Example sentences of "[adj] [noun sg] have [been] given [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This effect has been given a special significance in the writings of E.P . |
| 2 | The 26-year-old was a free agent having been given a free transfer by the Scottish Premier League club , and flew to Belfast on Friday to complete the deal . |
| 3 | ‘ So , as I say , this child has been given the most perfect environment possible . |
| 4 | The wrong person has been given the job |
| 5 | In 1971 this offender had been given a ten-year sentence for attempting to rape a 69-year-old woman . |
| 6 | He said the Solidarity-led government had been given a chance to implement a ‘ total change ’ from Poland 's communist system to a free-market economy . |
| 7 | Liverpool 's call for a British Cup has been given a frosty reception by the Scottish League president , Jack Steedman . |
| 8 | The Foreign Office has been given a seat at the Natural Environment Research Council , which funds the BAS . |
| 9 | In the best Lowden tradition the entire guitar has been given a matt ‘ wire-wool ’ type finish and again , like all Lowdens , it has a very hefty-looking top — almost twice as thick as those of some other makers . |
| 10 | My tiny kitchen has been given a rustic look by hanging up a hop bine from a farm , and a string of onions ( 99p ) adds the finishing touch . |
| 11 | In a further nod of respect to the great helmsman , his portrait on the Forbidden City has been given a new look . |
| 12 | That town had been given a face-lift . |
| 13 | A man who strangled his so-called nagging wife has been given an eighteen month suspended sentence at the Old Bailey . |
| 14 | National Power has been given the go ahead for Didcot B , a 15 hundred mega watt gas fired power station |
| 15 | A young man from Gloucestershire who wants to become a professional juggler has been given the royal seal of approval . |
| 16 | This slimline classic had been given the distinctive dinner suit look with satin lapels and buttons . |
| 17 | , business director of Courtaulds Aerospace in Germany , said it was the first time in the world that a chromate-free coating had been given the go-ahead for civil aircraft manufacture . |
| 18 | The latter group have been given no consideration whatsoever . |
| 19 | WITH all the talk of recession was n't it great to read that at least one important institution has been given a reprieve . |
| 20 | As from two years ago , all students entering technical secondary school have been given a slide-rule for use in classes and subsequently at work . |
| 21 | Nuclear power has been given an encouraging thumbs up in a recent Daily Telegraph survey which looked into what kind of country the British public wanted their children to inherit . |
| 22 | FOUR Hereford players were sent off yesterday in their 1-1 draw at Northampton — the first time in British history four players from one side have been given the red card . |
| 23 | While all members unanimously agreed the body should not be wound up , a small team has been given the task of drawing up a programme of action which will satisfy the Lib Dems ' requirements . |
| 24 | Tom DeMoss joined the project in 1979 ( after the first team had been given the boot ) . |
| 25 | He was frequently referred to on radio and television , and in the papers , as the first person to have been given an artificial heart . |
| 26 | For Edward IV , however , this familiar problem had been given an additional twist by the Lancastrian sympathies of two of the leading northern families , the Percies and Cliffords . |
| 27 | For Edward IV , however , this familiar problem had been given an additional twist by the Lancastrian sympathies of two of the leading northern families , the Percies and Cliffords . |
| 28 | To help you choose , each property has been given an Enterprise quality grading . |
| 29 | This is rather a subjective approach , and has sometimes led to the situation where the same eruption has been given a different label by different observers . |
| 30 | All endangered big game has been given a value so that poachers can be forced to pay compensation as well as serving up to six years in prison for killing the animals . |