adverb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a bit more/less
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Can we have a bit less noise, please?
a little more/better/further etc
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We’ll have to wait a little longer to see what happens.
a little more/less
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Would you like a little more milk in your coffee?
altogether more
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This latest problem is altogether more serious.
be more sb’s style (= used to say that you prefer something )
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I don’t think the parachuting weekend is for me – the art class is more my style.
be more so/less so/too much so
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The band is popular and likely to become more so.
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Jerry is very honest, perhaps too much so.
be more than (a) coincidence (= there is some other explanation )
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When I saw him a third time, I realized it was more than just coincidence.
be more than sb can bear
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He sometimes felt the grief was more than he could bear.
can’t take any more (= can’t deal with a bad situation any longer )
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I just can’t take any more .
discussed more fully
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This concept is discussed more fully in Chapter 9.
do more harm than good (= used to say that something had a bad effect rather than a good one )
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I followed his advice but it did more harm than good.
do more harm than good (= cause more problems rather than improve a situation )
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If you don’t warm up properly, exercise may do more harm than good.
far more/less
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I enjoyed it far more than I expected.
further/more details
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Check our website for more details.
got more than...bargained for
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The thief got more than he bargained for , as Mr Cox tripped him up with his walking stick.
have more/less luck
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I hope you have more luck in the next competition.
have some/more etc practice (= do practice )
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I’m not a very good dancer. I haven’t had enough practice.
how much more/longer/further
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How much longer do we have to wait?
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How much further is it?
I quite agree/I couldn’t agree more (= I agree completely )
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‘We have to talk.’ ‘Absolutely,’ Meredith replied. ‘I couldn’t agree more.’
little more/better etc (than sth)
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His voice was little more than a whisper.
more dead than alive (= very badly hurt or ill and almost dead )
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He was swept up onto a beach after three days at sea, more dead than alive.
more humane
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a better, more humane world
more like
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He’s growing more like his father every day.
more of a hindrance than a help
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A degree is more of a hindrance than a help in British industry.
more precisely
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Lathes make wheels, or, more precisely , they make cylindrical objects.
More recently
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More recently , he’s appeared in a number of British films.
more than adequate
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The lunchtime menu is more than adequate to satisfy the biggest appetite.
more than content
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Dr Belson had been more than content for them to deal with any difficulties.
more than enough
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You’ve had more than enough time to make all the preparations.
more than likely (= very likely )
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She'll be late, more than likely.
more than make up for
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The good days more than make up for the bad ones.
more than one occasion (= more than once )
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She stayed out all night on more than one occasion.
more to the point (= what is more important )
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When did she leave, and, more to the point, why?
more/further/additional information
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For more information, visit our website.
more/less fortunate than sb
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We’ve been more fortunate than a lot of farmers.
more/less frequent
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Her headaches are becoming less frequent.
more/most likely
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At this age, boys were more likely than girls to be active in sports.
more/most/less/equally importantly
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Most importantly, you must keep a record of everything you do.
more...than I care to remember (= a lot of them )
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I’ve experienced more reorganizations than I care to remember .
nothing more
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He had nothing more to say.
owes more to
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Their success owes more to good luck than to careful management.
plenty more
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There are plenty more chairs in the next room.
quite a bit more/less
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They’re worth quite a bit more than I thought.
rather more
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The task proved to be rather more difficult than I had expected.
see more/less of sb (= see someone more or less often )
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They’ve seen more of each other since Dan moved to London.
several more
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We had to wait several more weeks before the results arrived.
slightly more
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a slightly more powerful engine
sth is more bother than it’s worth (= it is too difficult to be worth doing )
yet more/bigger/higher etc
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He got a call from the factory, telling of yet more problems.
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Inflation had risen to a yet higher level.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
complex
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It might apply to Hopkins' architecture, too, which has similarly evolved into richer and more complex patterns.
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This story is vastly more complex , diverse, and entertaining than its fictional counterparts.
