Example sentences of "[noun] be give [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Prisoners are given some choice as to which prison they go to ; what work they do ; what training or education courses they undertake . |
| 2 | What I did not realise before was that whilst new accounts are given much publicity and the rates of interest are proudly displayed , the accounts of existing investors no longer available to fresh punters are discreetly removed from such lists . |
| 3 | Those in the last category are given least priority , though that does not mean they are never funded . ’ |
| 4 | The important thing is to make sure that those people that have got those particular skills are given those roles to be able to perform that role perform use those skills . |
| 5 | If our democracy is to retain popular support and respect , it seems vital that the 60pc of voters regularly voting for change are given some opportunity to bring their ideals and values to bear on society . |
| 6 | In the Netherlands , many quoted companies have widespread share ownership but the shareholders are given little power and technical barriers to takeovers are very important . |
| 7 | Different opinions are given all the time . |
| 8 | Secured creditors are given some protection : no proposal or modification that affects their rights to enforce security can be approved unless they concur . |
| 9 | And to add an extra thrill to the afternoon , William Hill are giving both our winners the chance to win a fortune with £200 of free bets . |
| 10 | If we decide that this traditional strophic form does not suit our needs , we have the more difficult alternative of a looser form , in which the words are given more importance , while the music , intensifying their meaning and emotion , may fall into a supporting role . |
| 11 | Through this facility , since ‘ base ’ might suggest the steady jobs associated with most camps behind a front line , men of 19 units were given some training in Independent Company 's skills . |
| 12 | For the first time local Labour parties were given some sense of common identity , which had been lacking on the political wing since the disaffiliation of the ILP . |
| 13 | Half the subjects were given this information in advance but the other half were not told anything about the subject matter of the passage . |
| 14 | A pooled estimate of the overall odds ratio of drop out was calculated by weighting each odds ratio by the inverse of the variance ; thus studies with more subjects were given more weight . |
| 15 | The wise heads realised that when a side is given such consistent attacking time points must be scored . |
| 16 | The purpose of this chapter is to give some hints on how to comment on tables such as might be found in government summary publications . |
| 17 | For a syntactic analyser it is necessary that the words be given some identifier to show the grammatical category of the word . |
| 18 | But by the detective novel I mean a book in which the puzzle element is reduced and in which the characters are a good deal more lifelike than those which the blueprint puzzle merchants needed and in which the element of character drawing is given much more weight . |
| 19 | In the United Sterling case the basis for dismissing the motion was that there was no evidence that the defendant was given any special information which he ought to have regarded as a separate part of his stock of knowledge which an honest employee would have recognised as property of the employer . |
| 20 | Paisley was given much credit for the win but his commitment to the party was considerably eroded when the defeated Labour candidate was given a post in the Ministry of Agriculture . |
| 21 | And Andy was given half a day 's notice . |
| 22 | The Milton Keynes-based group , which kills 4,000 cattle and 25,000 sheep a week in the season , is expected to take an initiative in that area later this year , and Mr Canvin was giving little away in his address to the Safeway-sponsored Strathclyde Food Project seminar . |
| 23 | Contradictory discourses and practices within and between these agencies of socialization are given little serious attention . |
| 24 | Above : Even the kitchen shelves are given some of Rita 's expert treatment and are festooned with large , bright bows |
| 25 | This may require the parents being given some special activities to be carried out each day , or it may involve more general and less highly structured activities , such as looking at books or playing with toys . |
| 26 | Mice were given enough avertin by intraperitoneal injection to induce very light anaesthesia . |
| 27 | Under this head belongs every form of words by which , in speaking of a proposed measure of relief , an intimation is given that the time at which the proposal is made , whenever it may be , is too early for the purpose . |
| 28 | While noting that Parolles is given some kind of dignity in verse , we should also observe that Shakespeare seldom ends a scene with a soliloquy in prose — Thersites and Falstaff are the only characters who do so more than once . |
| 29 | In the confined environment of pre-school life the infant may have appeared to be progressing normally , and it may not be until an objective screening test is given that the sight problem is recognised . |
| 30 | Wainfleet had not avoided the slur that Wickham was giving more attention to his private life than his professional and this accounted for the lack of progress in apprehending MacQuillan 's killer . |