Example sentences of "[noun prp] have [been] given the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ARSENAL manager George Graham has been given the green light to go on a Christmas spending spree . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Those principles reflect our conviction that Britain has done best when the people of Britain have been given the personal incentive to succeed . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |