Example sentences of "[noun] have been given [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A clutch of companies involved in technology from the Soviet space programmes has been given permission for the first time to deal direct with foreigners .
2 Russell Ferrante has been given permission by the High Court to ask for a second inquest into his son 's death .
3 The loneliness many older people experience has been given respectability by certain social theories which either seek to give , or are interpreted as , an explanation for the isolation of older people .
4 CODEFAM has been given time on the church radio station and thus has the opportunity to denounce human rights violations daily :
5 The recommendation that costs thrown away as a result of the death or illness of a judge in the course of a trial should be paid out of public funds has been given effect by the Administration of Justice Act 1985 .
6 Crosby has been given permission to speak to the player by his French club Metz , who want about £175,000 for the unsettled Serb .
7 In effect the Netherlands Office for Fine Arts has been given powers to approve the sale of a work of art or , if it concerns a potentially important item , to refer the decision to the Minister , who will then be advised by the Heritage Council .
8 Each campesino had been given instructions to always have ready 20 extra tortillas in case we had to leave at a moment 's notice , but even so , it was very hard .
9 Mr O'Connor produced letters dated last May from the Dishonoured Cheque Register , whose client Texas Homecare had been given cheques by Mr Round for £117.46 and £81.98 .
10 Mr O'Connor produced letters dated last May from the Dishonoured Cheque Register , whose client Texas Homecare had been given cheques by Mr Round for £117.46 and £81.98 .
11 Nor would such a study have been given permission by the RUC , for it is utopian to expect police authorities in divided societies to open up these sections of their force to scrutiny and observation by outsiders .
12 The Committee has been given powers to give directions and to perform other duties in relation to the televising of the House .
13 At Potsdam Mountbatten had been given responsibility for accepting the Japanese surrender south of the 16th parallel .
14 Demand management had been given priority in preference to profitable or productive work .
15 It described how there had been a fifty percent increase in food poisoning cases in district year and then it went on to say that it , it was largely , it was thought that that increase was largely because of the increased publicity which the council had been given hygiene training , and saying how many people had been trained , and how the Health Committee was being asked to provide more resources so there could more courses even , even more courses in the following year .
16 Traffic wardens and police patrols have been given instructions to keep a careful watch for motorists who may attempt to break the new rules .
17 Two policemen who helped convict a fraudulent investment consultant have been given certificates of commendation .
18 Minority representatives , including two Indians , have seven seats ; three other guerrilla movements have been given seats in return for disarming .
19 First , the SIB has been given power , by virtue of ns.47A(1) , to issue Statements of Principle with respect to the conduct and financial standing expected of persons authorized to carry on investment business .
20 A piece of ham has been given pride of place in a butcher 's window .
21 Amnesty has been given Greetings Magazine 's ‘ Best Charity Card of the Year ’ award .
22 Parish councillor and qualified stonemason Jim Wingham has been given approval by Cleveland County Council to provide a roadside welcome sign for visitors to Victorian Saltburn .
23 Duduc had been given lands at Congresbury and Banwell in Somerset and a monasterium in Gloucester before he was promoted to Wells , and another royal priest , Stigand , received the new church at Assandun and became a major figure under Edward the Confessor , eventually ( and illegally ) holding the great sees of Winchester and Canterbury in plurality .
24 When a young worker offered one group the fact that in Germany workers had been given training to help people see themselves as not being ‘ simply cogs in a wheel ’ , it was suggested that this could not be done in Britain .
25 Kenny had been given permission to fly up to Stockport later than the rest of the lads because one of his children was ill .
26 National Power and PowerGen have been given permission to burn that fuel at their power stations at Pembroke , Richborough and Ince .
27 The MSc has been given research rating and priority weighting , which assists students in gaining scholarships from the E.S.R.C .
28 A man who sexually abused a schoolgirl has been given probation .
29 It is therefore advisable to delete clause 9.1.6 , or if that fails , at least ensure that it is amended to refer to the distress or execution being levied at the premises ( 5 ) Consider adding the following two provisos : PROVIDED HOWEVER that in the event that this Lease is mortgaged at the time of the proposed re-entry and the Landlord has been given notice of the existence of the mortgage then prior to such re-entry or proceedings therefor the Landlord will serve a notice of such proceedings and proposed re-entry on the mortgagee at the mortgagee 's last known address AND PROVIDED FURTHER that if the Tenant ( being an individual ) becomes bankrupt or ( being a company ) enters into liquidation ( whether compulsory or voluntary save for the purposes of amalgamation or reconstruction of a solvent company ) or has a receiver appointed the Landlord shall not exercise the right of re-entry by virtue of such bankruptcy liquidation or receivership unless neither the Tenant nor its mortgagee shall pay the rent hereinbefore reserved on the days and in the manner provided or there shall be any breach or non-performance or non-observance of any of the other covenants or agreements on the part of the Tenant herein contained
30 In the first use it is a lifeless , dull word but the second time it is used it is as if the day has been given life to grow and expand .
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