Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [be] give the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pickering Town Football Club has been given the green light to install floodlights as part of its plan to win promotion to the Premier Division of the Northern Counties League . |
| 2 | FOUR Hereford players were sent off yesterday in their 1-1 draw at Northampton — the first time in British history four players from one side have been given the red card . |
| 3 | When test results did not confirm this , they could still console themselves with the fact that every child had been given the same opportunity to learn . |
| 4 | Check that any resident on a special diet has been given the right food . |
| 5 | A young man from Gloucestershire who wants to become a professional juggler has been given the royal seal of approval . |
| 6 | It seems odd that the coal pfennig has been given the green light by Brussels when we have been continually led to believe that state aid for our coal industry would not be allowed . |
| 7 | The delay had been to give the second team time to gain position . |
| 8 | This slimline classic had been given the distinctive dinner suit look with satin lapels and buttons . |
| 9 | Sandys ’ proposed deployment of the Army might have been practicable if Afro-Asia had remained quiescent , and if the Army had been given the strategic mobility needed to compensate for its reduction in manpower . |