Example sentences of "they have [been] given a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now they 've been given a derelict school building , gutted by fire , for their new community association . |
| 2 | And because they 've been given a tantalising series of glimpses of a fuller life , they 're aware and starving . |
| 3 | When the cameras had long since departed , I was left to carry the can and answer any angry participants who felt they had been given a raw deal . |
| 4 | Complacency about recession could destroy the Tories yet : they have been given a sharp warning by the electorate and they disregard it at their peril . |
| 5 | Right across Britain they have been given a new lease of life . |
| 6 | In the author 's constituency , for example , there is a company whose main competitor in Germany has been given switchgear free of charge by the local electricity board , and they have been given a twenty-year loan at no interest for generating plant . |
| 7 | Now they have been given a fresh lease of life , inviting the ( wrong ) conclusion that the need for a further shake-out is past . |
| 8 | The former ought to be more prominently displayed , the article says , so that patients are n't confused about whether they have been given a different type of medicine when collecting subsequent prescriptions . |