Example sentences of "[noun] [vb base] been [verb] more " in BNC.

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1 For behind the public posturings , there 's no doubt that both of these gentlemen have been having more than a little local difficulty with their respective parties .
2 Since the 1950s parents have been accumulating more ( and always better ) consumer goods , domestic appliances , automobiles and luxuries .
3 What we 're , in effect what we 're saying is that for a a number of years the Communist Party has provided , has made that moral economy work i in a s and made it work very well because rents have been reduced more than the peasants would expect erm er interest rate is extremely low .
4 The increase will not be matched by dividend rises — too many companies have been paying more than they could afford over the past two years and need to repair their reserves and ratios — but 7 p.c. growth looks reasonable .
5 She 's had more people in there , the dogs have been left more hours that
6 At lower levels , too , cost-centre managers have been given more flexibility with personnel management providing a greater link between performance and promotion ( Thorpe
7 Floods have been causing more problems for motorists .
8 The KM rides have been attracting more participants every year — and the strain on the facilities is beginning to tell .
9 But quiz shows have been getting more viewers than Eldorado .
10 Figures presented in the conference report show that some states have been receiving more than their fair share of government resources for health care taking into account population .
11 Standards have gone up consistently over the six years of the league and , although still dominated by a new wave of running clubs that have burgeoned over the last decade , more and more of the traditional athletics clubs have been paying more attention to the competition .
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