Example sentences of "give [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is it not likely that some people who take cars or ride in taken cars will be convicted of the aggravated offence , and be given harsher penalties , largely as a result of these provisions on proof ? |
| 2 | Di was also given potted shrimps , packs of Fishermen 's Friend lozenges , and a stick of rock each for William and Harry . |
| 3 | Also present , and hoping to apply for membership in due course , were representatives from the Shoreham Aviation Heritage Trust , who have been given 75 acres of land at historic Shoreham Airport to develop into a museum . |
| 4 | Many members of the Cabinet , particularly those given economic portfolios , were businessmen . |
| 5 | Specific problems are resolved , while larger issues are clearly presented and students are given solid strategies on which to build long-term development . |
| 6 | The authority is given parental rights over the child by the court order and unless this is revoked these remain in force until he or she reaches 18 . |
| 7 | The revolution , through state control , has given agricultural labourers greater security and better wages by turning them into state employees . |
| 8 | Insistence on instant cause and effect was particularly prevalent among sects such as Plymouth Brethren , and Edmund Gosse , in recording his early life , has given revealing examples of his father 's inflexible thinking . |
| 9 | In the latter two cases the objects concerned can be given spatial co-ordinates and thereby unequivocally distinguished from any other particulars of the similar sort . |
| 10 | Mr Redmond had been looking after the woodyard where he worked while his employer was on a cruise to restore his health , and Sarah told Anne that her father had been given fifty pounds as a mark of appreciation when his employer returned . |
| 11 | ‘ Much of it is , but Christian has been given fifty acres of forest land . |
| 12 | With regard to the modest intestinal permeability test-intestinal morphometry relationship , it should be noted that previous attempts to correlate the intestinal permeability test results with jejunal histology have given conflicting results in patients with and without coeliac disease . |
| 13 | In education , we have seen campaigns to allow girls to take crafts in school and to be given non-stereotyped jobs on the youth-training schemes . |
| 14 | However , the Government was given reserve powers |
| 15 | From 1946 , for example , New Town Development Corporations were given extensive powers to acquire and develop land as part of the national new-town programme . |
| 16 | He was given extensive powers , including the right to appoint the government , to rule by decree as necessary , and to declare war . |
| 17 | The report also stated that in countries where there was an armed opposition government troops were often given extensive powers and not held accountable to civilian legal authorities for their actions . |
| 18 | But as Belgian employees are given extensive rights after being with a company for 12 months , many employers prefer to employ a high number of temporary staff , which may include foreigners . |
| 19 | Sufferers from diabetes and epilepsy , or those given counterfeit antibiotics , could be particularly at risk , said the Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry . |
| 20 | Michael Heseltine had his own way at the Department of the Environment and will continue to do so at Trade and Industry , where supporters of his during the leadership contest have been given junior positions . |
| 21 | The Management Information Base semantics have been clarified so that MIB I and MIB II extensions , which typically reside at different locations in the MIB tree , can be given private parameters and object associations , allowing them to be recognised by a single Management Information Base browser . |
| 22 | Some may now be given private rooms . |
| 23 | are not able to specify how the reminder treatment produces its effect but they are quite at liberty to use the unexplained phenomenon to make their central point — that the deficit in performance see in the subjects given pre-exposure stems from a failure of retrieval rather than a failure of initial acquisition . |
| 24 | In the Gulf , in addition to the Kleenex , everywhere they went , no matter what time of day , they were given little cups of very strong coffee to drink . |
| 25 | Outdoor centre staff given eight days ' warning on jobs |
| 26 | The composition of the Sunni-dominated IJC had been broadened on June 18 when the predominantly Shia Moslem Wahdat-i-Islami , a coalition of eight Iranian-backed parties previously excluded from power , was given eight seats and control of three government ministries , including that of National Security . |
| 27 | So I bought indoor-plants and was given indoor plants , and one of the indoor plants I expended my energy on was the fern with the bright , shiny leaves and the indestructible appearance bought that day when I had suffered the apocalypse . |
| 28 | At that point , we believed that the Bill would be an irrelevance and unnecessary given that prisoners can already be charged with a wide range of criminal offences , including offences under the Public Order Act 1986 . |
| 29 | Given that prices are assumed to remain fixed , their reaction to the building up of stocks in the short-run will be to cut back on output and lay off workers , thereby creating DD unemployment . |
| 30 | The lack of specialist knowledge on the part of art historians no longer justifies ignoring certain important scientific techniques given that consultants are available in universities and the chemical industry . |