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But the position is more complex than that.
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In most situations, however, the network of power relationships is much more complex than these two basic relationships.
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It makes them both dirtier and more complex .
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In reality, of course, the relationship between education and society is much more complex than either view would suggest.
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Perhaps in the future we may come to better understand more complex processes, such as memory and learning.
difficult
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Some of the herbal supplements are more difficult as they may naturally contain non permitted substances. 11.
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As her list grew, it became more difficult to find items to enumerate.
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The 1970s are more difficult to categorize from the point of view of planning and national politics.
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The majority of men certainly think midlife is more difficult for women!
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Storing the furniture and the bits and pieces we didn't need immediately was a bit more difficult .
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For Republicans, it was far more difficult .
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It is more difficult to tell with Gough's groin problem.
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The missile would have to have been fired from a boat, a still more difficult maneuver.
effective
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For the Profitboss, concentrating on positive cash-flow is ten times more effective than dabbling with negative cash-flow.
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Self-organizing maps are more effective than many algorithms for performing calculations such as those for aerodynamic flow.
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Patching is more effective if done in the pre-school years.
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Martin is now creating a new software product that will help large companies manage their files in a more effective way.
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Appraisal interviews can be made more effective if you stick to some well tried ground rules.
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It's also far more effective than planting in a layer of soil on the bottom of the pond.
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Bait should be introduced as often as possible, at least every other day, but every day is much more effective .
expensive
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The real difficulty now is that risk insurance will be harder to buy, and will certainly be more expensive .
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It is an expensive form of milk and as a dessert it is more expensive than ice cream or ice milk.
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However, depositors would generally get lower returns and potential borrowers would find loans more expensive .
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A second-hand railway tarpaulin is stronger but more expensive .
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The disadvantage is cartridges are more expensive to produce.
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If the employer offers assistance towards housing costs, worries about living in a more expensive environment may be allayed.
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The telecommunications industry, however, has found the process more expensive and time-consuming than anticipated.
important
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A flow of products is more important for growth in profits.
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The cause is more important than the man.
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Even more important , don't let them run for ever.
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When you put some one on a speaker phone, it is like you are more important .
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Even more important was having great-looking guys who would also be really outstanding performers.
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I have more important things to do than worry about you.
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In other words, human need is more important than Sabbath law.
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We live in a time where it is more important for our students to get a college education than ever before.
likely
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Voters with above the minimum of education are more likely than those who have only a minimum of education to vote Conservative.
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This means our mailings to advisers are far more likely to reach the person they are intended for.
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More undigested food molecules pass through the gut wall than in healthy individuals, making food intolerance much more likely .
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A more likely and lasting target, however, will be a demonised view of nationalism.
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However, some flights will naturally be more likely to be accessed than others.
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Knowing how radio sets are typically organized we would be much more likely to conclude that the whole circuit was working incorrectly.
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Obviously Edwin had not murdered Francis but he had created a situation in which violence was more likely .
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Perhaps these effects unbalance the body's normal control mechanisms, and make food and chemical sensitivities more likely .
■ VERB
become
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Northern Ireland will have continuous and heavy rain but gradually become more showery with thunder likely.
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Finally he would stretch out, his breathing would become more regular and he would drift off.
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Like Marxism, the theories of development have become more pluralistic and tentative.
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As the accounting system becomes more complex, it may be kept on a computer record.
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Each group becomes more structured, and demands more loyalty and assurance of solidarity.
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As I thought about it, I became more and more offended.
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But as the world became increasingly interdependent this ceased to be the case and we became more concerned at our apparent weakness.
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The environment has become more competitive, she said, and lawyers are fighting harder for clients these days.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
(and) what's more
a (damn/darned/darn) sight more/better etc
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Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.
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I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober.
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If he listened to Anthony Scrivener, he would be a darned sight better.
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Perhaps not up there with Wilburforce but a damn sight more daring than anything Diana ever did!
