Example sentences of "[noun sg] given a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ! ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But the new policy went ahead from the following autumn , 1956 , with the former resident tutors for Bedfordshire and Cambridgeshire being redeployed as staff tutors and with Vivian Ramsbottom as Administrative Officer of the Joint Committee given a roving commission to encourage WEA branches in those counties now deprived of resident tutors . |
| 5 | Like any bureaucracy given a green light , the Secret Intelligence Service grew like mushrooms in a wet field overnight . |
| 6 | It was a wailing plaintive sound given a febrile edge by the African rhythms of the drumming . |
| 7 | Yet it was also wealthy and powerfully organised , a strong weapon given a strong hand . |
| 8 | Accommodation is a significant driving factor in the process of new dialect formation as described by Trudgill ( 1986 ) , but it is more easily studied at the level of individuals who adjust their language behaviour given a particular set of circumstances . |
| 9 | So it was on Tuesday the twenty-third of April , 1968 , an occasion given a special fin de siècle luminosity by the knowledge that , for many of us , it was the last such event in our Oxford careers . |
| 10 | ROBIN SMITH was last night given a welcome vote of confidence after his latest painful examination by legspin . |
| 11 | Zeta 's Lad , who has won five chases in a row this season , certainly looks the part and although he is no ‘ good thing ’ I feel he has the form to win the race given a clear round . |
| 12 | But it is not a model that holds up for the twentieth century , when liberalization of the divorce law was not a matter of last resort but was rather always proposed as a means of strengthening the institution of marriage ( by permitting those ‘ living in sin ’ to remarry ) ; when opinion shifted with dramatic speed , for example between the conservative recommendations of the 1956 Royal Commission on Divorce and the endorsement of profound liberalization given a mere ten years later by both the Law Commission and the Church of England ; and when the change in views of key institutions such as the Church of England were as important as those of lawyers . |
| 13 | Some possible criteria for this area of work are listed below : The pupil can : I name , draw or sort 2-D shapes ; 2 name , draw or sort 2-D representations of 3-D shapes ; 3 visualize 3-D shapes represented in 2-D ; 4 construct accurately 2-D shapes with a ruler , protractor and compasses ; 5 find the area and perimeter of a rectangular shape ( whole units only ) ; 6 find the volume of a 3-D cuboid given a 2-D representation ; 7 compare and measure angles . |
| 14 | Can find the volume of a 3-D cuboid given a 2-D representation Most of the success rates for items exemplifying this criterion were around 40 per cent . |
| 15 | This sentence only has one interpretation given a fine-class transcription . |
| 16 | The work of recent British theorists does have lines of connection with older forms of discourse , whether the New Criticism , traditional scholarship , earlier Marxist criticism , or the Cultural Studies approach given a fresh impetus in the 1950s by Richard Hoggart and Raymond Williams . |
| 17 | It was a day to reassure English hearts , for not only was the sequence of defeats brought to an end but the fight was sturdily fought and morale given a welcome boost . |
| 18 | Name the doctor given a suspended prison sentence for the attempted murder of a dying patient . |
| 19 | One item given a public airing in the supplement is the existence of a bolted-on hold on the Tea Monster at Water-cum-Jolly 's Cornice . |
| 20 | Children of 5 years upwards should do well with this program given a little supervision from an adult or older child . |
| 21 | It predated the arrival of the National Curriculum , but was without doubt given a considerable boost by the publication of the government 's initial National Curriculum proposals in 1987 , and the Education Reform Bill and Act , both in 1988 . |
| 22 | While Fountains Abbey , the great Gothic ruin set in beautiful parkland , could naturally be transferred to the National Trust given a suitable endowment ( who would provide the millions needed for that ? ) , and Westminster Abbey 's Chapter House could be entrusted to the Church of England , it is uncertain whether some of the less glamourous archaeological sites could be hived off to local councils without risk to their future . |
| 23 | KEVIN Ratcliffe , the ex-Wales skipper given a free transfer by Everton last season , last night joined Scottish Premier Division club Dundee . |
| 24 | He estimates ( using parameters derived from the brain damaged population ) that though the probability of left sided speech given a right ear advantage is 97 per cent , the probability of right sided speech given a left ear advantage is only 10 per cent . |
| 25 | He estimates ( using parameters derived from the brain damaged population ) that though the probability of left sided speech given a right ear advantage is 97 per cent , the probability of right sided speech given a left ear advantage is only 10 per cent . |