Example sentences of "given to this " in BNC.

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1 A final twist is given to this situation ; the fact that women do all of this work is often given as an explanation of their inferiority .
2 Similarly , by re-using salvaged beams and columns to ‘ frame ’ the atrium , a character has been given to this space which is evocative of the interior of the original building , yet does not mock its new use .
3 I applaud and support the efforts by Bill Bates , food safety consultant at Control UK , in his attempts to get an arbitration board set up , but have reservations about the priority likely to be given to this by food minister , David Maclean .
4 Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man .
5 Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man .
6 EVEN Arsenal , who carried the distinction back to London , would not claim that they played well enough in Glasgow last night to be the undisputed champions of anywhere , no matter the vainglorious subtitle given to this friendly .
7 EVEN Arsenal , who carried the distinction back to London , would not claim that they played well enough in Glasgow last night to be the undisputed champions of anywhere , no matter the vainglorious subtitle given to this friendly .
8 Responses given to this question were linked very closely to changes in family circumstances .
9 Great credit must be given to this largely self-educated farmer who , often alone , trudged many thousands of miles in the Eastern States , searching for new trees , shrubs , plants and seeds to send to Collinson .
10 So far as state education is concerned , increasingly free rein is being given to this power .
11 A lot of time and thought has been given to this and it looks like the best way of dealing with it is … because … .
12 The epidural starts taking effect and I suddenly understand the meaning of the word ‘ relief ’ in the name given to this day !
13 Albert was the name given to this tank built in 1918 on the frame of an old 1885 tramcar which toured the town to raise funds for the war effort .
14 However , in practice insufficient weight is often given to this aspect of a recruitment policy , so that a firm committed to an internal promotion policy will have to make do with available talent for future promotions .
15 Since most barbel fishing is with the use of legering methods involving the rod tip as a bite indicator , some consideration should also be given to this .
16 Less publicity has been given to this gas than to carbon dioxide .
17 Some thought will already have been given to this in deciding how many priorities will be tackled in the coming year .
18 Since this is almost as great as the differences these authors found between the three species ( tawny owls — 51 per cent bone loss ; long-eared owls — 46 per cent ; and barn owls — 34 per cent ) , some consideration must be given to this problem .
19 But by the end of the 1970s , added impetus — and critical changes of direction — had been given to this expansion .
20 The chapter on ‘ Sickness and the Alternative Religion ’ suggests how practical substance can be given to this statement .
21 The problem for many organisations is that little time , or thought , is given to this aspect of the firm 's infrastructure .
22 The 1959 Act was a law ‘ to regulate the evolution of private mores ’ , said the Report , begging the question of what particular weight was to be given to this word ‘ mores ’ .
23 Diet : The food given to this fish is the same as given to the Emperor Peckoltia
24 Plenty of space should be given to this plant so that it may bush out .
25 ‘ Kalliste was the name given to this little lady before it became either Thera or Santorini , and a more singularly inapt name I can not imagine .
26 Dreams of Hollywood stardom — which would come : of more great roles on the stage — which would come : of more glorious drunken evenings in great company — which would come , and women and money and fame — all would be given to this pockmarked child of a miner from Welsh-speaking Wales , born with ‘ the devil in him ’ as Emlyn Williams 's tutelary genius Sarah Grace Cooke observed .
27 The task given to this group is to discover what is happening already to involve women more fully in the life and mission of the Church and to draw up some possible and practical steps by which the participation of women in the life of the Church can be developed .
28 In a recent article , the historian John Spurr has suggested that the name ‘ Latitudinarianism ’ , which has traditionally been given to this movement , is inappropriate .
29 The yawning gap in that knowledge should now be filled by the publicity given to this case during the public hearings and , we trust , by the publication of our report , ( London Borough of Brent , 1985 , p.83 ) ( My emphasis . )
30 As we will see in Part II , the answer which the courts have given to this question is neither an unqualified ‘ yes ’ nor an unqualified ‘ no ’ .
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