Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] be [verb] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Saints ' chairman Eric Latham said today : ‘ Nobody at St Helens has been offered a better contract than Gary Connolly and we hope he will sign it , but that is up to Gary . |
| 2 | The effect of this Act has been to inspire a greater sense of caution in British film-makers regarding the involvement of children in immodest or suggestive photography , and restrictions on importing such material might well spread these considerations abroad . |
| 3 | Parents have been given a bigger role than ever before . |
| 4 | He 's known as a bit of a smoothie but Nigel Havers has been given a harder edge in his new series , Sleepers , starting next week . |
| 5 | Maudie had been expecting a better response from her friends , or at the very least a little sympathy , but they seemed not to care . |
| 6 | In later life , Jaq understood that this particular Black Ship had been carrying a higher percentage of individualists hailing from less longstandingly pious worlds , than most such shipments . |
| 7 | If Leeds had been playing a better team they would n't have won but such is the game that you ca n't play the big boys everyday ( thank God ) and Leeds eventually , to the fans relief , and mine too , registered their first win in four games and hopefully gained a confidence booster both for their defence and for our new goalkeeper Beeney who was called on to make only two saves , important as they were . |