Example sentences of "[noun] has [be] given a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Locus Computing Corp has been given a grant by the US National Science Foundation to investigate system software optimised for networked portable computers . |
| 2 | The Cupertino , California-based MicroModule Systems Inc management buyout from Digital Equipment Corp has been given a $1.2m US Advanced Research Projects Agency subcontract to build a series of DEC Alpha RISC-based multichip modules using diamond substrates . |
| 3 | In the best Lowden tradition the entire guitar has been given a matt ‘ wire-wool ’ type finish and again , like all Lowdens , it has a very hefty-looking top — almost twice as thick as those of some other makers . |
| 4 | Bootle-born Shirli-Ann Siddall has been given a wildcard entry . |
| 5 | My tiny kitchen has been given a rustic look by hanging up a hop bine from a farm , and a string of onions ( 99p ) adds the finishing touch . |
| 6 | The Olympic marathon course has been given a thorough testing by 7000 runners taking part in the 14th Barcelona Marathon in March . |
| 7 | POLICE station cleaner Ted Blight has been given a new job … looking after prisoners in the cells . |
| 8 | But the tawdry image of urban renewal has been given a facelift and can now return , again with all the metaphoric power of seasonal fecundity . |
| 9 | Borg has been given a wild card for this week 's Nice Open and next week 's Monte Carlo Open . |
| 10 | From this viewpoint , football violence has been given a new meaning since the early 1960s . |
| 11 | The first one relates to the child who broke into my car , I wo n't call him a child he 's a bloody toerag as far as I 'm concerned , who broke into my car has been given a caution , a bloody caution . |
| 12 | Michaela has been given a minder since the Hacienda . |
| 13 | CEREDIGION and Pembroke North MP Cynog Dafis has been given a Greenhouse award by Green Magazine after being voted the best newcomer to Parliament . |
| 14 | Scarborough 's fishing industry has been given a big boost thanks to shoals of scallops . |
| 15 | This effect has been given a special significance in the writings of E.P . |
| 16 | WITH all the talk of recession was n't it great to read that at least one important institution has been given a reprieve . |
| 17 | a splendid initiative and it 's similar to the way in which the district council is now devolving responsibility for public toilets , and I 'm delighted that local government reorganization has been given a bit of stir that districts and county councils to get their acts together . |
| 18 | Leading fireman Trevor Stretch has been given a £150 cheque to help rally his specially equipped Lada 1300 , supplied by Lifestyle Garages of Braintree . |
| 19 | Marples has been given a free transfer by manager John Ward , even though he still has a year of his contract to go . |
| 20 | Malvern Hills college has been given a years notice to leave the buildings — but they 're hoping public support will make the council have a change of heart . |
| 21 | The former secretary at Swindon Town football club has been given a suspended jail sentence for conspiring to cheat the Inland Revenue . |
| 22 | The committee has been given a £200 donation from Texaco Britain which was to be used to buy a new drysuit . |
| 23 | A RESEARCH unit at the North East Wales Institute of Higher Education in Wrexham has been given a £130,000 boost by a funding body . |
| 24 | A JUDGE nicknamed Zorro has been given a wigging for kissing a pretty court usher . |
| 25 | WHEELCHAIR tennis has been given a boost in the province in the wake of a successful clinic which was staged at the CIYMS club in Belfast . |
| 26 | The quality of service at Darlington town hall has been given a kick-start . |
| 27 | Warrington Borough Council has been given a detailed outline of Liverpool 's proposals by airport managing director Rod Hill . |
| 28 | Warrington Council has been given a detailed presentation on Liverpool 's proposals by airport managing director Rod Hill . |
| 29 | He 's known as a bit of a smoothie but Nigel Havers has been given a harder edge in his new series , Sleepers , starting next week . |
| 30 | This is rather a subjective approach , and has sometimes led to the situation where the same eruption has been given a different label by different observers . |