Example sentences of "[prep] be give more [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 The results indicated that people benefited from being given more information , which enabled them to develop and in some cases revise their opinions .
2 Although the changes were ‘ A bit unsettling , ’ there were , he believed , ‘ Benefits in being given more freedom to aggressively search for customers and shedding the ‘ government bureaucracy ’ image . ’
3 It is a readable account of the conflicts and policies of the early 1980s , and puts forward a strong case for local government to be given more power .
4 So that I feel that one of the things that we must do is ensure that all people who are now training to be teachers , and those who already in the service , have got to be given more information about the condition so that they may be able to recognise it .
5 Dean Acheson informed various American ambassadors in late April 1949 that the Japanese government had to be given more authority so as to re-establish civilian government properly .
6 I think it really needs to be the whole photograph needs to be given more strength on making more of this post here .
7 Whilst we should be sceptical of rhetorical strategies adopted for tactical reasons , the opinions of prominent Tories expressed at the time of the Revolution itself deserve to be given more weight .
8 In a meeting in Washington with International Monetary Fund ( IMF ) Managing Director Michel Camdessus , Menem asked for Argentina to be given more time to make debt repayments to the Fund .
9 The heavier loads were being sent to Addis Ababa on camels by the desert route , where the Danakil , always dangerous , were said to be giving more trouble than usual .
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