Example sentences of "have been given [art] [noun sg] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | Locus Computing Corp has been given a grant by the US National Science Foundation to investigate system software optimised for networked portable computers . |
| 2 | Ironically , at the eleventh hour the plight of the belugas has been given a boost by the success of whale-watching cruises in the St Lawrence . |
| 3 | BELFAST 'S prestigious Castle Court complex has been given the all-clear by experts worried by bizarre glass explosions at modern buildings . |
| 4 | DAVE McAULEY has been given the go-ahead by a British Boxing Board doctor to resume full training after arm and foot injuries for his IBF flyweight title defence against Dodie Penalosa , of the Philippines , which the IBF insists must take place by 7 December . |
| 5 | A LAW allowing courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Mr Clarke . |
| 6 | A LAW allowing the courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke . |
| 7 | It would have helped him if the two most awkward customers in the political equation — Sinn Fein and the DUP — had been given a drubbing by the SDLP and the Ulster Unionists respectively . |
| 8 | After six months Miloš made a ceremonial entry into Belgrade to parley with the newly appointed Turkish governor , Marasli , who had been given a mandate by the sultan to make concessions in order to pacify the Serbs . |
| 9 | He was a Lebanese Muslim and he had been given the gun by the Palestinians who were sitting on the side of the broken street , sipping their own glasses of tea . |
| 10 | Schwob , who had been given the information by the federal prosecutor 's office , was also acquitted of violating official secrecy and awarded 30,000 Swiss francs in damages . |
| 11 | And er you 've been given a document by the county and you 'll take your own view on that . |
| 12 | ‘ We have been given no indication by Gavin about what he might decide , ’ added McDermott . |
| 13 | I have arrived , I have been given a number by the Church of Scotland |
| 14 | ‘ We have been given a mandate by our supporters not to pay the rent and with Mr Butters refusing to reduce it further , the situation is still deadlocked , ’ committee spokesman John Daley said yesterday . |
| 15 | Government ministers , local authorities and other public bodies have been given the power by statute to make subordinate legislation . |
| 16 | Semi-nomadic tribes live on the fringes of the notorious Empty Quarter desert , where they have been given the task by Sultan Qaboos and the World Wildlife Fund of reintroducing the rare Arabian Oryx ( antelope ) to its natural habitat . |