Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [art] [noun] of [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He was also delighted to be given a bottle of whisky from his colleagues at Runcorn . |
| 2 | A collection of nondescript prints , for example , can be given a sense of unity if each is mounted with the same distinctive colour : camel or chrome yellow or red , whichever fits in best with the room , and then edged all in the same way with a thin strip of wood or chrome or brass . |
| 3 | The justification of the partnership approach is that it encourages the notions of quality and excellence , whilst providing a framework within which a wide range of activities can be given a sense of coherence and wholeness . |
| 4 | Nurses in training should be given a guarantee of employment following qualification . |
| 5 | It was not uncommon for foreign representatives in Sweden to be given a quantity of copper , the only Swedish product for which there was a ready international market , which they could sell on their return home . |
| 6 | The person receiving a letter from a company must be given a degree of information about the organisation which they are dealing with . |
| 7 | The judgement on whether the consequences were acceptable was clearly left to the negotiators : all that had been done was to remove the uncertainty as to what the consequences would be given a set of grade boundaries , not to state whether any set of consequences was acceptable . |
| 8 | And the theory was that if you served thirty years in the Ce Central African police , you 'd be given a section of land in what later became Rhodesia . |
| 9 | " He ought to be given a cup of coffee immediately . " |
| 10 | Sometimes they can be given a lump of clay that is too heavy for them to lift and they will gain new experiences as they try to mould or divide it into pieces of a manageable size . |
| 11 | So they have to find their way into the international financial system , where they can be given a veneer of legality . |
| 12 | Proposals should have to be advertised locally , the manifesto says , and customers should be given a right of audience before the licensing authorities to oppose unwelcome changes . |
| 13 | It is right that they should be given a place of honour in the history of ancient art . |
| 14 | ‘ He said : ‘ You are going to be given a lot of money and your life is safe . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ He said : ‘ You are going to be given a lot of money and your life is safe . ’ |
| 16 | Extract from a letter received from an ex-member of the Womens Royal Air Force after a period of convalescence at Richard Peck House ‘ It was my good fortune to be given a period of convalescence at Richard Peck House after major surgery . |
| 17 | The two of them told me that no formalities were required , that I would simply be received in a small private room , and that there would even be the possibility that I would be given a glass of sherry — which presented some difficulty since I am teetotal . |
| 18 | Not true — with curlers to hand and just ten minutes to spare , any short style can be given a shot of glamour . |
| 19 | The world of the imagination is limitless and it is here that the mind must be freed , but it must also be given the spur of inspiration . |
| 20 | Rodney was discussing with Veronica whether people should be given the choice of English or French mustard . |
| 21 | With several separate aquaria , each kind of animal can be given the type of food it needs , and animals that feed on other animals can be kept apart . |
| 22 | Indeed it may be ( as in my case ) because one deeply cares that there should be good and equal relations between men and women that one is adamant that no one human being can be given the kind of status which Christians give to Christ . |
| 23 | SULTRY singer Sade had to be given the kiss of life when a spectacular underwater scene for her new video went dramatically wrong . |
| 24 | Suggestions in the bill for an independent panel of experts to be given the power of veto over the research were rejected . |
| 25 | Under the compassionate , egalitarian , principled Kaufman scheme , no one in Hong Kong will be given the right of abode in Britain . |
| 26 | The Code will have to be given the force of law and in some respects detailed adjustments may be necessary to conform with the requirements of the Directive . |
| 27 | Any sort of housing standard to be effective must be given the force of law , but the sad lesson of history is that specific words of the law , while intended in spirit to be a minimum statement of what is acceptable , are usually interpreted and followed as the maximum of what has to be achieved in practice . |
| 28 | We called for a code of practice to be given the force of law . |
| 29 | The Code of Guidance , the authors maintain , should be given the force of legislation . |
| 30 | Consequently , if a volcanic island is to be formed the rate of growth of a volcano must exceed the rate of ocean floor subsidence . |