Example sentences of "[noun] have [been] give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | He was frequently referred to on radio and television , and in the papers , as the first person to have been given an artificial heart . |
| 32 | THREE welfare organisations in West Cumbria have been given a tremendous boost , thanks to the golfers who took part in last year 's Sellafield Pro-Am golf tournament . |
| 33 | Before investigating a complaint , the commissioner must be satisfied that the complaint has been brought to the notice of the authority , and that the authority has been given a reasonable opportunity to investigate and reply to it . |
| 34 | The reception area has been given an open plan look , and located to the side of the banking are several desks which enable staff to have closer contact with their customers . |
| 35 | Experienced Carrick Rangers defender Neil Cummings has been given a free transfer . |
| 36 | A CONTROVERSIAL £270 computer game condemned as filthy , violent and evil has been given a mild 15 rating by British film censors . |
| 37 | Neil Kinnock has been giving a major speech to the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool this afternoon . |
| 38 | MARK Hateley has been given a long-awaited second chance by England . |
| 39 | The Neath lock Mike Whitson has been given an eight-week ban after being sent off in a Schweppes Cup tie against South Glamorgan Institute . |
| 40 | The Neath lock Mike Whitson has been given an eight-week ban after being sent off in a Schweppes Cup tie against South Glamorgan Institute . |
| 41 | In 1971 this offender had been given a ten-year sentence for attempting to rape a 69-year-old woman . |
| 42 | Then , as they came out onto an open stretch of bitten turf at the foot of the hill where the rabbits were running , as though a signal had been given a universal clamour broke out , a clatter , a din of singing , from the unseen roof-tops of the village behind them , from the beeches on the Down , from the ash trees that stood like singing poles in the hedgerows along the hollow track , from every tree it seemed of the whole vast forest birds were singing and singing and demanding to be heard . |
| 43 | The area had been given an unfair image by ‘ so far as I can make out a group of tearaways who are , at the moment , completely uncontrollable . |
| 44 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 45 | Some thought that fundholding general practitioners had been given a perverse incentive not to spend money on their patients or even to be selective in the types of patient they enrolled on their list . |
| 46 | No wonder the Secretary of State has been given a roving brief across Europe . |
| 47 | The emotive subject of rapes has been given a great deal of publicity , and every case of an alleged rape of a Serbian woman by an Albanian is used as a pretext for fierce agitation among the Serbian population . |
| 48 | The five-year-old confined to a London hospital bed has been given a postal pick-me-up with get well cards from school pupils . |
| 49 | A top line interior decorator had been given a free hand when Hugo had bought the triplex two years ago and no expense had been spared — the walls were hung with some of Hugo 's collection of Old Masters , glowing against the background of watered silk , the shelves were lined with leather bound first editions which neither Hugo nor Sally would ever open , much less read , every nook and cranny was filled with treasures and objets d'art displayed on dainty pedestals . |
| 50 | CLOSURE-threatened London Zoo has been given a last-minute reprieve because so many people want to visit it . |
| 51 | Liverpool 's call for a British Cup has been given a frosty reception by the Scottish League president , Jack Steedman . |
| 52 | Doctor has been given a big job in Trinity |
| 53 | In a further nod of respect to the great helmsman , his portrait on the Forbidden City has been given a new look . |
| 54 | Large domestic pots at West Stow had been given a thin coating of day on the outside after they had been fired ; this layer is usually slightly reddened as a result of partial firing ( West 1985 , p. 129 ) . |
| 55 | Haroun had been given a small separate room at the end of the hut , as befitted a VIP . |
| 56 | EFFORTS to revitalise a hard-hit housing estate in Darlington have been given an unexpected financial boost . |
| 57 | Reagan 's suite had been given a special phone number for the occasion , but the postmistress did n't believe in such nonsense . |
| 58 | A Shetland Pony who was suffering from depression has been given a new outlook on the world . |
| 59 | The 34-year-old has been given a free transfer after turning down the offer of a new contract . |
| 60 | Winger John Gallacher has been given a free transfer but improved one-year contracts have been offered to talented teenagers Matty Appleby , Alan Neilson and Lee Makel. — FORMER Middlesbrough goalkeeper Kevin Poole will miss Leicester City 's Wembley date with Blackburn Rovers . |