Example sentences of "[verb] be give more " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE mercy death doctor has been given more time to consider his future . |
| 2 | Since publication , Alan has been given more information on this illustrious unit and has been kept busy updating his files . |
| 3 | The interim committee , which was established by a resolution of the board of governors in 1974 , has been given more of the responsibilities of the full board since its smaller number of members allows it to work more effectively . |
| 4 | He says Gloucestershire County Council has been given more money . |
| 5 | VAUXHALL has been giving more details of changes and additions to its range for the sales year . |
| 6 | With hindsight this final point should have been given more significance from the start . |
| 7 | ‘ And I said Mark Robins is a local lad who cost nothing and should have been given more of a chance . |
| 8 | Critical discourse might have been given more space , especially in the context of the brief discussion of " canon " , but it is well handled in the earlier volume by Durant and Fabb , so can be picked up again in a course which focuses more clearly on literary texts using that book . |
| 9 | When I lived right on the job it used to drive my wife round the bend — I 'd be at home on a weekend , perhaps in the garden , and I 'd think about something in the greenhouse across the road so I 'd go over there and disappear for an hour whereas perhaps I should have been giving more time to my family . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's nothing to do with whether I 'm good , whether I 'm lucky enough to have been given more talent than you , the rest of you … ’ |
| 11 | However , if hon. Members had been given more time to study these complicated regulations , more of them might have realised how adversely they affect some of their constituents and would have made it their business to be here . |
| 12 | Anyway , as I have been given more recognition and opportunity to draw to my strengths under your editorship , I would like to express my appreciation and thanks for giving me a ‘ go ’ . |
| 13 | that people can make their o , they have a balanced education which allows them then to make their own choices about , that things are n't over , I mean if we 've lived in a patriarchal society in which men are in power and that kin , and male sexuality maybe has come through more in sex education , those have been the issues that have been co , ha have been given more importance and female issues have maybe been neglected a little bit and now erm , with Aids as a problem we do n't want to turn out and suddenly become really homo homophobic or really , you know , right condoms , condoms , it has to be you know , you need to kind of keep the balance so that people are given the information and then have the freedom to make the choice themselves . |
| 14 | At lower levels , too , cost-centre managers have been given more flexibility with personnel management providing a greater link between performance and promotion ( Thorpe |