Example sentences of "be [verb] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tracey Hall of Style Academy said she had been seeing more males looking for jobs . |
| 2 | Some factors are given more importance than others by risk analysts . |
| 3 | If we decide that this traditional strophic form does not suit our needs , we have the more difficult alternative of a looser form , in which the words are given more importance , while the music , intensifying their meaning and emotion , may fall into a supporting role . |
| 4 | Sometimes , as when a plate of a fossil shows its matrix in detail , or that of a fish shows the river where it was caught , we are given more information than we needed — though such details may help to balance the tone of the plate and thus have an aesthetic function . |
| 5 | Black pupils are given more attention by teachers only in terms of discipline and punishment . |
| 6 | Finally , check with your airline , airport or travel agent regarding check-in times — some airlines are allowing more time for extra security searches |
| 7 | The information may become inconsistent , and even if this is carefully watched , the two structures are using more memory than is really necessary , due to the duplication . |
| 8 | True , the next task is to stop growth itself damaging the environment — Thailand 's farmers are using more chemicals than before , for example . |
| 9 | We are producing more goods in our factories of better quality than ever before , how can there yet be a recession ? |
| 10 | EC firms are producing more output overseas , while Japanese-owned firms are expanding R&D inside the Community . |
| 11 | An understanding of the processes involved in ‘ choice ’ and participation is essential if we are to include more girls , and members of other disadvantaged groups , and alienate fewer . |
| 12 | Now schools are forecasting more job losses as £7m comes off the education budget . |
| 13 | At lower levels , too , cost-centre managers have been given more flexibility with personnel management providing a greater link between performance and promotion ( Thorpe |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | He says Gloucestershire County Council has been given more money . |
| 16 | With hindsight this final point should have been given more significance from the start . |
| 17 | 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 ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 19 | THE mercy death doctor has been given more time to consider his future . |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | His wish had been granted , but he had only been given more time to experience cruel and unabated pain . |
| 22 | Since publication , Alan has been given more information on this illustrious unit and has been kept busy updating his files . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | It sounds as though you 've been using more conditioner than your hair needs . |
| 25 | To the left of the sash window and to the far right of the plate are stacked more coffin boards , probably of elm or oak , whilst the four half-lids are templates , as is the kerf-guide on the wall to the left of the chimney-breast . |
| 26 | For example , patients in some other age groups such as the under 5s and the middle aged receive a disproportionate number of prescriptions and in general women are prescribed more items than men . |
| 27 | CRIME-HIT small firms are demanding more powers for the police and courts today after a survey found that almost 50pc of them have been victims of some sort of crime . |
| 28 | Apple says A/UX customers are demanding more CPU performance and will be able to get it through PowerPC . |
| 29 | Our survey found that while parents are demanding more control over schools , enthusiasm diminishes when asked to give up time to become governors or attend parent teachers events . |
| 30 | In return for BA being able to increase its 25% stake in USAir , American carriers are demanding more access to British airports — especially BA 's fortress at Heathrow . |