Example sentences of "[noun sg] have be give [noun] by " in BNC.

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1 The loneliness many older people experience has been given respectability by certain social theories which either seek to give , or are interpreted as , an explanation for the isolation of older people .
2 Nor would such a study have been given permission by the RUC , for it is utopian to expect police authorities in divided societies to open up these sections of their force to scrutiny and observation by outsiders .
3 For many years , no outside organisation had been given permission by the Vietnamese government to establish themselves in their country .
4 While those in Canada are pushed around , those on the other side of the border have been given permission by Washington to run bingo halls , the only legitimate gambling in the area .
5 The captain had been given permission by his superiors in Hamburg to sail for any port which would accept his passengers .
6 The 47-year-old man has been given nicknames by his disgruntled staff , the tribunal was told .
7 The new advice centre in Hammond Drive has been given £2,000 by the TSB Foundation towards the cost of a project officer .
8 Friends of the Earth has been given permission by the High Court to pursue a legal case against the government over the level of pesticides in drinking water in the Thames and Anglian regions .
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