Example sentences of "[be] give [art] [num] " in BNC.

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1 Firstly , they are given a two month course covering most aspects and procedures of aircraft accident investigation , after which they spend several months assisting experienced investigators in the field until they are sent out , with full responsibility for their particular side of the investigation ( i.e. operations or engineering ) , on one of the many minor accidents to private or club aircraft .
2 If a team arrives at the finish without a bale or only some semblance of one , they are given a ten minute time penalty .
3 THE bogus doctor who ran clinics in Ulster has been given a two week reprieve before she knows her fate .
4 I 've been given a hundred and fifty acres , Seb .
5 Yes , I see , yes er , I said , I could have said if you had been given a hundred thousand pounds how , or fifty thousand pounds how would you invest it ?
6 sort of been given a hundred pound upstairs .
7 The club 's former accountant Vince Farrar has been given a six months suspended sentence .
8 And we 've just heard that the school has been given a three month reprieve .
9 Airbus has been given a three year guarantee on that contract .
10 He had only been fifteen and had been given the four-ten , the so-called lady 's gun , which Rufus gathered had rather gone against the grain .
11 Clarence had been given the honour of Richmond in 1462 ; or , more strictly , had been given the two thirds then in the crown 's possession and the reversion of the remaining third on the death of the dowager duchess of Bedford .
12 Clarence had been given the honour of Richmond in 1462 ; or , more strictly , had been given the two thirds then in the crown 's possession and the reversion of the remaining third on the death of the dowager duchess of Bedford .
13 In the midst of the proceedings , when they have already been given the Ten Commandments and much besides , and Moses is on the summit of Sinai receiving more torah to relay to them , they rebel .
14 A man who strangled his so-called nagging wife has been given an eighteen month suspended sentence at the Old Bailey .
15 I was happy to agree with this because it seemed to me that teachers were not ready for all the problems of assessment of speaking and listening for pupils aged 14 to 16 , and for the profile component to be given a 20 per cent weighting would be a considerable step forward .
16 Local authorities will be given a 50 per cent grant towards the cost of each shelter .
17 Manchester has strong support , including that of Prime Minister John Major , but Sydney , Australia , remains favourite to be given the 2000 Games .
18 Manchester has strong support , including that of Prime Minister John Major , but Sydney , Australia , remains favourite to be given the 2000 Games .
19 South Africa should be given the 1995 World Cup without batting an eyelid .
20 Henry replied that John would be given the three castles of Chinon , Loudun and Mirebeau .
21 I 'm giving a thousand
22 POLICE are being given a 140 mph supercar to help fight auto crime .
23 Once that confidence had been achieved , it was felt that the school would benefit if every pupil were given a three grade assessment ( acceptable , unacceptable , exceptional ) .
24 The evidence showed , according to Mr Craven , that wherever individual party members were given the one member , one vote opportunity to voice their views , they rejected the hard left .
25 Wycliffe and Kersey were given the two chairs while Mark Garland perched on the edge of the couch .
26 Since the Del Mar organisers were given the 1992 final , they have built a £3 million arena alongside one of the finest race courses in the country .
27 Winning the toss , high-flying Somerset were given an 82 start by Ricky Bartlett and Mark Lathwell and it was the introduction of spinners Phil Carrick and Jeremy Batty which stopped things getting out of hand .
28 On top , he 's given a 3 500 housing allowance , and can look forward to a pension of up to 19 500 pounds a year .
29 The Allstar forward has been battling against injury lately and is given a 50/50 chance of being fit for Sunday .
30 But of course if salaries go up evenly throughout a forty year lifespan and the Chairman is given a forty year lifespan which is quite or pension lifespan which is quite a suitable one , if salaries go up and someone leaves their company every ten years , then the first three departures are obviously going to be at much lower salary levels and it 's not going to be satisfactory the first three departures are just index linked to inflation , there is the problem of how does one index link them towards the final salary .
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