , Kendall Square is working on a project to create the largest production of relational database in the commercial sector , consisting of more than 1Tb of data when it is complete this autumn . |
| 24 | With Neodata , and its partner on the project , Electronic Data Systems Corp , Kendall Square is working on a project to create the largest production of relational database in the commercial sector , consisting of more than 1Tb of data when it is complete this autumn . |
| 25 | What evidence there is on sett size suggest that it does n't necessarily increase with group size , and certainly the four individuals in the Brighton group would hardly seem to need a complex consisting of more than a kilometre of tunnels . |
| 26 | West Yorkshire , having presided over a massive expansion of rail traffic in recent years , is pushing for more electrification in the wake of the successful completion of InterCity 's electrification to Leeds . |
| 27 | The women are pushing for more sponsorship and better coverage of their sport . |
| 28 | Athelstan studied him carefully , rather concerned , for by now Sir John would usually have been shouting for more claret or sack . |
| 29 | From traditional African to Jo'burg variety — work song ( gumboot ) , disco , jazz funk , hot gospel — and back again to a sensational African celebration which will leave you shouting for more . |
| 30 | Now — are you going on looking for more ? ’ |