Example sentences of "[vb base] [prep] [be] give [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 's a life-long ambition of mine to be a chauffeur and I just want to be given a chance . ’ |
| 2 | He ended his hour-long presentation with the words , ‘ We are on our way toward making the division one of the best goddamned outfits in overseas operations , and I just want to be given the chance to prove that the plan which I have outlined to you today is the right one for the British operation , for Europe and for the Corporation . ’ |
| 3 | But how would the British react to being given the chance to air their views face to face with a politician ? |
| 4 | One thing they seem to be giving the skateboards a rest are n't they ? |
| 5 | And do many fans , we wonder , fantasize about being given an enema by Van Morrison ? |
| 6 | In addition , organisational members require to be given the authority to exercise their powers . |
| 7 | If students are to exercise personal judgements , they have to be given a measure of personal responsibility for their work . |
| 8 | Yet even these others ( researchers ) have to be given a direction and that direction can only come from some pre-existing knowledge in the field . |
| 9 | What Hamilton could see was that the talents of Warner Bros had combined to produce a film that was not so much about the Legion as ‘ about the kind of short-sighted , uninformed and well-enough-meaning men who have to be given an understanding of what democracy really is so that they will not go on and on providing tools for such legions ’ . |
| 10 | Experience shows that clients may not immediately express the real reason for their visit but need to be given a chance to raise further problems . |
| 11 | All children need to be given the chance to create things by means of the new technologies . |
| 12 | ‘ For a long time , I have been very interested in women , children and everybody in refugee camps they need to be given the dignity and self-respect they are due . ’ |