Example sentences of "[vb base] be given [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I remember being given some caviar once when we were in Russia — wrapped in newspaper because they had no containers to put it in ! |
| 2 | Excuse me , sir , ’ I said , ‘ but do n't people mind being given these names ? ’ |
| 3 | Cos if you were asked as , as , as a person by , by a manager or by somebody else to , to actually do the training , then it 's your responsibility is n't it you 've been asked , you 've been given that task and it 's your responsibility to ensure that people are able to do at the end of the session something effectively . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been given this beautiful little picture as well , ’ I said , and I smiled up at him . |
| 5 | One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian slack key guitar was the superb musician and singer Gabby Pahinui , and Gabby is the reason we 've been given this rare and welcome opportunity to speak to Ry Cooder . |
| 6 | What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ? |
| 7 | Lesbians and HIV prevention have been given little attention in the overall response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic . |
| 8 | Dear love , I get plenty of time to think about us these days , and I 'm more than ever grateful that I have been given such a wonderful person as you to be my wife . |
| 9 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 10 | In parts we have been given that modern definition . |
| 11 | When Jesus appeared after his resurrection to his disciples in Galilee , he told them , ‘ I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth . ’ |
| 12 | In terms of the future of formal education , priority has been given to achievement of non-racial education , and neither questions of female access and achievement , nor the gendered content of educational materials , have been given much attention . |
| 13 | One or two tribes have been given much more time on the radio than others . |
| 14 | I have been given enough money for you to live the life of a gentleman in London while you are studying . |
| 15 | Anyway , as I have been given more recognition and opportunity to draw to my strengths under your editorship , I would like to express my appreciation and thanks for giving me a ‘ go ’ . |
| 16 | that people can make their o , they have a balanced education which allows them then to make their own choices about , that things are n't over , I mean if we 've lived in a patriarchal society in which men are in power and that kin , and male sexuality maybe has come through more in sex education , those have been the issues that have been co , ha have been given more importance and female issues have maybe been neglected a little bit and now erm , with Aids as a problem we do n't want to turn out and suddenly become really homo homophobic or really , you know , right condoms , condoms , it has to be you know , you need to kind of keep the balance so that people are given the information and then have the freedom to make the choice themselves . |
| 17 | At lower levels , too , cost-centre managers have been given more flexibility with personnel management providing a greater link between performance and promotion ( Thorpe |
| 18 | ‘ We have been given another chance and it 's up to us to take it . ’ |
| 19 | SSDs have been given another set of community care priorities . |
| 20 | Members , who are advised to take walking boots or track shoes because of the likelihood of a muddy site , have been given these directions to get to the centre : from the M5 motorway , exit 17 , take the B4055 , signposted Severn Beach : straight on through Pilning and across the A403 dual carriageway at the traffic lights , then through Redwick and take first left B4064 , signposted Severn Beach half a mile ; through first set of temporary traffic lights ( plant crossing ) , then sharp right at next set of lights ; look for visitors ' centre on left-hand side . |
| 21 | Of the 69 coarse ware vessels described in this Report , only 12 have been given any indication of date and most of these refer to Wroxeter and Newstead parallels . |
| 22 | gone to their GP 's , and often have been given some sort of medicine for their depression but have n't had the counselling side of things dealt with and they 've just been given re-prescriptions , not necessarily seen every time for a re-prescription . |
| 23 | They say it is too soon to say if either will produce any results , but Chief Inspector Steve Cross of Cheshire 's Serious Crime Squad confirmed : ‘ We have been given some new names which we are following up at the moment . |
| 24 | ‘ This is the reason they were first given and I would like to think that I have been given this award because of that . |
| 25 | A record of the companies who have been given this dispensation should be held in order that this may be checked by the auditors . |
| 26 | At present no other organisations have been given this status . |