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The Galapagos finch was a darn sight more valuable than Sandra Willmot.
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We were a darned sight better than them.
a damn sight more/better etc
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Actually, a damn sight more than from that stiff gherkin Smott.
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I prefer my women a little older and a damn sight more sober.
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Perhaps not up there with Wilburforce but a damn sight more daring than anything Diana ever did!
all the better/easier/more etc
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He offsets Roberts' operatic evil with a performance that commands all the more notice for its minimalism.
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His job was made all the more easier by drivers who hadn't bothered to take measures to stop people like him.
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If there is some meat left on the bones, all the better.
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It makes it all the more opportune.
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Superb defence by Karpov, all the more praiseworthy in that he was now in desperate time trouble.
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The dispute was all the more bitter because a prize was at stake.
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The inadequacy and treachery of the old leaderships of the working class have made the need all the more imperative.
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Weather experts say it was a relatively dry winter which makes the water recovery all the more remarkable.
all the more reason why/to do sth
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But that's all the more reason why we should go off this time with a car well filled, eh?
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If some material is lost already, that is all the more reason to stop a lapse becoming a loophole.
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That means there is all the more reason to oppose the willed destruction of old things.
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That possibility is all the more reason to end the conflict soon.
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This is all the more reason to find a more democratic way of deciding the state for the first primary.
be more sinned against than sinning
bite off more than you can chew
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Many kids who leave home to live alone find they have bitten off more than they can chew.
couldn't be better/worse/more pleased etc
greater/more/better etc than the sum of its parts
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Or is the organisation more than the sum of its parts?
have had more than your fair share of sth
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Tim's had more than his fair share of bad luck this year.
have more than one string to your bow
it's more than my job's worth
more ... than the rest/the others/everything else put together
more fool you/him etc
more haste less speed
more in sorrow than in anger
more like
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As Compaq's products become more like other firms', they are starting to look overpriced.
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Cyrix says the computer actually performs more like a 200 megahertz Pentium-based machine.
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It seems more like a bad motel in Jersey City.
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Neither a club nor a knife: something more like a rowing oar, perhaps, considering our location.
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People begin to act more like themselves again.
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The seven children there had seemed more like seventeen.
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This was more like a pause in the struggle.
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While Tyrone is more like Michael Owen on a doughnut and Viagra diet.
more like it
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Arguing more like it, or rowing.
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Beatific would be more like it.
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Done off, more like it.
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I thought, hang on, this is more like it.
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Just plain sappy is more like it.
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That was more like it, I thought.-Good, I said.
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The Shirkers was more like it.
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Turned myself inside out is more like it.
more of the same
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Temperatures were in the mid-80s today; expect more of the same for the weekend.
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In these still pools, more of the same kind of clay is laid down.
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The abolition of the poll tax is widely welcomed until we consider what will replace it - simply more of the same .
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Their views are the old ones: more of the same will get us there.
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There was more of the same in the drawers.
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This is more of the same .
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When they died it was more of the same .
more sth than you've had hot dinners
more than a little/not a little
more's the pity
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I'm afraid this car doesn't belong to me, more's the pity .
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Now I'm too old to fall in love, more's the pity .
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The new staff are all women, more's the pity .
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General Motors and Ford have not been dogged by raiders - more's the pity .
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No Jane Carlyle, more's the pity .
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So, more's the pity , are men like Sir Gordon Reece.
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They don't make films like his anymore - more's the pity .
need I ask/need I say more/need I go on etc?
need some (more) meat on your bones
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Matt, you need some more meat on your bones!
no more Mr Nice Guy!
not any more/longer
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I didn't want to get back inside, not any more.
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Perhaps yes I did love her once but not any more.
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She used to wonder where he'd been in the meantime, but not any more.
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There is no profit to be made there, Guillamon, not any more.
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These procedures are not any more likely to be successful beyond this limit.
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Well, maybe not now, not any more, now the results were so clear.
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Well, not any more than usual.
