Example sentences of "the [noun pl] [verb] be give [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The development of the gardens has been given high priority and there is a large variety of named trees and shrubs . |
| 2 | He reminded the House that the police had been given forty-eight hours notification of the proposed route : ‘ Honourable members on this side of the House who in this respect are charging him [ Paisley ] with gross civic and social irresponsibility must also charge the police with exactly the same thing . ’ |
| 3 | The assumption was that the police had been given enough information to pick up the terrorists quickly . |
| 4 | Under the provisions of Part H of the Public Order Act of 1986 the police have been given greater powers in the regulation of processions and assemblies . |
| 5 | The offences were of varying degrees of gravity and the appellants have been given different release dates under the statutory provisions which have been under examination in these appeals . |