Example sentences of "[vb -s] given [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In many of these different regions the native stone has given character and fitness to the buildings ; the wide variety of stones , together with the frequent use of wood and brick and thatch , especially in the stoneless areas , has added charm to English village and towns , and has made the dwellings , particularly the smaller cottages ( for stones for churches and large houses were carried for many miles even in early times ) , ideally suited to their surroundings . |
| 2 | Jean desired this and as ‘ the king of France has given permission to make war in this land ’ , Pierre could serve in Aragon . |
| 3 | Since the report was printed the committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken at the end of this afternoon 's session for our colleagues involved in the dispute . |
| 4 | The committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken at the end of congress on Monday to help these colleagues as well . |
| 5 | The committee has given permission for the bucket collection to be taken on behalf of our colleagues at at the end of the Tuesday morning session . |
| 6 | The committee has given permission for a bucket collection to be taken on behalf of the Matthew trust fund at the end of the Wednesday morning session . |
| 7 | The government has given permission for the plant to go ahead in the face of sustained opposition from environmentalists , church groups , and the local Lumad tribal people , to whom the mountain is sacred . |
| 8 | Sedgefield District Council , we hear , has given permission for a clairvoyancy evening at Spennymoor leisure centre . |
| 9 | Darlington Council has given permission for Conder Projects to develop an office block on Russell Street car park just outside the ring road halving its total spaces . |
| 10 | Pruning go-ahead : Darlington Borough Council , which is responsible for tree felling , has given permission for extensive pruning work to be done on an oak tree at Hawkswood in Hurworth Place . |
| 11 | A Government inspector has given permission for a mixed development including a food superstore on land formerly occupied by Octavius Atykinson at Starbeck , Harrogate , following a public inquiry and local plan inquiry . |
| 12 | Wembley chairman Sir Brian Wolfson has given permission to the former England captain 's family for a match in his honour . |
| 13 | A Paris conference on the Amazon forests has given publicity to the continuing destruction of the area . |
| 14 | The Health Secretary , Virginia Bottomley , who condemned the LAS 's ‘ failure on all sides ’ , has given South West Thames Regional Health Authority a month to come up with plans for strengthening the lines of management accountability . |
| 15 | She has given voice to those who thought that previous Conservative governments had been too tolerant or ‘ defeatist ’ about the unions , the welfare state , high taxation , and public spending , and too accommodating to other countries , particularly in the European Community and the Commonwealth . |
| 16 | In this sense it is significant that , unlike in France and Britain , no politician of note has given voice to the growing disquiet in Germany about the move in Europe towards a Federalist state . |
| 17 | His Midas touch has given Sunrise 94 per cent of its target audience and a turnover expected to reach £4million . |
| 18 | Ms Duffield has given money to Dulwich 's education activities in the past ; the present gift is intended to enable the gallery to survive for a year while it coordinates its long-term fundraising activities . |
| 19 | Indeed arguably the only reliable evidence of who has given money to the Tory Party is the honours list which is published twice a year ! |
| 20 | Douglas Roaf has given money for the Physical Sciences , and an anonymous donor for the Biological Sciences . |
| 21 | And it 's stuck it in the paper somewhere that er Branson has given money and er oh you know lots of other people in big business have given money . |
| 22 | GHI , the first consumer protection organisation in this country , has given expert advice since its formation in 1924 . |
| 23 | GHI , the first consumer protection organisation in this country , has given expert advice since its formation in 1924 . |
| 24 | A woman who has given birth must immerse herself in a mikva before she can resume sexual relations with her husband . |
| 25 | The bitch that whelps her pups beyond the margins of village life has given birth to potentially feral dogs . |
| 26 | The answer seems to be that a female cat sometimes experiences a ‘ false heat ’ a few weeks after she has given birth . |
| 27 | He said , ‘ What a breed of people two hundred years of imperialism has given birth to . |
| 28 | You could place the female Guppy in a breeding trap or a separate tank and return her to the main tank after she has given birth . |
| 29 | Secondly , in the devouring quality of a human or animal mother when she is driven to reclaim the life to which she has given birth . |
| 30 | A GRANDMOTHER has given birth to test-tube twins . |