Example sentences of "the [noun sg] [verb] [been] given a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The committee has been given a £200 donation from Texaco Britain which was to be used to buy a new drysuit . |
| 2 | These would subsequently be tried out and evaluated in the classroom , the teacher having been given a set of possible procedures for doing this . |
| 3 | The land speculators and property developers moved in , and the parish has been given a priority status within the County Structure Plan . |
| 4 | Before investigating a complaint , the commissioner must be satisfied that the complaint has been brought to the notice of the authority , and that the authority has been given a reasonable opportunity to investigate and reply to it . |
| 5 | Moreover , there remains the failure to refer to the lukewarm approach of the House of Lords to the Barras principle , the presumption that when Parliament continues to use a word which has been interpreted by the courts it intends the word to continue to have the judicial meaning , but the author can no doubt contend that the doctrine has been given a new lease of life by the Court of Appeal in EWP Ltd v. Moore , and A-G v. Brotherton . |
| 6 | The 34-year-old has been given a free transfer after turning down the offer of a new contract . |
| 7 | And we 've just heard that the school has been given a three month reprieve . |
| 8 | The new latrine now situated in a quiet corner of the orchard has been given a permanent status ; a shithouse clerk has been appointed . |
| 9 | It is important from the landlord 's point of view to ensure that the centre does not expand where the tenant has been given a fixed service charge percentage , unless provisions are inserted in the lease to countenance this . |