Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] be give [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | GRAEME HICK has been given the all clear for Thursday 's second Test against Australia at Lord 's despite cracking a toe . |
| 2 | GRAEME HICK has been given the all clear for Thursday 's second Test against Australia at Lord 's despite cracking a toe . |
| 3 | Borg has been given a wild card for this week 's Nice Open and next week 's Monte Carlo Open . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Marples has been given a free transfer by manager John Ward , even though he still has a year of his contract to go . |
| 6 | McDermott has been given the all clear after missing last week 's game at Portsmouth because of an eye injury and Childs out for a month faces a late check on an injured groin . |
| 7 | To the Ryans and their like , Anthony had been given a magnificent send-off . |
| 8 | England had been given a pre-match boost by World Cup rivals Holland 's failure to beat group two leaders Norway in Rotterdam . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | ARSENAL manager George Graham has been given the green light to go on a Christmas spending spree . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I understand that Brady has been given no specific date for his meeting with the board . |
| 13 | He 's known as a bit of a smoothie but Nigel Havers has been given a harder edge in his new series , Sleepers , starting next week . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | The Marquis of Blandford has been given a conditional discharge for possessing a twelve-bore shot-gun without a licence . |
| 16 | The club 's former accountant Vince Farrar has been given a six months suspended sentence . |
| 17 | Bert Rafferty had been given an unexpected day off . |
| 18 | THE bogus doctor who ran clinics in Ulster has been given a two week reprieve before she knows her fate . |
| 19 | A CLEAN sweep at the Treasury , where Norman Lamont has been given a whole new team of ministers . |
| 20 | To this end , Ixos has been given a preliminary version of NT already . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Experienced Carrick Rangers defender Neil Cummings has been given a free transfer . |
| 23 | Neil Kinnock has been giving a major speech to the Labour Party Conference in Blackpool this afternoon . |
| 24 | MARK Hateley has been given a long-awaited second chance by England . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | Watson had been given a hard time from the Wednesday crowd before those goals but is now hoping the tide has turned . |
| 28 | Those principles reflect our conviction that Britain has done best when the people of Britain have been given the personal incentive to succeed . |
| 29 | 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 ) . |
| 30 | Haroun had been given a small separate room at the end of the hut , as befitted a VIP . |