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Well, not any more, but he did once when I was a kid.
once more/once again
say no more
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Females say no more often than males, 63. 5 percent compared with 21. 6 percent.
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For the rest of the afternoon Vladimir said no more.
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She said no more about it, but I knew she worried when these unexplained absences occurred.
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She said no more, but her thoughts were bitter.
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She says no more than this.
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She told Clarissa to stay put and say no more until she herself came round to Clarissa's flat.
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The Secretary of State says no more money so that's that.
some more
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Aaron will finally be earning some more money.
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I think we still need to practice some more.
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Would you like some more pie?
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And every so often a transvestite would swagger past, some more obvious than others.
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But ah, how I need some more engaging puzzle to occupy my mind today.
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If the rice is still not cooked, add some more water.
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It s going to take a bit of time for the factories to dole us out some more.
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Obviously, there are some more things for me to think about now.
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The home market might be worried about it, and some more people are looking toward clones than Apple product.
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We listened some more, and as the darkness closed in Stuart sat on my lap and snuggled closer.
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Yet there were other new ideas that jostled together in his brain for some more prominent recognition.
still more/further/another/other
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And I sowed seeds and grew plants and trees so that that place would be still more beautiful.
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But the consumer could benefit still further.
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Clio engineers sought to improve still further on these virtues.
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His adversaries include still more cossacks, a border guard or two, a rabbi, and a pugilist.
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I had eaten four or five slices of bread without satisfying my hunger, so I reached for still another slice.
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Rape is a staple in pagan myth, and killing still more commonplace.
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The incentive to borrow was raised still further by a reduction in the costs of bankruptcy and an increase in market liquidity.
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With the passage of the Poor Law Amendment Act in 1834 the condition of labourers deteriorated still further.
that's more like it/this is more like it
the more the merrier
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"Do you mind if I bring Tony?" "Nah, the more the merrier ."
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Now Miller Brewing is joining the ranks of the more the merrier .
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This might appeal to investors who figure that when it comes to fund choices, the more the merrier .
there are plenty more fish in the sea
there's more than one way to skin a cat
there's more to sb/sth than meets the eye
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"I didn't know he wrote poetry." "Yes -- he also does painting. There's more to him than meets the eye."
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It looks like a simple case of burglary, but there may be more to it than meets the eye.
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People think of Bradford as a dull industrial city, but there is more to it than meets the eye.
we're not in Kansas any more
without more/further ado
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And without more ado he booked his one-way ticket.
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Left leaderless, the city surrendered to Bustamante without further ado .
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Stan then moved closer to Melanie, and a major fight erupted without further ado .
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The emptying of the house could therefore no longer be postponed and Charlotte had decided to put matters in hand without further ado .
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The selection board interviewed him and rejected his application without further ado .
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Then, without more ado , he loaded the horses into the trailer.
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Then, without more ado , he turned on his heel and left, slamming the door behind him.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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More and more, we are finding that students lack basic skills when they enter college.
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Anthony needs to practise more than the other students, but he gets it right in the end.
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Can it be done more quickly?
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I couldn't agree more .
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I promised Mom I'd help more with the housework.
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I think you look more like your aunt Margaret than your sister does.
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Our future competitiveness and prosperity depend more than ever before on technology and industry.
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People are using mobile phones more because they are cheaper.
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People here are far more friendly than they are in England.
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She's more intelligent than her brothers.
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The old version of Tomb Raider was a lot more limited in scope than this one.
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Visitors to the centre complained about the service more than last year.
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You can see the buildings from the ground, of course, but they look more dramatic from the air.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Add more warm water if mixture is dry.
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Determinedly she put her worries and the root cause of her despondency behind her and tried to think more cheerfully.
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In all cases the depth of knowledge required should be more advanced than that required for Professional Examinations.
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This suggests to Ishmael that the entire universe is more closely interrelated than man has yet admitted.
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Windows 95 users have a newer and more reliable program called DriveSpace.