Example sentences of "[am/are] often given [art] " in BNC.

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1 Owner-occupiers are often given no priority on local authority waiting lists , or have no access at all .
2 When pupils complain that they ‘ do n't see the point of doing all these ’ , they are often given a remote justification — ‘ you 'll need it when you buy a carpet ’ .
3 Of course , you could n't , but poor little severely malnourished children are often given a , a kind of gruel which might be healthy , but to get them to eat it is very difficult , so kids , lots of things happen and .
4 On conventional free range poultry units , the birds are often given an open field to wander over .
5 ( d ) Motivate and encourage the directly employed labour force who are often given the less straightforward , more difficult or dirty tasks which have been rejected by labour-only sub-contractors .
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