Example sentences of "[verb] been given [adj -er] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That possibility has been given greater prominence by subsequent development since T. 's mother has recently left this area and joined T. 's father in his new life in another county . |
| 2 | This categorisation could have been carried out in other ways , and other purposes seen here as secondary could have been given greater prominence . |
| 3 | Thus much three-dimensional work was evident in the Art rooms a year later , homework had been given greater emphasis , a tentative start had been made to interdepartmental links with Craft and Needlecraft and the ‘ O ’ and ‘ A ’ Level courses were being revised . |
| 4 | ‘ If the prints were undated or if they had been given younger dates most experts would probably accept them as have made by Homo , ’ said Russell Tuttle from the University of Chicago who has recently analysed casts of the footprints at the invitation of Mary Leakey . |
| 5 | Many local authorities have had their budgets cut by reductions in central government They 've been given better education and higher expectations , but no future . |
| 6 | Under the provisions of Part H of the Public Order Act of 1986 the police have been given greater powers in the regulation of processions and assemblies . |
| 7 | The effect of this is that while financial intermediaries have been given greater freedom to broaden the range of financial services they may offer , this relaxation has been compensated for by regulating each individual sector more thoroughly . |
| 8 | Schools have been given greater autonomy and greater exposure to market forces , both of which are significantly altering their information requirements . |
| 9 | Administrators have been given greater access to confidential documents , which could facilitate taking legal action against auditors and other advisers . |
| 10 | Mountain bikers have been given greater access to Lancashire 's most impressive countryside with new routes created by the West Pennine Moors Countryside Service . |