Example sentences of "[verb] given [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is no pretence of competition with commercial banks for private sector business , and there is some suggestion that the accounts are maintained in order for the Bank to keep in touch with banking practice , although the degree to which such experience accrues is likely to be limited given the small number of accounts relative to a commercial bank . |
| 2 | This result might seem puzzling given the conventional characterisation of most Friends in the eighteenth century as quietist ‘ following their habit of attending religiously to their internal impressions ’ . |
| 3 | Within the small towns , apparently independent bath-houses are more common than might have been expected given the general level of amenity provision ( fig. 5 D–H ) . |
| 4 | The Pb isotope data for other islands located in areas of old lithosphere , Fernando de Noronha , Cape Verdes and the oceanic Cameroon line ( Fig. 1 ) , tend to be only slightly high in 206 Pb/ 204 Pb for a given 207 Pb/ 204 Pb ( Fig. 2 c ) , as expected given the lower average U/Pb ratios of lavas from these islands ( Fig. 3 a ) . |
| 5 | Not all of his conclusions are what might be expected given the current stress on the importance of vocational education and training . |
| 6 | This work has given a close insight into problems of pollution , congestion , intense company group pressure , sexism and racism . |
| 7 | The public outcry against young offenders has given a bumpy ride to the seven-month-old Criminal Justice Act . |
| 8 | The possibility of such a merger has now been discounted by the Minister , who has given a solid commitment that no Government of his persuasion would attempt such a merger . |
| 9 | The long-wave , world-systems and regulationist theories are broad frameworks to which several writers have contributed and each has given a new twist to the framework they use . |
| 10 | ‘ The Tip ’ has given a new meaning to the weekend . |
| 11 | Continued economic restraint has given a new urgency to demands to improve the efficiency of management in the public sector . |
| 12 | More recently the vast programme of legislation for the completion of the single market has given a new urgency to the matter . |
| 13 | In the latest award , the MoD has given a five-year contract ( possibly doubled if options are exercised ) , worth up to £20 million to Hunting Aircraft to conduct initial flying training at RAF Topcliffe , in north Yorkshire . |
| 14 | If , on a sale of unregistered land , there is any personal obligation on the part of a seller-client to observe restrictions ( as , for example , where the seller is the original covenantor or has given a personal covenant to observe these ) , it is desirable to provide in the contract for a similar covenant indemnifying the seller against any future breach . |
| 15 | The advent of microelectronics has given a tremendous boost to Man 's capacity to acquire , process , store and disseminate textual , numeric and other forms of information . |
| 16 | increase in fixed assets — has given a tremendous boost to the economy and pride of the north-west . |
| 17 | Currently the Labour Party in Scotland is committed to no nuclear weapons on our soil , but shadow Chancellor Gordon Brown has given a firm commitment to Rosyth Dockyard for the refitting of Trident submarines . |
| 18 | Mr Michael Fallon , MP for Darlington , has given a guarded welcome to the idea of a shopmobility scheme : ‘ The search for that sort of solution gets my support . |
| 19 | Wurlitzer has given a geographical explanation of great fluidity . |
| 20 | The advent of poststructuralism has given a great impetus to interpretive productivity , since all the literary texts that were once interpreted to show organic unity and complexity of meaning can now be interpreted to reveal underlying clashes . |
| 21 | The House has given a great deal of detailed attention to the Bill , and the promoters and the petitioners have devoted a great deal of time and effort to the case . |
| 22 | Szekeres ( 1972 ) has indicated how to integrate this equation using Riemann 's method , and has given a general solution expressed as a line integral involving a Legendre function of order -½ . |
| 23 | His absence has given a rare opportunity to his deputy and political rival , Zhu Rongji , who has taken over the reins of government . |
| 24 | BILL CLINTON has given a chilling warning that Britain 's cosy relationship with the United States is heading for the big freeze when he takes over the White House . |
| 25 | Middleton ( 1987 ) has given a useful account of how these different approaches have informed work on gender inequality in education . |
| 26 | SELLAFIELD has given a major cash boost to a unique local scheme geared to helping young people in the area . |
| 27 | I think one of the great areas of such as system is in teaching young doctors , in training people , and an expert who ca n't tell a tutee why he has given a certain answer is n't really much good as a teacher . |
| 28 | He has given a vivid portrayal of Jesus as the Messiah ; the new Moses ; the representative of God . |
| 29 | Now Prabhakar , a 34-year-old applied physicist , is poised to become head of NIST , to which the Clinton administration has given a leading role in stimulating the US economy . |
| 30 | The decision was , I do not doubt , a thoroughly beneficial decision which has given a sensible ambit to powers which Parliament had conferred in a way which good sense would suggest had left them far too restricted . |