Example sentences of "[noun] given [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | THE Attorney General is to review the three year sentence given to a killer who strangled and dismembered a Co Donegal woman . |
| 2 | THE Attorney General is to review the three year sentence given to a killer who strangled and dismembered a Co Donegal woman . |
| 3 | Paul A. Bilzerian , 38 , chairman of Singer Co. and a stock speculator , was on Sept. 27 , 1989 , fined $1,500,000 and sentenced to four years in prison — the longest prison sentence given for a Wall Street criminal . |
| 4 | ‘ ( 2 ) Determinations of complaints under recognised schemes shall be made by reference to what is , in the adjudicator 's opinion , fair in all the circumstances of the case and any direction given to a building society or associated body by an adjudicator may ( if the complainant accepts the determination ) require it or the complainant not to exercise or require the performance of any of the contractual or other obligations or rights subsisting between them . |
| 5 | Or is a study of democracy bound to be a study of the diverse meanings given to a term which simply acts as a linguistic umbrella for them all ? |
| 6 | Although in the Iliad the word dikē denotes a judgement given by a judge or an assertion by a party to a dispute of his rights , in the Odyssey it signifies ‘ right ’ or ‘ custom ’ . |
| 7 | There is no known proof of true hereditary surnames in the period before the Conquest , and although a number of Domesday tenants of English origins have names additional to their first — such as Alnod of Kent , a byname given to a man with land in Oxfordshire — there is little or no evidence to show that these were other than personal to the individuals . |
| 8 | Until that is , a local man , Tristan Grey Hulse , of Bontnewydd , went searching , with permission given with a chuckle by the priest , through an old cupboard at St Winifred 's Church . |
| 9 | For present purposes it is sufficient to note that the expression embraces the period of two years prior to the onset of insolvency in the case of transactions at an undervalue and of preferences given to a person connected with the company , provided that at the time of the transaction the company was unable to pay its debts or it became unable to pay its debts by reason of the transaction . |
| 10 | An undertakin g given by a party in person can usually be enforced as if it were an order of the court : Gandolfo v Gandolfo [ 1980 ] 1 All ER 833 . |
| 11 | If the vendor has the benefit of warranties given as a result of that eariler acquisition and they are assignable , then the purchaser could seek such an assignment . |
| 12 | Its essential elements are the first vote given to a constituency candidate , the second vote given to a party list , and that list itself . |
| 13 | Its essential elements are the first vote given to a constituency candidate , the second vote given to a party list , and that list itself . |
| 14 | Concurrents Concurrents is the term given to a number in the series 1 to 7 assigned to each year , and has close correspondence with the dominical letter . |
| 15 | Input is any data given to a program for the computer to act on . |
| 16 | The report also drew attention to a recent interview given by a Vice-President , Seyed Ataollah Mohajerani , to the Iranian news agency IRNA in which he had said " because the enemy has nuclear facilities , the Moslem states too should be equipped with the same capacity " . |
| 17 | The Northern Territory Attorney-General , Daryl Manzie , told the parliament in Darwin yesterday that he was denying the Chamberlains ' request for confidentiality because the claim for legal expenses was almost double the figure given in a submission last year . |
| 18 | You must obey the signals given by a police officer |
| 19 | The institute also enjoyed a talk given by a member of the Durham Wildlife Trust . |
| 20 | In most ERCP patients , hypoxia can be avoided by intranasal oxygen given at a rate of 4–5 litres per minute . |
| 21 | However , it should not be thought that any assistance given to a competitor by the employee is necessarily a breach of his duty , for it may have been done with the employer 's authority , though this will be a rare occurrence . |
| 22 | Probreeder sources in France say that the premium is worth paying because of the energy independence given by a breeder , which ‘ breeds ’ its own plutonium fuel . |
| 23 | It is possible that Minton chose this subject , in which the relevance of the Crucifixion is cancelled out by the attention given to a game of chance , as an expression of his own despair at the malignancy of fate . |
| 24 | This includes any extra days given as a reward for long service . |
| 25 | Mia Kellmer Pringle 's paper ( 2.2 ) is based on a lecture given to a conference organized jointly by the Department of Education and Science ( DES ) and the Department of Health and Social Security ( DHSS ) on the theme of ‘ Low Cost Day Care Provision for the Under-Fives ’ . |
| 26 | Fortunately , however , a few weeks before I found it I attended a lecture given by a Dr Peter Herring , of an oceanographic research institute based in Godalming , on the subject of marine bioluminescence . |
| 27 | Casaubon ridicules the idea that the straightforward collection of factual data about fleas and lice can provide the moral and civilizing education of the sort given by a study of the wise and sensitive works of humane literature . |
| 28 | Their background was often a conflict between different interests , although in some cases the conflict was masked by an apparent consensus at the time a particular measure was enacted , or by the general approval given to a measure subsequent to its enactment . |
| 29 | Although by today 's standards the amount seems excessive , linen given to a bride on marriage was meant to last a lifetime . |
| 30 | Simon behaved in a rather superior way and did not offer Jesus the usual courtesies given to a guest . |