Example sentences of "be [verb] make more [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His opposite number , Graham Marshall , was caught out in the lineout for use of outside arm by referee Jim Fleming — who dashed off post-match to prepare to officiate at the England v Wales women 's international yesterday — but he lasted the pace more comfortably than another of Selkirk 's national league comeback men , Rodney Pow , who can be expected to make more individual thrusts in the weeks to come . |
| 2 | They have large administrations which they should always be looking to make more effective and in an area like education , there are surplus faces to be removed , energy to be used more efficiently and services to be contracted out if this can provide better value for local tax payers . |
| 3 | Terms such as accent , Received Pronunciation , dialect , slang or style might be introduced to make more precise distinctions which are required for an understanding of linguistic diversity . |
| 4 | 15.34 ( i ) Pupils working towards level 5 should be encouraged to make more extended contributions to group or class discussions and to informal or formal presentations , eg dramatic improvisation , role-play activities or scripted scenes . |
| 5 | And , having held off longer in the vain hope that the negative economic signals would prove false , IBM 's European and Japanese customers will be obligated to make more drastic cutbacks in mainframe expenditures than will their American counterparts . |