Example sentences of "[noun sg] have [been] given [prep] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Much thinking has been given in recent years to the use of instruments as well as voices in worship .
2 Little mention has been given to moral education , social and personal development , political understanding and economic awareness ( much beloved of Keith Joseph ) .
3 Help has been given to outside organizations such as professional bodies wishing to publicize associate membership to undergraduates , to foreign consulates with scholarships on offer to nationals , etc .
4 More recently , it has been shown that the aim of preservation has been somewhat relaxed , and some attention has been given to non-agricultural uses of green belts , particularly for recreation ( Hebbert and Gault 1978 ) .
5 Much less attention has been given to smooth-fronted waves of finite duration .
6 In syllabuses produced to date , only perfunctory attention has been given to cross-curricular themes .
7 Too little attention has been given to pragmatic factors , many of which Donaldson drew to our attention with notions such as human sense as well as her analysis of the contextual factors which operate to hinder the child 's grasp of intended meanings .
8 Much attention has been given in recent months to the provision of accommodation for nurses .
9 Considerable attention has been given in recent years to policies directed at training young people ( YTS , apprenticeship reform ) and the need to invest more as a nation in training in the interests of increased productivity .
10 APPROVAL has been given by local planners for a detached house to be built on land adjacent to Glebe End in Vicarage Lane , Ropley .
11 At this stage also it will almost certainly become apparent that a better job could have been done in the research if only more attention had been given to certain factors which had not been thought beforehand to have been of much importance .
12 At the same time , however , some of these weaknesses might have been avoided if more careful attention had been given to commercial needs by those originally responsible for framing the administrative structures of nationalised industries [ Chester , 1975 ] .
13 any liability , injury , loss or damage arising outside the United Kingdom unless notification has been given to General Accident and an International Motor Insurance Card ( Green Card ) issued .
14 As part of a comprehensive training programme that has touched the Le Havre company from top to toe , special emphasis has been given to improving motivation .
15 It helps the organisation to anticipate and minimise difficulties , especially in potentially complex situations , by ensuring that careful consideration has been given to alternative courses of action .
16 In 1940 , however , there were many lessons to be learnt , for little thought had been given to major amphibious assault .
17 However , deciding whether a particular consideration is relevant , whether a particular object is within the allowable range , whether an adequate hearing has been given to interested parties , and whether the reasons ultimately provided are sufficient , are all factors which can encroach indirectly on the merits .
18 A lot of encouragement has been given in recent years to the idea of increasing one 's roses by making cuttings — almost proposing it seems , that it is a way of avoiding the cost of buying new plants .
19 Also , at the Palmira Works , free training has been given to local fire brigades on how to manage emergencies involving hazardous materials .
20 In this particular case it would seem that planning permission had been given after inadequate consideration of publicity .
21 The mountain of footwear has been given to Middlesbrough-based Convoy Aid Romania by a businessman in Bristol .
22 The power of local education authorities has been reduced whilst additional power has been given to central government and the revised and highly decentralised governing bodies of schools and colleges .
23 Between 1949 and 1954 much of his spare time had been given to poetic scribbling ; and he was also giving voice to a measure of vacillation and disillusionment , which we shall encounter in his poetry from time to time .
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