Example sentences of "[noun pl] given a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All schools will be free to manage their day-to-day budgets , with local education authorities given a new strategic role . |
| 2 | All schools will be free to manage their day-to-day budgets , with local education authorities given a new strategic role . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Slate quarries given a new lease of life |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | In the uplands , National and Regional Parks have been designated ; there are also more specific sites given a certain degree of protection . |
| 7 | In that year the proportion of convicted adult males given a custodial sentence had reached a low of 15 per cent . |
| 8 | The world of learning , fired by the tension between the intellectual arguments of scholasticism and the more experiential piety of the monastic orders given a powerful voice by such men as Bernard of Clairvaux and Hugo and Richard of St Victor , was preoccupied with the relationship between the operations of reason and faith and a growing tendency to see them as distinct rather than complementary experiences , a climate of thought favourable to mystical theology . |
| 9 | Factors given a high ranking in the second survey were GPs ' expressed preferences ( 80 per cent ) , existing patient flows ( 80 per cent ) , previous experience of the provider ( 46 per cent ) and ease of travel for residents ( 40 per cent ) . |
| 10 | What price would the portfolio manager be prepared to pay for these shares given a holding period of 5 years ? |