Example sentences of "[pron] is given to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Be always ready , according to your power to relieve the poor and help the distressed … ’ is a quote from The Rules for the Conduct of Life , a copy of which is given to all new Freemen — or perhaps it should now be Freepersons . |
| 2 | Since sentencing is a matter of societal process and since we engage in an adversarial system , a right of appeal which is given to one side should not be denied to the other . |
| 3 | The raiders made off with twenty thousand pounds worth of 22 carat gold jewellry , which is given to Indian women as a dowry . |
| 4 | Nothing exemplifies the spirit of the family more than musar : instruction ( as moral training ) which is given to Jewish children . |
| 5 | It 's a shame that someone as obviously capable of expressing himself as you is given to such bursts of undisguised racism and ignorance . |
| 6 | So much of you is given to ordinary people , suppressed , in ordinary life . |
| 7 | He was the first gold medal winner ( 1902 ) of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy , his obituary in Nature noting : ‘ It is given to few men to discover a process which has had such a far-reaching effect in almost every branch of civilised life . ’ |