Example sentences of "[noun] given [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Mayberry ( 1978 : 33 ) points out : Today it is common practice to begin papers by setting the record straight , so to speak , sometimes with what strikes the reader as being an unusually strong position regarding inter-sign language comprehension given the current state of knowledge . ’ |
| 2 | All schools will be free to manage their day-to-day budgets , with local education authorities given a new strategic role . |
| 3 | All schools will be free to manage their day-to-day budgets , with local education authorities given a new strategic role . |
| 4 | Personally , I 'd like to see Deane ( or whoever ) rested half way through the 2nd half if he 's having one of his off days , and Strandli , Whelan or Forrester given a 20-odd minute run out . |
| 5 | The support given the previous day to German neo-Nazis in two regional elections there was the starting point for his attack on PR ; a first-past-the-post system and stringent policies on asylum and immigration were preventing an extreme-right emergence in Britain , so he argued . |
| 6 | Yet what workforce is left is asked , no it 's told that one point five is a sufficient pay rise given the present economic climate , the catch being up to one point five , not one point five . |
| 7 | This is a necessity given the ambiguous and errorful nature of speech . |
| 8 | It was seen as the most ‘ natural ’ division given the separate roles of men and women in society . |
| 9 | Cigarettes , they argue , are a special case given the huge price gap between full-priced brands at over $1 a packet and discount smokes that cost as little as 69 cents . |
| 10 | It 's very interesting to note that in contemporary political philosophy there is almost no room left for democratic decision making because in most theories that we 're given , more or less everything is already decided at a constitutional level I mean think of theory of justice , it 's the theory of justice that decides the basic nature of a constitution so the role of members of a government is simply to interpret and apply the constitution so they can make the most efficient tax policies given the basic constitution , but no individual has the authority to challenge that constitution and change it by democratic means . |
| 11 | Hobeika and Jamei ( 1985 ) describe the MASSeVACuation ( MASSVAC ) simulation software designed to analyse and evaluate traffic evacuation plans given a natural disaster in an urban area . |
| 12 | The source of the effect seen in subjects given the S1-S2 treatment is accordingly difficult to interpret . |
| 13 | On the other hand the British government declined to share information on its civil nuclear programme given the high ( though misplaced ) hopes which were then placed in its commercial potential . |
| 14 | Slate quarries given a new lease of life |
| 15 | Robin Hood Quarry No 3 has seen Upping the Ante given a direct finish , traversing left at the second pair of pegs , and given the grade E5 6b b by Ian Parsons and Jim Ballard . |
| 16 | Until these underlying images of individual and society are recognized , and their study given the explicit attention it deserves , the significance of geographical knowledge for social practice will not be realized , nor the constraints it currently imposes overcome . |
| 17 | Flows may well be exogenous as they are likely to be known with a reasonable degree of uncertainty given the contractual nature of many savings policies . |
| 18 | A spokesman for the Assembly stated that it was hoped to hold elections by the end of 1992 , but that they might have to be postponed for a few months given the parlous state of the country . |
| 19 | Commuting became fashionable again in the 1980s , and BR responded with new suburban electrification schemes , over a thousand new electric passenger vehicles and ( when replacement finance was not available ) 1950s units given the asbestos-removal treatment and a mid-life facelift . |
| 20 | He could see Prussian soldiers running away in the undergrowth and he felt the fierce exultation of a cavalryman given a helpless enemy to slaughter , but he did not see the batter of guns concealed in the deep shadows at the edge of the wood , nor the Prussian artillery officer who shouted , ‘ Fire ! ’ |
| 21 | These are usually low status roles , whereas the roles given the masculine gender are predominately high status , such as Businessman . |
| 22 | This anomaly could , however , be remedied if the courts were to embrace novel theories of what constitutes loss given the novel essence of insider dealing . |
| 23 | PAIN , along with parents , lawyers and many others involved in the Orkney case , wanted to see those guidelines given the full backing of the law . |
| 24 | In prose fiction , a more dialogic genre , various shifts of deictic centre occur ( that is , from character to character ) and we are more likely to see deictic terms verified intra-textually — for example , pronominal reference given a full cataphoric form . |
| 25 | The membranes that surround the cells of all modern organisms are compounded of protein and fat , and oxygen given a free run at those membranes would be extremely destructive . |
| 26 | Suing Fischer rats given a total dose of 90 mg/kg azoxymethane , Williamson et al found no increase in tumours in the group that had 85% enterectomy and attributed this to poor weight gain , since body mass influences carcinogenesis . |
| 27 | But it would be misleading to speak of separation given the religious foundations of his natural philosophy . |
| 28 | After the 0/3 bottle of Nat.mur. given every other day beginning with 0/1 , the warts were gone and she was definitely more open and communicative . |
| 29 | In the uplands , National and Regional Parks have been designated ; there are also more specific sites given a certain degree of protection . |
| 30 | Two minutes later Bird was forsaken and Stephens given the onerous task of kicking the winning penalty for Llanelli , a task achieved with ludicrous ease by a 20-year-old who this time last year was understudying Jonathan Davies ( remember him ? ) . |