Example sentences of "be [vb pp] more [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some factors are given more importance than others by risk analysts . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Black pupils are given more attention by teachers only in terms of discipline and punishment . |
| 5 | At lower levels , too , cost-centre managers have been given more flexibility with personnel management providing a greater link between performance and promotion ( Thorpe |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He says Gloucestershire County Council has been given more money . |
| 8 | With hindsight this final point should have been given more significance from the start . |
| 9 | 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 ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 11 | THE mercy death doctor has been given more time to consider his future . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | His wish had been granted , but he had only been given more time to experience cruel and unabated pain . |
| 14 | Since publication , Alan has been given more information on this illustrious unit and has been kept busy updating his files . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | Because erm , the urban sector is normally considered to be capital intensive a sector , and the rural area in L D Cs are considered more labour intensive , and so erm , obviously when you get an influx of labour , and changes to the capital to labour ratio |
| 19 | And women who are admitted for surgery respond better when they 're given more information . |
| 20 | So in fact one of the things that you Cos usually you 're given more points here so you can get a nice curve on both sides so you get a nice Do n't go from there to there straight across . |
| 21 | And we 're promised more winter weather tonight . |
| 22 | You 're allowed more things in Styal : one more set of clothes , more photographs , more books . |
| 23 | John Jones has been told more money will be available from the first of April and he can expect his knee operation in the next year . |
| 24 | TREVOR FRANCIS has been promised more cash for new players despite Sheffield Wednesday 's debts of around £2 million . |
| 25 | Trevor Francis has been promised more cash for new players , despite Sheffield Wednesday 's £2m debt . |
| 26 | Pupils themselves should be given more responsibility , and their non-academic achievements should be given more recognition . |
| 27 | And the occasion will be given more spice by the fact that Dorahy played at full back and stand off during a spell at the Boulevard . |
| 28 | Both expansions of the European Economic Community led to the central institutions of the Community arguing successfully that , for the enlargement to function , they must be given more powers and the Community ‘ s political union must be strengthened . |
| 29 | In this way , the institution would be given more flexibility but at the same time would have to live with any mistakes it might make . |
| 30 | He emphasised that the European Parliament should be given more teeth to ensure value for money and for scrutinising how the Commission spends taxpayers ' money . |