Example sentences of "the [noun] have been given [det] " in BNC.
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1 | The CO had been given another obvious cue . |
2 | But already the decision has been given all party support in the House of Lords . |
3 | Although most of us can recognize without difficulty the importance that the emotions play in our lives , the subject has been given little systematic attention by the disciplines most concerned with furthering understanding of human behaviour . |
4 | The assumption was that the police had been given enough information to pick up the terrorists quickly . |
5 | Lord Denning said that it could be implied that the Minister had been given this power to enable him to revoke licences obtained illegally . |
6 | The local government system of the time had been given some shape by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 , but it was not until the end of the century that it acquired a structure that would enable it to take on the range of functions it has today . |
7 | But Mr Norman Dunn , Newtownabbey 's Council director of leisure and technical services , said the impression had been given that ‘ security cameras were going to hide from every tree . |
8 | The impression has been given that they can not live independently in ordinary housing . |
9 | ‘ The impression has been given that it is easy to obtain a justices ’ licence and move into a public house , ’ he said . |