Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [been] given [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Borg has been given a wild card for this week 's Nice Open and next week 's Monte Carlo Open .
2 ACTRESS Jane Asher has been given the excellent news that the cakes she designs are to be sold nationwide by Sainsbury 's from next month .
3 Marples has been given a free transfer by manager John Ward , even though he still has a year of his contract to go .
4 To the Ryans and their like , Anthony had been given a magnificent send-off .
5 England had been given a pre-match boost by World Cup rivals Holland 's failure to beat group two leaders Norway in Rotterdam .
6 CHANGES to the law on damages in Scotland have been given the Royal Assent after a campaign to help the families of workers dying from asbestos-related diseases .
7 ARSENAL manager George Graham has been given the green light to go on a Christmas spending spree .
8 Middlesbrough whistler Jeff Winter has been given the good news that he has been promoted to the Football League middle for the start of next season a distinction held by only 90 referees in the whole of the country .
9 I understand that Brady has been given no specific date for his meeting with the board .
10 Moving up the country to Bristol , the Lady Byron Park development in Exmouth has been given an all-American flavour with the apartments and homes named after US cities .
11 The Marquis of Blandford has been given a conditional discharge for possessing a twelve-bore shot-gun without a licence .
12 Bert Rafferty had been given an unexpected day off .
13 A CLEAN sweep at the Treasury , where Norman Lamont has been given a whole new team of ministers .
14 To this end , Ixos has been given a preliminary version of NT already .
15 THREE welfare organisations in West Cumbria have been given a tremendous boost , thanks to the golfers who took part in last year 's Sellafield Pro-Am golf tournament .
16 Experienced Carrick Rangers defender Neil Cummings has been given a free transfer .
17 MARK Hateley has been given a long-awaited second chance by England .
18 The Neath lock Mike Whitson has been given an eight-week ban after being sent off in a Schweppes Cup tie against South Glamorgan Institute .
19 The Neath lock Mike Whitson has been given an eight-week ban after being sent off in a Schweppes Cup tie against South Glamorgan Institute .
20 Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned .
21 Those principles reflect our conviction that Britain has done best when the people of Britain have been given the personal incentive to succeed .
22 Large domestic pots at West Stow had been given a thin coating of day on the outside after they had been fired ; this layer is usually slightly reddened as a result of partial firing ( West 1985 , p. 129 ) .
23 Haroun had been given a small separate room at the end of the hut , as befitted a VIP .
24 EFFORTS to revitalise a hard-hit housing estate in Darlington have been given an unexpected financial boost .
25 Winger John Gallacher has been given a free transfer but improved one-year contracts have been offered to talented teenagers Matty Appleby , Alan Neilson and Lee Makel. — FORMER Middlesbrough goalkeeper Kevin Poole will miss Leicester City 's Wembley date with Blackburn Rovers .
26 IMC have been given a free … . ’
27 From one of olympic fame to another who works in a typing ool. hazel cooke from Gloucester has been given the British empire medal — for her efforts in one of those very few recession beating jobs — she works in the insolvency section of the department of Trade and Industry .
28 The former heavyweight boxer Eddie Neilsen has been given an absolute discharge after admitting an assault on a prostitute .
29 Oxford don Hugh Puddephat has been given an official warning by college bigwigs — go easy with the girls [ Loretta read ] .
30 Sir Kenneth invited him round for tea and by the time he had left Andrews had been given the huge task of designing a fulllength ballet involving set changes and 300 costumes .
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