Example sentences of "been [adj] [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It has meant that the Independent on Sunday has been able to devote more review space to children 's books , and as a consequence many other newspapers are paying greater attention to children 's books . ’ |
| 2 | She has in recent years been able to devote more time to dressmaking and tailoring — arts which she has perfected to professional standards . |
| 3 | If they had been able to take more time over preparation of their findings and reasons the difficulties this court has faced on this appeal might not have arisen . |
| 4 | In organisations like the WEA particularly , because of its grass roots and more democratic base , women have been able to take more control of their own learning and become their own teachers and organise themselves in ways which are less controlled by patriarchal infiltration . |
| 5 | The newcomers to the countryside have also been able to apply more pressure upon local and central government for the improvement of local amenities . |
| 6 | Ann had been able to show more tolerance towards Susan . |
| 7 | Has my right honourable friend had time to study the recent annual survey of grant maintained schools which shows that since becoming grant maintained , schools have been able to recruit more teachers , improve their results and offer better facilities for their pupils . |
| 8 | Over the course of two months , Ben had started to eat at meal-times and his mother had been able to introduce more variety into his diet and increase the quantity offered . |