Example sentences of "[be] [verb] a [adj -er] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liqueurs or fortified wines such as port and sherry are given a higher alcohol level ( 15.5% upwards ) by adding grape spirit during or after fermentation . |
| 2 | We field operatives are given a looser brief . |
| 3 | Are given a fairer lot and better jobs . |
| 4 | Overall , teachers are using a greater mix of materials , including library books , computer software and interactive video . |
| 5 | If you are using a thicker yarn , particularly a fancy one , then some of the nicest fabrics I 've seen were ones where you 'd hardly suspect the presence of a punchcard . |
| 6 | The point is not that some have been forgiven a greater number of sins than others or that some are ‘ worse sinners ’ than others but that some see their need of forgiveness and others do not . |
| 7 | They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 8 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 9 | BATTLE of the Atlantic veteran and Garston MP Eddie Loyden should have been given a greater role in the recent commemorations . |
| 10 | Parents have been given a bigger role than ever before . |
| 11 | The living room , originally furnished in rusty browns , has just been given a brighter look with soft peach paper and multi-striped curtains by Designers Guild . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | Incidentally , I 've been using a better copy of PagePlus 2 ( due to be launched in March ) and I have to say I 'm very impressed . |
| 14 | Monitoring of people moved from Friern Hospital in north London and Claybury Hospital in Essex shows that they are not slipping out of the system and are enjoying a better quality of life with greater independence and a more varied social life . |
| 15 | People moved from Friern Hospital in north London are enjoying a better quality of life with greater independence and a more varied social life |
| 16 | Governors at Bowesfield Lane Primary , Stockton , are demanding a better service after repeatedly complaining to Cleveland County Council Education Authority about the standard of cleanliness at the school . |
| 17 | The markets are demanding a higher and higher premium to hold sterling and they may sell it unless and until it reaches 2.80 against the mark . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I have been proud of the way we have played in England and believe we are becoming a better team with every game . |
| 19 | When you are tackling a larger area — a whole wall , or perhaps even a complete room — you use exactly the same techniques ; the big difference is the sheer scale of the job , which makes the preliminary setting-out by far the most important part . |
| 20 | Just for a second there , she 'd been uncovering a softer , more human side to the man . |
| 21 | This was achieved after a similar increase in 1991 , and we are seeking a further improvement in 1993 . |
| 22 | Now they should add their third win in a row even though Lithuania are rated a tougher proposition than their neighbours and bottom-of-the-table Albania . |
| 23 | Now we 've got the technology from the violin string department to wind the string and polish it all in one operation and we 're getting a brighter-sounding string than before , so we 've started marketing them again . |
| 24 | Just to go back a stage , to a comment you made there , you you did say that the inner relief road on one of the routes , on one of those routes , would in fact enable environmental benefits to be felt elsewhere in the town , simply because you 're getting a better distribution of the traffic . |
| 25 | It is embarrassing being young and wanting to be more liberated than you are , yet not being , and pretending to be more liberated than you are , or that you 're having a racier time . |
| 26 | With both types , the lenders have your new home as security , but since they 're taking a bigger risk than normal , you can expect to be charged a higher rate of interest . |
| 27 | okay you 're erm you 're getting rid of your communist ideas you 're finding a smoother way to getting erm to achieving a similar sorts of effects |
| 28 | If teachers are to assume a greater role in the control of their own organisations a far wider range of knowledge and skills is required than if they are to remain ‘ in the classroom ’ — they must move from the restricted to the extended approach . |
| 29 | In most cases Members are offered a cheaper rate to attend events and are given preferential admittance over non members . |
| 30 | 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 . |