Example sentences of "[conj] they have been given a " in BNC.

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1 In the author 's constituency , for example , there is a company whose main competitor in Germany has been given switchgear free of charge by the local electricity board , and they have been given a twenty-year loan at no interest for generating plant .
2 And they have been given a plastic card to carry itemising the major banned drugs .
3 They were ragged and cowed , but they had been given a bed for the night and an enforced bath .
4 And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving .
5 The former ought to be more prominently displayed , the article says , so that patients are n't confused about whether they have been given a different type of medicine when collecting subsequent prescriptions .
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