Example sentences of "[noun pl] have [been] given a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While publishing Dawson on ‘ Religion and the Totalitarian State ’ , he selected for notice in the 1934 Criterion a book highlighting persecution of European Jews ; he wrote to Pound speaking of his offence at Pound 's antisemitic remarks ; with regard to the Vichy government in 1941 he wrote in The Christian News-Letter of his ‘ greatest anxiety ’ at news ‘ that ‘ Jews have been given a special status , based on the laws of Nuremberg , which makes their condition little better than that of bondsmen . ’ |
| 2 | The gymnasium , swimming pool and even classrooms have been given a new lease of life as part of a timeshare development — such facilities having been a positive attraction to buyers . |
| 3 | Some thought that fundholding general practitioners had been given a perverse incentive not to spend money on their patients or even to be selective in the types of patient they enrolled on their list . |
| 4 | The emotive subject of rapes has been given a great deal of publicity , and every case of an alleged rape of a Serbian woman by an Albanian is used as a pretext for fierce agitation among the Serbian population . |
| 5 | A fourteen year old criminal who 's had holidays in Spain paid for by social services has been given a two-year supervision order . |
| 6 | Formalities over , our routine search of the yacht revealed that , amongst other educational subjects the boys had been given a practical lesson in how to avoid paying the duty on a considerable quantity of wines and spirits . |
| 7 | In practice registry work and the storage of ‘ dead ’ records have been given a low profile and few resources . |
| 8 | St Petersburg 's palaces have been given a new chance . |
| 9 | Shock-absorbing devices of many types have been given a hard look . |
| 10 | I feel that some sort of ceremony of blessing of the place may be in order , now that the remains have been given a proper burial , and I have asked for his opinion . |
| 11 | In general , however , Haycocks III has been regarded as the least important of the three reports and the difficult financial climate of the last few years has meant that its recommendations have been given a low priority . |