Example sentences of "[prep] be given [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alan Curtis , the former Welsh international striker , yesterday signed for Swansea after being given a free transfer by Cardiff . |
| 2 | TRANSPLANT patient Lisa Strange , 12 , was fighting for her life yesterday after being given a new heart and lungs . |
| 3 | Hounslow came up with £100,000 after being given a limit of £10,000 . |
| 4 | ‘ My sister Dorothy died from stomach cancer just eight weeks after being given a clean bill of health by a Manchester hospital . |
| 5 | After being given a few minutes to study the diagram the sender is told to go ahead and the time is noted . |
| 6 | DARLINGTON midfield player Gary Gill wants to play abroad after being given a free transfer by new manager Ray Hankin . |
| 7 | In May , the electorate of Wear Valley chose the Liberals after being given a multitude of promises which have yet to be fulfilled . |
| 8 | Middlesbrough striker Bernie Slaven yesterday joined second division promotion-chasers Port Vale on a 15-month contract after being given a free transfer . |
| 9 | With punters across the country totally baffled , the field regrouped and , after being given the go-ahead by course officials after an eight minute break , started again , this time jumping the offending obstacle . |
| 10 | Niki Lauda displayed courage beyond all recognition in 1976 when , six weeks after being given the Last Rites , he was back behind the wheel of his Ferrari picking up points in the Italian Grand Prix at Monza . |
| 11 | Apart from the inherent improbability that the Lockerbie investigators never thought to ask for it , that it was left to a clerk to print out a copy on her own initiative before the computer wiped the record , only to return weeks later from holiday to find that still no one had asked for it , and that the BKA , after being given the list , sat on it for months before passing it along to the Scottish police , there remained the problem of the FBI teletype which left open the possibility that no such bag from Malta was ever loaded on Flight 103 . |
| 12 | A friend of Ken 's had just taken his life after being given the choice of going to prison or a mental hospital . |
| 13 | LITTLE Laura Davies can not wait to start school after being given the all-clear to travel home following her double transplant operation in America five months ago . |
| 14 | sort of been given a hundred pound upstairs . |
| 15 | But his grandfather he only saw in brief glimpses , when James called in the hope of being given a shilling . |
| 16 | In McInnes v. Onslow Fane ( N.C. , 1978 ) a contrast was drawn between cases involving forfeiture of a licence , ( natural justice applied as there was a right to answer any allegations which had been brought ) , renewal cases ( where in view of the fact that a person 5 livelihood would be affected if the renewal was not granted , there is a legitimate expectation of being given a hearing ) , and initial applications where minimal standards of fairness apply . |
| 17 | There is some support for Burke and Chinkin 's view in the remarks of Denning LJ ( as he then was ) in Lee v Showmen 's Guild of Great Britain [ 1952 ] 2 QB 329 at 342 , where he stated that a domestic tribunal must observe the principles of natural justice ; but this was in the context of being given a reasonable opportunity to meet a " charge " , in this case the attempt to expel a member from a trade union . |
| 18 | I was glad of being given an opportunity to learn a good trade . |
| 19 | Above all , you need to take advantage of being given the chance to put your own point of view . |
| 20 | Julius Caesar is to some extent a case apart , being not only one of his most successful operas when first performed in 1724 , but also the most frequently revived this century , recently even having the dubious distinction of being given the ‘ Peter Sellars ’ treatment on television . |
| 21 | Within minutes of being given the treatment his walking was much improved , and the following day he was walking around without any sticks and was also able to climb up and down stairs unaided — a thing he had been unable to do for at least two years . |
| 22 | It was all just like being given a new recipe or a knitting pattern . |
| 23 | to be taken in hand and led , like being a child again , even without the innocence , a child — It 's like being given a prize , an extra slice of childhood when you least expect it , as a prize for being good , or compensation for never having had one … |
| 24 | For many Tory appointees , getting a place on a quango is like being given a gong that pays ’ — Labour MP Jack Straw . |
| 25 | It was like being given an ice-cube when you needed hot soup . |
| 26 | When Tim Pigott Smith looks directly at you , it 's like being given an electric shock . |
| 27 | You have no legal right to insist upon being given a reference ; the relevant legal principles are discussed in Chapter 21 . |
| 28 | No employee can insist upon being given a reference when he leaves a job , unless ( as hardly ever happens ) his contract specifically entitles him to one . |
| 29 | The analogue recording is clean , smooth , and well-balanced , but benefits from being given a little extra playback volume to help bring the instruments into focus ; fortunately tape hiss levels are as low as you 'd expect on a good digital recording . |
| 30 | One old man remembered that a visit as a child to the doctor did not result in being given a prescription . |