Example sentences of "[noun sg] given [prep] [pron] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corporation may argue that a direction given to it by the National Rivers Authority to improve water is unreasonable . |
| 2 | Tim will be buried in the Everton shorts along with a signed Everton shirt given to him by the members of his favourite team . |
| 3 | However , the development of Australian unions has been markedly and uniquely influenced by the institutional support given to them by the federal arbitration system which has long played a fundamental role in wage-determination and the settlement of disputes ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ I am grateful for the support given to me by the London Fire Brigade and I would also like to thank the Fire Brigades Union . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I am grateful for the support given to me by the London Fire Brigade , who have done all they can to help me over the years since the fire , and I would also like to thank the Fire Brigades Union for underwriting the risks of my legal claim . ’ |
| 6 | They 're using a bank pamphlet given to them at the time as their evidence . |
| 7 | Our full terms of reference and supplementary guidance given to us by the Secretary of State for Education and Science are contained in appendices 2 and 3 . |
| 8 | Another power of the president given to him by the constitution ? |
| 9 | The day would typically begin with a discussion on internal communications , followed by a talk given by someone in the diocese who is involved in the media . |
| 10 | Cam endures in a hostile frame of mind a voyage carrying cargo to the Caribbean , resenting the work given to him by the mate , indulging in futile practical jokes against him which are coldly ignored and doing his work with sullen reluctance . |
| 11 | One of the fundamental aims of the White Paper was to bring science and technology firmly into the political arena , and to affirm the importance given to them by the Government ; and indeed , science and technology have undoubtedly found a higher placing on the political agenda . |
| 12 | Might not Jesus himself have been rather different from the picture given of him in the gospels and the subsequent teaching of the church ? |
| 13 | For a moment I thought he had come across the bottle of wine given to me by the couple at Benouville bridge café . |
| 14 | Educational integration therefore becomes a wider concept than social integration since it involves , among other things , how we use the knowledge given to us by the act of socialisation . |
| 15 | These pleats give the lava a ropy appearance , and the flows are called by a name given to them by the Polynesian islanders — pahoehoe flows . |
| 16 | A brother , Thomas Piper , is known to Burns enthusiasts as ‘ Spunkie Tammie ’ , a name given to him by the poet after the two men met in Maybole in 1786 . |
| 17 | Erm I think the , the point that 's being made here is that even within the defined areas of authority given to him by the constitution , the president finds it very difficult to act unless certain specific conditions are met . |
| 18 | Decisions are issued by either the Commission or the Council of Ministers : they derive directly from the authority given to them by the Treaty of Rome or from previously issued directives or regulations , and they too are binding upon the governments to which they are addressed . |
| 19 | This is the story of how a woman made of iron emerged from the depths of a grocer 's shop in Grantham and , speaking with a strange tongue given to her by the God of Graven Images , Sir Gordon Reece , held a nation under her spell . |
| 20 | This is a totalizing view of society , and implies a certain anti-pluralism : freedom of belief and action within certain parameters , which are to be decided either by those who appear righteous in the sight of God or by those who , at least , conform in their lawmaking to the advice given to them by the righteous . |
| 21 | Noble argues that the technical performance of the two systems in their development phase was similar but that the NC system was adopted in preference to the record-playback system because managements preferred the tighter control given to them by the NC system ( Noble 1977 ) . |
| 22 | Lord Donaldson , Master of the Rolls , and Lord Lane , Lord Chief Justice , two of the four senior judges with a veto , criticised the role given to them by the bill . |
| 23 | Patrick was again experimenting with balance , deliberately trying to build a construction that would over-balance ( a word given to him by the teacher during their earlier discussions ) . |
| 24 | It is suggested that the conveyance be prepared and executed in duplicate so that the husband has a record of the terms of the indemnity given to him by the wife . |
| 25 | As in unregistered conveyancing it is probably advisable that the husband keeps a duplicate or certified copy of the transfer to the wife so that he has a record of the terms of indemnity given to him by the wife . |
| 26 | Well the honourable gentleman for Great Brimsea is quite right to say that these matters er had some consideration given to them during the passage of the the legislation er but it is also true to say that er er th in the Bingham report there was a broad acceptance that the present s system of supervision of banks should continue . |
| 27 | Accordingly , the tenant will have carried out substantial improvements , the cost of which will form a large part of the consideration given by him for the grant of the lease . |
| 28 | Sadly , as I shall explain , the facts do not bear out the interpretation given to them by the Foreign Secretary . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't think so , ’ he replied sullenly , unrolling his sleeves and going to the chair , where he collected the burgundy waistcoat given to him by the old man . |
| 30 | They met again in February to hear an address given by someone from the Scottish Temperance League , and in Ballygrant in March when the Chairman gave an address in the Gaelic ; seven more joined . |