Example sentences of "[verb] [be] given the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He comes back two weeks later saying that he has been given the sack . |
| 2 | Any intelligent man , once he has been given the opportunity to voice his feelings , will understand just what he has done and be able to see that it makes no sense at all to build upon an isolated failure when he has a lifetime of ‘ successes ’ about which he could think . |
| 3 | It can not be an informed decision unless the person who has provided the specimens of breath knows that there are two possible specimens which can be substituted for them and has been given the opportunity of making representations as to which of the two types of specimen it should be . |
| 4 | Jonathan , who works for WEC 's International Business Development Unit , has been given the opportunity to sample Japanese working life and culture as part of the European Commission 's Executive Training Programme . |
| 5 | Sharron Davies ' bid to win the 400 metres individual medley title for a record sixth time will be watched with added interest now that she has been given the opportunity to swim the event in Barcelona next month . |
| 6 | THE RISE and rise of Tranmere Rovers has been given the Saint 's blessing . |
| 7 | Your letter has been passed to Mr Rich for action and has been given the reference C1525/1526 . |
| 8 | A draft European Community regulation proposing that producers label their food-stuffs with a Protected Graphical Indication ( PGI ) or Designation of Origin ( PDO ) has been given the thumbs-down at the consultation stage with trade bodies describing it as ‘ protectionist and unnecessary ’ . |
| 9 | David Tennet ( Contractors ) has been given the grant to help convert a disused two-storey building in Commercial Street into four purpose-built industrial units . |
| 10 | Major 's sporting friend , David Mellor , has been given the Ministry of National Heritage , which covers broadcasting , tourism , sport , and the arts , and thus has rather more to it than Waldegrave 's new outfit . |
| 11 | The Construction Industry Research and Information Association ( CIRIA ) has been given the responsibility of gathering together and adding to what is known about the risks . |
| 12 | Now that Higginbotham has been given the brush off , may I venture to approach you ? |
| 13 | A Statement of Joint Proposals was submitted to the Bank of England Task Force on Securities Settlement , which has been given the remit to put together an alternative . |
| 14 | In the three published surveys of research performance , the department has been given the top ( grade 5 ) rating . |
| 15 | Paul Gascoigne has been given the freedom to roam forward , David Platt will be looking to add to his remarkable haul of 12 goals from his last 14 games , and Paul Ince reckons it 's about time he opened his England scorecard . |
| 16 | These lethal little amphibians belong to a family that has been given the name of poison-arrow frogs . |
| 17 | Since those early days of ‘ home robotics ’ this combination of science and art has been given the name ‘ animatronics ’ . |
| 18 | This second element has been given the name ‘ local sign ’ ’ . |
| 19 | It has been given the name " facial vision " , because blind people have reported that it feels a bit like the sense of touch , on the face . |
| 20 | Mrs Jan Charlton , from Grove , near Wantage , Oxon , has been given the title ‘ co-ordinator ’ by the government of the republic of Mari , 500 miles north-east of Moscow . |
| 21 | MARK Hateley has been given the all-clear to play for Rangers if the Scottish champions reach the European Cup final . |
| 22 | BELFAST 'S prestigious Castle Court complex has been given the all-clear by experts worried by bizarre glass explosions at modern buildings . |
| 23 | But the manager CastleCourt , Belfast 's best known glass complex , says his building has been given the all-clear following tests . |
| 24 | But he has been given the all-clear after an operation last week to remove a second disc from his neck . |
| 25 | His finger injury , however , has been given the all-clear . |
| 26 | If an offender , even a very young offender , has been given the benefit and assistance of probation and has been given a community service order , what is the court to do when he comes back again and again and again ? |
| 27 | Johnny Nelson , the British cruiserweight champion , has been given the chance to succeed where his Brendan Ingle stablemate Herol Graham failed earlier this year , and bring a world title to Sheffield — and with home advantage . |
| 28 | Sadly , Maastricht represents the third occasion in half a century on which Britain has been given the chance to face its European future and , I regret to say , the third occasion in that time on which we have chosen to seek refuge in the past . |
| 29 | National Power has been given the go ahead for Didcot B , a 15 hundred mega watt gas fired power station |
| 30 | The European Court of justice has been given the power to fine member states for having failed to comply with a Court judgment . |