Example sentences of "[vb pp] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 Rushdie had announced on Dec. 24 that he had embraced Islam and withdrawn permission to allow his book The Satanic Verses to be published in paperback .
2 DRUG SQUAD officers have stopped plans to give visitors to the Expo ‘ 92 World 's Fair in Seville a ‘ true taste ’ of life in Bolivia .
3 Since then we have redirected plans to ease the burden on schools , given recognition to the increased work load for clerical staff and to the importance of the work they do .
4 Such administrators will be given titles to match up to their responsibilities : " chief executive " is not unknown .
5 In Brussels yesterday NATO sources said the alliance had completed plans to enforce a no-fly zone over Bosnia , with the United Nations expected to approve the use of allied fighters this week to shoot down Serb or other planes flying over the republic .
6 In the last terms of the diploma course students often find tutorials , where they are given opportunity to talk about work in progress , enormously valuable .
7 The urban child needs to be given opportunity to explore the quieter reflective world of woodland and meadow .
8 Children — Care proceedings — Prohibited steps order — Local authority seeking interim care order — Justices making prohibited steps orders — Representatives not given opportunity to make submissions as to appropriateness of order — Order prohibiting contact between parents — Whether court entitled to interfere with justices ' exercise of discretion — Whether justices entitled to make orders — Children Act 1989 ( c. 41 ) , s. 8
9 Road Traffic — Blood specimen — Requirement — Breath testing device not working — Custody officer informing defendant of right to provide blood or urine and requiring blood specimen — Defendant not given opportunity to express preference — Whether requirement for blood specimen validly made — Road Traffic Act 1988 ( c. 52 ) , ss. 7(3) ( b ) ( 4 ) , 8(2)
10 It is also of great importance that children should be given opportunity to develop their skills .
11 Although not a political animal she saw the need to speak up for the Africans ; articulate on their behalf when so often they were not given opportunity to speak for themselves .
12 The author went on to recommend this function should be added to the management agenda and a lead officer given responsibility to establish mechanisms for developing it .
13 The main stumbling block was a demand by Kuwait to be given freedom to continue building up production to cover a $50 billion bill for the Gulf war and subsequent reconstruction costs .
14 But I think we must be given freedom to choose the time and not commit ourselves to any timetable .
15 Among the European participants , the French regarded proposals to extend the proposed CSCM to include other Mediterranean countries as premature , whereas Italian and Spanish representatives envisaged the integration of the entire Mediterranean basin in such a structure .
16 For example the head of Craft , Design and Technology had received money to replace inadequate stock and an increase in capitation , whilst the head of Home Economics was in the process of gaining badly-needed equipment — although much of this was still in the ‘ pipeline ’ at the time of the interview .
17 ‘ I 've been given permission to swim in the pool when the family 's not using it .
18 A Thai Army official admitted on Jan. 2 , 1990 , that Myanma soldiers had crossed the Moei river but denied that they had been given permission to do so .
19 The first is whether the barrage should be given funds , and the second is whether , if someone else 's money and ideas were involved , the development should be given permission to proceed .
20 A man who was apparently brain damaged during an operation has been given permission to sue for damages … even though the operation took place twenty five years ago .
21 It 's the first time students have been given permission to broadcast outside a campus .
22 Of the 11,923 people whose applications were processed in 1990 , 6,643 were given permission to remain in Switzerland and 883 were granted asylum status .
23 Last year they were given permission to go to Israel .
24 Or were given permission to go in .
25 At a meeting soon afterwards , and having laid out its draft proposal for Newton , it had been given permission to go ahead with detailed planning although it did not offer the same safety provisions .
26 Pupils in state schools were given permission to wear the jilbab headscarves that are the badge of good Muslim women .
27 If you 're wearing , if you 're wearing headphones right you do n't stop everybody 's bound to work out and everyone lets you wear them , everyone 's bound to work out you 've been given permission to wear them .
28 The WRU has ruled that none of its players will be given permission to take part in the centenary tour of Natal planned for next summer .
29 He had just been given permission to take a post in West Germany .
30 If you tell anyone your Personal Number and that person withdraws money from your account , then the Bank will consider that you have given permission to take money from your account and the Bank will not take any responsibility for the loss .
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