Example sentences of "is give " in BNC.
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| 1 | No other information is given about the work itself , although there is a brief biographical note about the sculptor . |
| 2 | The expression I am quoting is uttered by Dyer , and it is an expression which Ackroyd is given to using in his books . |
| 3 | A list of such tutors is contained in Contacts ( address is given on p 17 ) . |
| 4 | Students may compete for the BBC Carlton Hobbs award which is given annually to two students from any of the drama schools ; the award offers a six month contract with BBC radio , as well as guaranteeing that vital entry into British Equity . |
| 5 | Yet every now and again a student emerges who shows exceptional talent and it is quite natural that a drama school will make sure that his/her ability is given a good stretch in public with a major role , perhaps playing Hamlet or Hedda Gabler . |
| 6 | Technology suppliers to the British hotel and restaurant industry say that their products are often under-exploited , because too little thought has been given to what the systems are supposed to achieve and too low a priority is given to staff training . |
| 7 | Mobbs says : ‘ On-site training is only viable where suitable facilities exist and commitment is given to releasing staff from daily duties . |
| 8 | The Pregnancy Book is given free through the NHS to all first-time expectant mothers . |
| 9 | The way the writer resolved them is not adequately addressed … the issues are raised , but no explanation [ is given ] of how they were resolved in practice . ’ |
| 10 | The prince is given the freedom of the garden if only he does not kiss the fairy . |
| 11 | A full point score is given for a powerful , skilful technique that lands with control on a scoring area of the opponent 's head or body . |
| 12 | A full point score is given for a powerful , skilful and controlled technique to the opponent 's scoring areas |
| 13 | That is given to the child at the all-important ceremony of circumcision , which re-enacts the covenant between God and Abraham ‘ the father ’ of the Jewish people , and admits the child into the family of Israel . |
| 14 | Nothing exemplifies the spirit of the family more than musar : instruction ( as moral training ) which is given to Jewish children . |
| 15 | Leonard believed that they interconnected more than he is given credit for ; he chose to speak of that one within , though not absolutely . |
| 16 | The kit comes complete in its cardboard case , which is given a fabric texture and embellished with gold lettering . |
| 17 | Further information about recently announced changes is given on page 2 . |
| 18 | Amongst its conclusions , the report welcomes the emphasis being placed by the DSS and Social Security Benefits Agency ( SSAB ) on ‘ customer care ’ , and the recognition that much remains to be done to be sure that an adequate service is given . |
| 19 | For not only is maintenance now much less frequent , all scheduled depot attention is given at night or at weekends or between peak diagrams . |
| 20 | Finally and most importantly there are simple and easy-to-follow directions on how to find each crag , including the page and cross-reference of that crag on the road atlas ( a list of the road atlases used is given ) . |
| 21 | In answer I would draw your attention to the report from the Lakes in your April issue , where incidental mention is given to a climb named ‘ Blind Nigger ’ . |
| 22 | And a new twist is given to the urge to be a Napoleon . |
| 23 | ‘ . If we assume — and it is probably the right assumption — that students can no longer easily read isolated literary texts , but need to make sense of them in a variety of contexts , much power is given to the teacher who decides which are the relevant cultural codes to be invoked and expounded ; Marxists , at least , are specific on the matter . |
| 24 | And so the last page or so is given over to French names : Corbière and Jammes and De Regnier ; Tailhade and Romains ; Vildrac , Spire and Arcos — poets who at the present day have few readers even among the French . |
| 25 | His foil , Mercutio , is given both lightness and intelligence by Paul McCleary , poring over a table to evoke the tiny fairyland of Queen Mab before shaping the speech outwards as she roams abroad . |
| 26 | Because housing is given a weighting of 17.5 per cent in the retail price index , an increase of this order is likely to add 0.4 and 0.5 points to the inflation rate in November , assuming there are no other pressures on prices that month . |
| 27 | ‘ It is not treated by the trade in Britain with anything like the respect it is given in France . |
| 28 | This right is given to members of the public under the Access to Information Act 1985 . |
| 29 | But what most impresses you about this phenomenal piece of theatre is less its class affiliations than its national attributes : a drama of mutinous impulses crushed by an authoritarian social system is given consummate rendering by a cast who very triumphantly unite energy and discipline . |
| 30 | Although President Barco is given credit for good intentions , the fear is that his move has come too late : by now , the money at stake is too big , the drug barons too firmly entrenched in Colombian society , and the state institutions too deeply compromised by too many years of complacency , if not complicity . |