Example sentences of "[be] [verb] more " in BNC.
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| 1 | And since her birthday , she had been seeing more of Dionne than she had for years . |
| 2 | Tracey Hall of Style Academy said she had been seeing more males looking for jobs . |
| 3 | Some factors are given more importance than others by risk analysts . |
| 4 | Black pupils are given more attention by teachers only in terms of discipline and punishment . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Finally , check with your airline , airport or travel agent regarding check-in times — some airlines are allowing more time for extra security searches |
| 8 | Three year old son Andrew 's been eating more as Tom 's been ordered to lose weight . |
| 9 | Many first time buyers are seeing more than half their take home pay eaten up by their mortgage payments . |
| 10 | True , the next task is to stop growth itself damaging the environment — Thailand 's farmers are using more chemicals than before , for example . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | We are producing more goods in our factories of better quality than ever before , how can there yet be a recession ? |
| 13 | EC firms are producing more output overseas , while Japanese-owned firms are expanding R&D inside the Community . |
| 14 | The argument is that if firms find that they are producing more than is being demanded , they will observe an involuntary increase in their inventories of unsold goods and so will rectify this by cutting back on production and laying off workers . |
| 15 | Since the 1950s parents have been accumulating more ( and always better ) consumer goods , domestic appliances , automobiles and luxuries . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | Erm they 're in no hurry to join but with this second period er from September or was it October and erm once again there is this idea that , you know , the tide is turning and they , they will now join erm they wo n't find it so hard to join as the rich peasants but once again they 're not as enthusiastic and maybe they should be but they are , they are helping more but er er and this is the key er for which you know Mao talked about later is that we 've got to get the middle peasant actually actively involved |
| 18 | Now schools are forecasting more job losses as £7m comes off the education budget . |
| 19 | With hindsight this final point should have been given more significance from the start . |
| 20 | 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 ’ . |
| 21 | THE mercy death doctor has been given more time to consider his future . |
| 22 | ‘ And I said Mark Robins is a local lad who cost nothing and should have been given more of a chance . |
| 23 | ‘ 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 … ’ |
| 24 | Since publication , Alan has been given more information on this illustrious unit and has been kept busy updating his files . |
| 25 | The interim committee , which was established by a resolution of the board of governors in 1974 , has been given more of the responsibilities of the full board since its smaller number of members allows it to work more effectively . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | At lower levels , too , cost-centre managers have been given more flexibility with personnel management providing a greater link between performance and promotion ( Thorpe |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | His wish had been granted , but he had only been given more time to experience cruel and unabated pain . |
| 30 | 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 . |