Example sentences of "[noun] [modal v] be give [det] " in BNC.

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1 Now WFP insists the consumer 's views must be given more weight .
2 So we consider that creditors should be given this duty .
3 He emphasised that the European Parliament should be given more teeth to ensure value for money and for scrutinising how the Commission spends taxpayers ' money .
4 If they are , will they honour their own commitment by recognising that the overwhelming majority of parents want to stay with local authorities and that therefore local authorities should be given all the backing and support possible by the Government to make a success of their role in the future .
5 Local authorities should be given some money to get them out of the mess .
6 A I think that the design considerations of your notice board should be given some careful thought .
7 So lower ability children in British schools may be given less language training .
8 Given that safety for passengers must be paramount , you might like to consider if such a code of practice should be given some statutory status , or how else the good practice it describes might be disseminated and enforced .
9 Questions were asked of the Home Office as to how a man with a 30-year record in organised crime could be given such a low security classification .
10 In this way , the institution would be given more flexibility but at the same time would have to live with any mistakes it might make .
11 A pregnant employee will be given this by a doctor or midwife .
12 The Plowden Report on Children and their Primary Schools ( 1967 ) recommended no change to section 76 , but said that parents should be given some choice whenever this was possible .
13 In terms of the effect on potential parties , an argument advanced by the petitioners was that the notion of ‘ involuntary agency ’ was an established part of the lex fori , and to disapply it in the case of foreign defendants would be to give such defendants an advantage denied to their domestic counterparts .
14 An electron can be given enough energy to break out of its bond if the frequency of the radiation is high enough — quantum theory tells us that , as with atomic vibrations , the energy in a light wave comes in increments of its frequency multiplied by Planck 's constant .
15 ‘ I propose therefore that Customs should be given some discretion to mitigate the penalties for some misdeclarations , to enable them to take account of the individual circumstances of the trader . ’
16 Not only were their needs felt to threaten the living standards of other groups , but it was argued that these needs should be given less priority : ‘ It is dangerous to be in any way lavish to old age , until adequate provision .
17 However , Mr Readman said he would be happy to attend a meeting and recommended that Mr Kirwan should be given another award .
18 These preliminary definitions of concepts may be given some more substance by considering the relations between them , and also their relations with the concept of economic class .
19 Individuals lower down the organisation may be given little responsibility with few decisions delegated down the organisation to them .
20 But why only males should be given this extra piece of breathing apparatus has not satisfactorily been explained .
21 If the aim of palaeoclimate modelling is to ‘ recreate ’ past climates , the geological evidence must be given more weight than it is now .
22 Its primary spokesman suggested that guarantees could be given that Afghanistan would not become a base for foreign powers .
23 He said : ‘ I think the processors will be given some confidence as a result of the meeting but I think the fishermen will wish we had been able to do something dramatic .
24 And the occasion will be given more spice by the fact that Dorahy played at full back and stand off during a spell at the Boulevard .
25 So there 's no reason why these people should be given more votes rather their superior status can be recognized by giving them more informal influence .
26 And that the district should be given some form of a guide that enables them to be er to apply the particular circumstances to their own district .
27 It also saw frequent proposals that diplomats should be given some systematic training to fit them for the posts they were to occupy .
28 Firstly , it is a requirement that public notice shall be given that an inspector 's investigation will take place , together with an invitation to anyone who so wishes to write to AIB to draw their attention to any particular aspect considered relevant .
29 If the if they 're provided with the right kind of teacher then I think the pupil will be given that opportunity if it 's , the potential is there to bring it out , but you some of the children do n't want to learn well that 's not the fault of the school !
30 The Lord Chancellor 's Legal Aid Advisory Committee had already indicated that the Law Society should be given these powers , but it , and the Law Society , were then frustrated by the failure of successive governments to bring this part of the Act into force .
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