Example sentences of "[conj] have [adv] [been] given [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could not have called it grey , it was of some colour that had never been given a name , and it glowed as if the moon and stars were behind the skin of it , waiting to break through . |
| 2 | Welcome back : In a few minutes we 'll be visiting the Victorian mansion that is n't finished yet , and has just been given a grant to ensure that it never will be . |
| 3 | It has good beaches , dramatic scenery and has even been given the royal nod . |
| 4 | It has been a familiar sight at many PFA rallies and smaller fly-ins , and has recently been given a ‘ facia-lift ’ ( sorry ! ) with a full IFR installation and overhauled panel . |
| 5 | They had found a small table tucked in between three long ones , and had already been given a jug of iced water , a long loaf , a pot of butter and a plate of olives . |
| 6 | One friend was Randolph Churchill , who had come out to Cairo originally with Layforce and had then been given a job of liaison with the press . |
| 7 | But she was floating , up , away , soaring on the strength of his kiss like a bird who had been caged , tethered too long , and had suddenly been given the flight of freedom . |
| 8 | Since his death the workers of the industrial world have experienced ( despite severe dislocations in the 1920s , 1930s and 1970s ) a fairly continuous increase in their material standards of living , a massive expansion of social welfarism and have also been given the right to vote for their own governments in relatively pluralistic political systems with competitive political parties and regular elections . |
| 9 | The school librarians who have acquired microcomputers have either produced reports on particular projects and gained part-time access to a microcomputer for that project , but have subsequently been given a microcomputer permanently in the library or , as in the case of St Modan 's High School ( see Examples ) have produced reports on the acquisition of a microcomputer for a range of purposes . |