Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [adv] been give [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Child protection has therefore been given priority status , resulting in a plethora of legislation , directives , regulations and procedures , all adopted to protect the well-being of children .
2 Meanwhile the Harrods personnel department has apparently been giving Geoffrey Bailey a small problem .
3 The Commission has also been given responsibility for developing a broad Community recognised vocational training pass , but this will have to be built upon current activity in this area .
4 The Industrial Bank of Japan , the Long Term Credit Bank and the agricultural Norinchukin Bank have already been given permission to establish such subsidiaries .
5 This pleasant perk was gained from Zev Bufman because the Broadway company had not been given Dustin 's permission to use certain material on him in the programme .
6 The Scottish Office has also been giving consideration to reforming school inspection teams , so that members of the public will always be involved .
7 The lighting and keeping of the hearth fire have always been given significance in human culture ; the Greeks named their goddess of the hearth Hestia , later to be replaced by the Roman Vesta , whose handmaidens were the famous Vestal Virgins .
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