Example sentences of "[prep] [be] given [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He argued that Dorset should continue to record unmet need as it had been doing in a pilot project , although the decision is so politically sensitive that it has to be given clearance by the politicians at their June committee meeting . |
| 2 | Once the treaty is signed , an independent Banque de France is a first step , for Maastricht requires central banks to be given independence by 1999 . |
| 3 | A computer would have to be given knowledge about human eating habits before it could interpret this . |
| 4 | If this were so we would not find the genuine uneasiness about an influx of strangers ( or outside influences ) that can not in any realistic sense threaten the members of the group as individuals , for instance , the insistence by sections of the US citizens that English — of all languages — has to be given protection against immigrant languages by the grant of an official monopoly of public use . |
| 5 | Nestorius himself refused to attend and had to be given protection by imperial troops . |
| 6 | Still , Lazaroni has to be given credit for absorbing the pan-Europeanism of his squad into something the Europeans will need to be aware of in Italy . |
| 7 | US car companies are to be given government help to produce more fuel efficient models . |
| 8 | To be given life and not to serve it or embellish it . … ’ |
| 9 | However , the therapist will benefit from being able to discuss the case with other members of the team or a supervisor in order to be given support and guidance . |
| 10 | Staff need to be given support … especially in the more sensitive areas . |
| 11 | Staff need to be given support in developing strategies for teaching … more sensitive areas . |
| 12 | This is not to advocate that Nizan should be judged solely by criteria acceptable to Nizan individually or the communist party as a whole , but it is to put forward the idea that Nizan 's situation as a communist writer in interwar France needs to be given prominence in any assessment . |
| 13 | It also claims that the M11 extension is not covered by the directive since it is not officially designated a motorway , although the government admits that it is likely to be given motorway status at the time of opening . |
| 14 | Mrs Cass , who was in a wheelchair in court and had breaks to be given oxygen , said she had suffered four heart attacks since the RSPCA became involved with her dogs . |
| 15 | I prescribed a kaolin antacid mixture to be given night and morning and left the house in a confident frame of mind . |
| 16 | The government is this lunchtime expected to announce the third wave of Scottish hospitals to be given self governing status . |
| 17 | Even rented accommodation has been taken up almost exclusively by incomers : company allowances and incomers ' higher salaries generally have meant that rents have increased and that incomers tend to be given preference as tenants . |
| 18 | AN ‘ ABHORRENT ’ motion calling for married couples to be given preference in a housing waiting list has been thrown out by councillors . |
| 19 | Automated office systems , which place a premium on the unique record , may have to be given preference over the more ephemeral e-mail . |
| 20 | ‘ Occasionally it needs to be given direction . |
| 21 | The woman police constable , who has been in the force for five years , had to be given emergency blood transfusions at the scene after being wounded in the stomach and arms . |
| 22 | The urban child needs to be given opportunity to explore the quieter reflective world of woodland and meadow . |
| 23 | Dr Van Vliet wants the growing countries , including Burma , China , India , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines and Thailand , to be given help for artificial propagation when the trade in wild plants is banned . |
| 24 | For the first time she began to wonder if she was to be given leadership beyond the context of Africa . |
| 25 | Love has already come out firmly as a feminist who believes that a certain female viewpoint needs to be given space , but even she sees the dichotomy between feminism and her ‘ battered slut in baby dolls ’ image . |
| 26 | Therefore , argue Trist et al. , the work group has to be given responsibility for the entire cycle of operations , and for handling the interdependence between those on different shifts . |
| 27 | After the Tay floods , calls were made for SEPA to be given responsibility for flood prevention schemes — at present a discretionary duty of regional councils . |
| 28 | These people all need to be given thought . |
| 29 | Broadly speaking , the higher a person is in the management structure , the more essential it is for him or her to be given work when it is available . |
| 30 | erm Yes , certainly , I , I would suggest East and St Clements because they have got quite high ethnic populations , and we can perhaps be hoping to start there , because Environmental Health 's already worked there , targeting some of the multi-occupation properties , so they 've got a very high proportion of black people living there , which means that they 're also quite important in the sense of deprivation , but , I mean , we are also very conscious that we should be working on a council estate , and what we , what I would like to do is to simultaneously be starting working in erm a particular sets of communities , is to be given work in consultation in other wards , so that you know , six months down the line before . |