Example sentences of "[prep] [be] give [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 TRANSPLANT patient Lisa Strange , 12 , was fighting for her life yesterday after being given a new heart and lungs .
2 Alan Curtis , the former Welsh international striker , yesterday signed for Swansea after being given a free transfer by Cardiff .
3 DARLINGTON midfield player Gary Gill wants to play abroad after being given a free transfer by new manager Ray Hankin .
4 Middlesbrough striker Bernie Slaven yesterday joined second division promotion-chasers Port Vale on a 15-month contract after being given a free transfer .
5 After being given a few minutes to study the diagram the sender is told to go ahead and the time is noted .
6 ‘ My sister Dorothy died from stomach cancer just eight weeks after being given a clean bill of health by a Manchester hospital .
7 Niki Lauda displayed courage beyond all recognition in 1976 when , six weeks after being given the Last Rites , he was back behind the wheel of his Ferrari picking up points in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza .
8 sort of been given a hundred pound upstairs .
9 There is some support for Burke and Chinkin 's view in the remarks of Denning LJ ( as he then was ) in Lee v Showmen 's Guild of Great Britain [ 1952 ] 2 QB 329 at 342 , where he stated that a domestic tribunal must observe the principles of natural justice ; but this was in the context of being given a reasonable opportunity to meet a " charge " , in this case the attempt to expel a member from a trade union .
10 All I could think of was to give a sickly smile and to murmur , ‘ I think you are probably right . ’
11 It was all just like being given a new recipe or a knitting pattern .
12 When Tim Pigott Smith looks directly at you , it 's like being given an electric shock .
13 If there is a point to saluting the winner of a race , it is ultimately to celebrate his good fortune in being given the natural attributes to do what he does ; and to thank him for the excitement of the spectacle he provides in devoting all his concentrated effort to showing he 's the best .
14 Badly blunted blades can also be finished on this before being given a new cutting edge on the honing wheel .
15 AN American killer who stabbed a teenager and a boy aged seven to death said farewell to his fiancee in Britain before being given a lethal injection yesterday .
16 Polyester or down-filled sleeping bags will be washed or dry cleaned before being given a special waterproofing treatment with Nikwax TX10i .
17 One problem will undoubtedly be the growing demands of the European Parliament , backed by Chancellor Kohl and President Mitterrand , to be given a bigger say with the Council of Ministers in setting broad Community economic objectives and in holding a future EC central bank to account .
18 Some may prefer to be given a global picture of what is involved in the task and then be allowed to fill in the details as they need them .
19 It is however also clear that the concept of legitimate expectations , like many legal concepts , can be used in more than one way ; it does not have to be given a restrictive interpretation .
20 In Germany , too , pressures for the Reichstag to be given a greater say in the conduct of foreign policy could be felt .
21 An ordinary NHS patient can ask to be given a greater degree of privacy in a separate room if it is not needed on medical grounds for other patients , and can pay for the privilege .
22 There is no English authority on the meaning of this expression ; however , most commentators agree that it is likely to be given a wide interpretation by the courts , and this is borne out by the Scottish case of McCrone v Boots Farm Supplies Ltd 1981 SLT 103 .
23 This morning was the first time he was to be given a serious piece of work before running later in the week .
24 At last there were just the external walls to be given a final coat of white paint .
25 ( b ) The agreement had to be given a purposive construction .
26 Held , dismissing the appeals , ( 1 ) that , on its true construction , section 6(3) ( a ) of the Act of 1980 had to be given a literal meaning ; that where a school was over-subscribed compliance with the preference of all the applicants would necessarily prejudice efficient education , and in such circumstances the school had to have an admissions policy , which would inevitably result in defeating the preference of some applicants , whatever criteria were adopted ; and that , accordingly , since the school was over-subscribed , there was no duty on the governors to give effect to the applicants ' preferences ( post , pp. 100H — 101B , 106H , 107G–H , 108A , G–H ) .
27 If a low-ranking muderris wanted to change over to the career of kasabat kadi , moreover , he was immediately better paid : a provision of the Kanunname states that if a 20-akce muderris in the were to become a kadi , he was to be given a 45-akce kadilik .
28 Religion was also to be given a broad interpretation .
29 ACOST , the Advisory Council on Science and Technology , is to be given a new name and a newly defined role .
30 It 's absolutely wonderful — to be given a new lease of life .
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