Example sentences of "[been] given no " in BNC.

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1 He said that he had been given no information about the departure and even late yesterday , had been unable to reach government officials responsible for refugee matters .
2 Already , there had been a steady flow of Norman families into the country from England , but they were thinly spread and had been given no opportunity to make an impact on Scottish society and administration .
3 Compelled , absolved , she had been given no choice .
4 Despite writing a pet column for the Daily Telegraph for more than four years , I have been given no information at all about Crufts over the past two years .
5 She had simply been given no encouragement to make the best of herself .
6 Why should the poor child be pushed into the world , having been given no choice , no option , no chance of refusal ?
7 Scandinavia had had even less success in the numerous discussions on a customs union , and the topic had been given no priority in the plans of the Nordic Council .
8 But the officers had been given no orders to occupy these positions , so they simply returned to their lines to await instructions .
9 Lord Derby complained that he had been given no warnings .
10 Both the initial idea and the financial backing came from the Inter-American Commission for Women ( OAS dependency ) and the project has been given no financial assistance from the government itself .
11 London had been given no such attention , but The London Society since 1912 had been undertaking work which was brought together in essays edited by Sir Aston Webb ( 1921 ) .
12 Sullivan later claimed that he had been given no instructions on this point .
13 Erm you know the difficult thing for me is when I 'm working with people who 've actually been given no notice at all , and that 's happening with lots of organizations where on Friday you 're suddenly told you 've got no job , but your pension 's available .
14 However , I have been given no allowance under the ‘ premises ’ budget head and would prefer it if we asked the Trustees to allocate the requisite funds from our investments .
15 The caller also was extremely annoyed that calls relating to valuation matters were being passed to her but Media Action had been given no alternative numbers to filter these calls to .
16 I am disappointed that we have still been given no sign that the means necessary to contain violence and to disrupt the command and control structure of the IRA are about to be implemented .
17 Ms Wilikins did not look too happy with the question for which she had been given no prior notice .
18 What else could you do if you 'd been given no further guidance ?
19 " The Independent " argued that it could not in natural justice be bound by an order made against another newspaper , on different facts , and which it had been given no opportunity to oppose .
20 Laura had been given no time to mourn the collapse of her brief marriage .
21 ‘ We have been given no indication by Gavin about what he might decide , ’ added McDermott .
22 The latter group have been given no consideration whatsoever .
23 I understand that Brady has been given no specific date for his meeting with the board .
24 Mr Allan told the court Say had spent a normal and happy weekend with his wife before the incident and had been given no indication she was leaving him .
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