Example sentences of "be [vb pp] a [adj -er] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Liqueurs or fortified wines such as port and sherry are given a higher alcohol level ( 15.5% upwards ) by adding grape spirit during or after fermentation . |
| 2 | We field operatives are given a looser brief . |
| 3 | Are given a fairer lot and better jobs . |
| 4 | The point is not that some have been forgiven a greater number of sins than others or that some are ‘ worse sinners ’ than others but that some see their need of forgiveness and others do not . |
| 5 | They 've been given a better education , a longer and healthier life and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 6 | a senior consultant in Consultancy Services , Risley , said although feelings generally were a bit mixed , ‘ I feel that we have been given a clearer picture of where AEA is heading although I expect to see a lot more changes before things settle down . ’ |
| 7 | BATTLE of the Atlantic veteran and Garston MP Eddie Loyden should have been given a greater role in the recent commemorations . |
| 8 | Parents have been given a bigger role than ever before . |
| 9 | The living room , originally furnished in rusty browns , has just been given a brighter look with soft peach paper and multi-striped curtains by Designers Guild . |
| 10 | He 's known as a bit of a smoothie but Nigel Havers has been given a harder edge in his new series , Sleepers , starting next week . |
| 11 | Now they should add their third win in a row even though Lithuania are rated a tougher proposition than their neighbours and bottom-of-the-table Albania . |
| 12 | In most cases Members are offered a cheaper rate to attend events and are given preferential admittance over non members . |
| 13 | Saints ' chairman Eric Latham said today : ‘ Nobody at St Helens has been offered a better contract than Gary Connolly and we hope he will sign it , but that is up to Gary . |
| 14 | People with head injuries who ca n't get the long-term treatment they need have been promised a better deal . |
| 15 | wording of questions ( if ambiguities are found a further pilot is required to check the re-wording ) . |
| 16 | His club , one of three teams on the six-point mark , have been dealt a further blow in the lead-up to today 's vital league meeting with Edinburgh Acads at Old Anniesland . |
| 17 | In Germany , too , pressures for the Reichstag to be given a greater say in the conduct of foreign policy could be felt . |
| 18 | An ordinary NHS patient can ask to be given a greater degree of privacy in a separate room if it is not needed on medical grounds for other patients , and can pay for the privilege . |
| 19 | During the summit , Heads of Government will decide whether the European regions should be given a greater role in decision making in the Community . |
| 20 | Market forces would over the next five years be given a greater role so as to boost production and secure an average growth rate of 5 per cent ( against 3.2 per cent during the 1980s ) . |
| 21 | Depending on the particular dimension being measured , the degree of agreement may be given a higher weighting and that of disagreement a lower one . |
| 22 | A further complicating factor is that English interference in BSL occurs at times under the guise of improving the English skills of deaf people , so that the interlanguage ( a variable form of signed English ) may be given a higher status than the original language . |
| 23 | In fact , the learning rule can be given a firmer foundation . |
| 24 | One problem will undoubtedly be the growing demands of the European Parliament , backed by Chancellor Kohl and President Mitterrand , to be given a bigger say with the Council of Ministers in setting broad Community economic objectives and in holding a future EC central bank to account . |
| 25 | In all election campaigns , incumbent governments are going to be given a harder time than the Opposition . |
| 26 | His " philosophic sense " required to be given a freer play and a more adequate expression . |
| 27 | The outbreak of hostilities had the immediate effect of silencing most of those within Congress who had spoken out against war , and effectively removed the argument that sanctions should be given a longer period in which to work . |
| 28 | At the level of parliament , the news media and opinion poll data , management of the national economy has been the dominant issue in British politics for much of the post-war period and however important it is for socialists to insist that ‘ the political ’ be given a broader definition , they can not afford to be silent on so important a concern . |
| 29 | Following the weekend , you will be given a further challenge if you are successful . |
| 30 | B argued , however , that the definition had to be given a narrower definition either as regards the Regulations as a whole or those relevant to the instant case : the Regulations contemplated an actual employment relationship between employer and employee , and the definition in Reg 2 could not be applied literally . |