Example sentences of "given the [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Conditioning , they argue , is determined by the conditional probability of occurrence of the US given the CS , and of the US given no CS . |
| 2 | When he retired as Secretary-General in 1960 he was given the Padma Vibhushan , the second-highest Indian honour ; in the Lok Sabha ( India 's Lower House ) Nehru paid an extremely rare tribute to a civil servant , saying that Pillai 's departure created ‘ a certain blank ’ . |
| 3 | Lord Lyons , who was given the Paris embassy in 1867 , has been called " the first major British diplomat who owed his appointment to professional rather than political considerations " . |
| 4 | Given the Lam exhibition 's focus on the artist 's Cuban sources — a twenty-one-year-old Lam left the island in 1923 and returned in 1942 to spend a decade there — it is curious that Cuba does not figure among Lam 's celebrants . |
| 5 | But Mr Jones said there was little likelihood of Airtours returning for another tilt at a takeover in a year 's time , which it is entitled to do , given the Cook stake . |
| 6 | It was a good contest that will have given the England team manager Geoff Cooke at least one hint about filling the vacant places in his training squad for Lanzarote in the new year . |
| 7 | The stock market has so far given the RJB shares the thumbs down . |
| 8 | Cumani , unlike many of his counterparts in the vanguard of British trainers , has not given the Cheveley Park saturation coverage in the past . |
| 9 | Parliament has not given the GMC the powers of an investigation bureau to assess the scientific validity of new treatments before allowing doctors to use them . |
| 10 | Simultaneously , the patient was given the AZT drug . |
| 11 | Yugoslavia was given the Vojvodina , that section of plain to the north of Belgrade . |
| 12 | In a world where physiognomy was a respected practice , Leapor 's appearance may have given the Chauncys grounds to believe that the kitchen maid really was a person of no significance and that she ought to learn her station . |
| 13 | It was in his camp here that he was approached by a French envoy on behalf of Duke Maximilian of Bavaria , the same Maximilian who had been given the Palatine Electorate in 1623 , with a view to saving his lands from the depredations of Gustavus . |
| 14 | To some extent this was inevitable given the US decision to operate through a civilian Japanese administration rather than through the US military command . |
| 15 | De Klerk said later that the visit was successful in that it had given the US side " the correct perspective " on developments in South Africa , and that the meeting with Bush had amounted to important progress towards " the final normalization of relations between South Africa and the USA " . |
| 16 | It was said of him that he would have given the Masai Africa had he been able . |
| 17 | Horse behaviour is the latest subject to be given the Desmond Morris treatment . |
| 18 | This would have given the BRDC a £1.4m profit on their orginal investment and allowed them to retain the right to five per cent of any future public flotation . |
| 19 | He further told The Art Newspaper that completion of a new wing in 1991 has now given the Brooks the physical space to handle the attendance ‘ WONDERS ’ has drawn . |
| 20 | Mr McNeil said , however , that given the CRE investigation he could not say if the education department had subsequently employed any bilingual educational psychologists or more interpreters . |
| 21 | Twenty-seven years on , in 1977 , he was duly awarded with another request to visit Buckingham Palace when he was given the OBE. |
| 22 | Wisely she was given the Popplewell season . |
| 23 | The fact that Virgin Atlantic had won the licence to fly the Atlantic in the first place was , he said , a brave move on the part of the Civil Aviation Authority , given the Laker experience , but also a measure of government policy . |
| 24 | The Comintern 's aim was to convert a nationalist struggle into a broader social struggle ( in accordance with part of its remit ) , but Comintern officials made no serious attempt to fulfil the second part of the resolutions adopted at the Sixth Congress by setting up a Communist party in Nicaragua , which could have given the Sandinista movement an organisational base and therefore the possibility of continuity ( Cerdas Cruz : 1986a , pp. 363–97 ) . |
| 25 | This has given the East Germans the best standard of living in East Europe . |
| 26 | As recently as 5 years ago , Leeds would never have been given the Makita tournament or chance to stage matches with a global profile . |
| 27 | Jack Charlton has given the Swindon winger Tony Galvin permission to pull out of the Republic of Ireland 's World Cup squad for next week 's final qualifier in Malta . |
| 28 | Victories in three primaries , including the battle of New York , were a turning point that have given the Arkansas governor an unassailable lead in delegates needed for the Democrats ' presidential nomination . |
| 29 | While Britain had given the United States wholehearted support in Korea , she had also shown her independence by what the Americans saw as over-precipitate recognition of Communist China , and by Attlee 's personal efforts to dissuade Truman from extending the war to mainland China and from using atomic bombs to settle the conflict . |
| 30 | Premier League chairman Sir John Quinton , who will also attend the talks , made ‘ final offer ’ noises last Friday when Taylor rejected a deal that would have given the PFA 5pc or a minimum of £1m from future revenue . |