Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] has [been] given a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Marquis of Blandford has been given a conditional discharge for possessing a twelve-bore shot-gun without a licence . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | No wonder the Secretary of State has been given a roving brief across Europe . |
| 4 | A RESEARCH unit at the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education in Wrexham has been given a £130,000 boost by a funding body . |
| 5 | Soccer coaching for girls in Bristol has been given a boost from British Gas South Western . |
| 6 | THE bogus doctor who ran clinics in Ulster has been given a two week reprieve before she knows her fate . |
| 7 | Literature , usually the major part of English in the grammar schools , has received the most severe overhauling , but because of the current unacceptability to many educators of a ‘ middle-class ’ curriculum for all our pupils , every activity in English has been given a different set of emphases . [ … ] |
| 8 | A Shetland Pony who was suffering from depression has been given a new outlook on the world . |