Example sentences of "[pron] have [been] given [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have been given free catalogues , invited to try any guitar I wished — not just the cheapo imports either but vintage stuff too — actually got useful information from people who , without exception , seem to be knowledgeable and often talented players , and generally made to feel welcome . |
| 2 | Cy-A is credited with having doubled the survival rate of leukaemia patients who have been given new bone marrow at the Westminster Hospital , London . |
| 3 | The sleazy sell which accompanies the three-page advert points to those who have been given large sums of money shortly after acquiring their cross . |
| 4 | You have been given great talents , you can achieve results that are beyond the ability of anyone else . |
| 5 | But since then we have been given additional help with the cleaning , but the same hours . |
| 6 | We have been given full details of who is attending , where the various ceremonies are being staged and at what time . |
| 7 | That is why we have been given free will , in order that we may choose the correct one . |
| 8 | The recent Toyne Report ‘ Environmental Responsibility , An Agenda for Further and Higher Education ’ , commissioned by the DoE and the Welsh Office states , ‘ Everybody has some scope for doing his or her job in a more environmentally responsible way , and needs to understand the importance of this … but may well need more than this , either because they have been given specific responsibilities within their organisation , or simply because their organisation 's environmental impact is heavily dependent on the way they carry out their day-to-day tasks , and on the decisions which they have to take . ’ |
| 9 | They are the seeds produced by the fern-like plants such as Mariopteris , but because they are difficult to link with their foliage they have been given separate names . |