Example sentences of "given to [pers pn] by [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | The Rev H.P. Wright , who was a chaplain in the Crimea , always carried in his breast-pocket a prayer-book given to him by a devout family nurse . |
2 | He confessed he had never read this one , given to him by a Parisian admirer . |
3 | He knew the way vaguely from the journey the night before and the careful directions given to him by the Prior . |
4 | For he is suddenly , miraculously , aware that he has got a wonderful — no ! — a perfect alibi ; an alibi which has been given to him by the very person he has just killed . |
5 | ‘ I do n't think so , ’ he replied sullenly , unrolling his sleeves and going to the chair , where he collected the burgundy waistcoat given to him by the old man . |
6 | Less consciously , their desire was for a baby to be given to them by a symbolic mother ( the female doctor ) . |
7 | However , the development of Australian unions has been markedly and uniquely influenced by the institutional support given to them by the federal arbitration system which has long played a fundamental role in wage-determination and the settlement of disputes ( see Chapter 5 ) . |
8 | The research will monitor what coping strategies governing bodies are using to deal with the tasks and responsibilities given to them by the new educational legislation and will also focus on the identification of power relations ( including gender and race/ethnicity ) , decision making processes and networks of influence operating in the eight governing bodies . |
9 | This is a totalizing view of society , and implies a certain anti-pluralism : freedom of belief and action within certain parameters , which are to be decided either by those who appear righteous in the sight of God or by those who , at least , conform in their lawmaking to the advice given to them by the righteous . |
10 | These pleats give the lava a ropy appearance , and the flows are called by a name given to them by the Polynesian islanders — pahoehoe flows . |
11 | Sadly , as I shall explain , the facts do not bear out the interpretation given to them by the Foreign Secretary . |
12 | That , and the electric kettle , given to me by a good friend , are a great blessing . |
13 | It is not it was given to me by a nice gentleman from Napier College doing |
14 | Will the Secretary of State take this opportunity to confirm an answer recently given to me by a junior Minister — it is in Hansard , of course — to the effect that a large number of pensioners — nearly 40 per cent . |
15 | This recipe was given to me by a well-travelled customer on her return from the USA . |
16 | Lady Londonderry was greatly admired at the Russian Court and some of the Londonderry family jewels — the Down Diamonds and the parure and cross were given to her by the Russian Emperor Alexander I. |
17 | Just as the term ‘ the military-industrial complex ’ has a resonance given to it by a particular school of elite theorists , so the problem of the growth of government is associated with pluralist theories . |
18 | The corporation may argue that a direction given to it by the National Rivers Authority to improve water is unreasonable . |
19 | It was given to you by a certain gentleman , as security against a loan . ’ |
20 | Either become the package manager ( given to you by the existing manager using option 1.8.0 ) or activate the DC/DCs via a package which you own . |
21 | Above you will find a sample itinerary , prepared to a brief given to us by an imaginary customer . |
22 | That evening Sid and I dined off piping hot oxtail soup , steak and kidney pie , followed by a very rich plum duff , all washed down with a bottle of French cider , given to us by the old Frenchman who lived in the cottage near the entrance to the orchard . |