Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [been] given an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Groups will get a chance to perform in front of the rest of the festival participants in an evening programme which has been given an extra fillip with the inclusion of professionals of the stature of Siobhan Davies Dance Company as well as Dundee Rep Dance Company . |
| 2 | The Audit Commission , which has been given an extended brief to audit all health service facilities under WFP , pursues one-off enquiries usually with a value-for-money focus . |
| 3 | HSE will doubtless take speedy action to secure in-built improvements to new tackle but what of the aging and battered equipment which has been given an extended life because of the current recession ? |
| 4 | The gesture was made by Bill Tennant , head of VVL , to Jones , who has been given an extra week by officials at Lancaster Gate to decide whether to appeal against his punishment . |
| 5 | The likelihood of a syphilitic mother passing the infection on when she is pregnant diminishes the longer she has had the disease , and when she has been given an adequate course of anti-syphilitic treatment , there is no chance of her infecting her unborn child unless she herself becomes reinfected . |
| 6 | Anthony John Allen , aged 23 , of Huyton , Liverpool , was cleared by the appeal judges , along with William Willis , aged 23 , who had been given an 11-year sentence for his alleged part in the attack three years ago on a Southampton publican , his wife , and a barmaid . |
| 7 | In both cases you have been given an explicit and specific purpose and your notes should be deter-mined by this task . |
| 8 | ‘ You will probably have realised that , due to an administrative error in our payroll section , you have been given an extra day 's pay … instead of having a day 's pay deducted . ’ |
| 9 | Their claim for an indemnity from the manufacturers failed as they had been given an adequate warning and ignored it . |
| 10 | It has never been seen again , though it has been given an official variable star designation : T Boo¨tis . |
| 11 | However , the powerful US tuna industry lobby has made sure that it has been given an annual ‘ dolphin kill' ’ quota . |
| 12 | I would not have minded the motion tonight quite so much if it had been given an honest title , such as the General Election ( Clearing the Decks ) Motion , or whatever title the Leader of the House wanted to give it . |