Example sentences of "[vb pp] for more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The move , by the new coalition of Liberals and Christian Democrats , satisfies the Dutch confederation of industry , which has lobbied for more support for industrial R&D and innovations . |
| 2 | In Scotland and Wales public pressure developed for more independence than could be gained from decentralized administration . |
| 3 | The new idea turned over in her mind as Mrs Stocks , all eager now , pressed for more details . |
| 4 | The range of political institutions and objectives is well discussed , although one could have wished for more emphasis to be placed on European Community matters and where they may lead us . |
| 5 | Most of our caravans are designed for more persons than our description but we only allow that number stated . |
| 6 | However they confirm that farmers who had claimed for more quota than they had ewes would be given ‘ around ’ two months after the statutory instrument had passed through Parliament to secure their extra rights to ewe premium and to notify the authorities of the transfer . |
| 7 | But neither can the scheme continue unless Sri Lankans are squeezed for more money . |
| 8 | She has argued for more competition in state lottery tenders . |
| 9 | Recently ethnolinguists , deriving their inspiration in England from the work of J. R. Firth and his disciples at SOAS ( The School of Oriental and African Studies ) , have also challenged ‘ universalism ’ and have argued for more attention to ‘ language-specific ’ descriptions before more general claims about language can be made , Fought , for instance , writing of attempts to analyse traditional Mexican languages , argues : |
| 10 | This view is held by Mr Leahy ; it is expressed most forcibly by Jeffrey Sachs , a Harvard economist who has advised the Russians and long argued for more aid . |
| 11 | The blitz caused rush-hour chaos as police and firefighters searched for more bombs . |
| 12 | To check that the correct combination had been selected the typesetting file was searched for more examples of the combination and the effect on the paper dictionary checked . |
| 13 | The evidence suggests that they have ‘ clamoured for more staff and for improved premises , ’ but the family health services authority has not had the resources to support this , nor were suitable vacant sites in which premises could be developed easily available in inner London . |
| 14 | Action is being taken to encourage closer cooperation between Stockton council and its Asnieres-sur-Seine Twinning Association , which has appealed for more support . |
| 15 | He has appealed for more vigilance by staff in shops and offices to stop ‘ sneak-in ’ thieves who steal bags , purses and wallets during the working day . |
| 16 | There was a rustle of excitement as the listeners exchanged expectant looks and then shifted for more comfort on the hard wooden seats . |
| 17 | Victim Support Patron HRH The Princess Royal has called for more help to be offered to victims of crime . |
| 18 | The left called for more nationalisation ; the ‘ traditional ’ right wing of the party argued that this ‘ needed more research ’ and conveniently forgot about it , while the new ‘ revisionist ’ current represented by Healey , Jenkins and Crosland saw public ownership as irrelevant and raised ‘ equality ’ as the prime goal of socialism — a position formalised in Crosland 's ‘ Future of Socialism ’ in 1956 . |
| 19 | Though the problem of radiation embrittlement has been recognised since the outset of the civil Magnox programme in the early 1960s , the inspectorate called for more evidence of the safety of Magnox plants in 1990 after it found the rate of embrittlement may have been faster than predicted . |
| 20 | Teachers have long called for more opportunity to get on with what they regard as quintessentially " their " work ; they should normally welcome the opportunity to off-load tasks which can just as effectively be performed by other people . |
| 21 | While the leftists in the capital called for more development , on the ground the communities welcomed the expected bonanza from mining . |
| 22 | The prime minister called for more restraint , in the wake of an article in the Bank of England 's Quarterly Bulletin noting the continued problem . |
| 23 | But Coun. Nicholas Thorne-Wallis ( Lab ) , chairman , said that no final decision had been taken over the proposals and Coun. Mrs Rose Davison ( Lab ) called for more options to be considered by the council . |
| 24 | The Committee of Vice Chancellors and Principals of the Universities of the United Kingdom has recently called for more training in educational methods for all university teachers . |
| 25 | This motion advocated a revival of nationalist Gaullist traditions to distinguish the RPR electorally from other right-wing parties , and called for more party independence , asserting that in its present state , still demoralized by the defeat of Chirac in the 1988 presidential elections , the RPR was incapable of forming an effective opposition . |
| 26 | The International Stock Exchange has called for more time to implement the changes but so far it has had little success . |
| 27 | D'Aubigny waved aside our letter of introduction and called for more refreshments before joining Angus on the other side of the table . |
| 28 | The new services started just days after the Countryside Commission called for more people to travel to the countryside by public transport or face car bans at popular spots . |
| 29 | The scare that cellular phones might cause brain tumours has died away — everywhere except in Germany : according to Reuter , German cellular phone firms and experts called for more research to soothe public fears of possible dangers from electromagnetic radiation from portable telephones — despite the fact that most experts , including the head of the government telecommunications agency , told a hearing in parliament that research suggests no health danger from phones . |
| 30 | Erm , the , all the arguments for and against organic dips have been considered this last nine months by the Veterinary Products Committee , and they 've come out with a report I think , that satisfies no one , because it does n't go either , either way in that respect at all , it 's called for more research and , and erm , development in that , in that sense . |