Example sentences of "it [verb] [been] give a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Instead it has been given a new imprimatur and left on the old job .
2 Now this woman had always been aware of the as a child , she had always known it , it had n't be unconscious in the sense she 'd forgotten it , but it had been isolated , it has been given a new name , and ca unfortunately I ca n't remember what it was , but it was , it was completely er innocuous , the name was the term she used was totally innocuous .
3 So valuable has the dating of tephra become that it has been given a specific name — tephrochronology .
4 It has been given a signed framed photograph of Gary Lineker and a football signed by all the Tottenham Hotspur players .
5 It has never been seen again , though it has been given an official variable star designation : T Boo¨tis .
6 However , the powerful US tuna industry lobby has made sure that it has been given an annual ‘ dolphin kill' ’ quota .
7 Half an hour after the finish the stewards disqualified the Schlesser/Baldi Mercedes on the grounds that it had been given a tenth of a litre more than its 246-litre fuel allowance .
8 I would not have minded the motion tonight quite so much if it had been given an honest title , such as the General Election ( Clearing the Decks ) Motion , or whatever title the Leader of the House wanted to give it .
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