Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] given a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Chief Constable fussed around the Bishop , the press had been shut up , or anyway given a damn sight less than they would have been if it had n't been a priest 's body , or rather , head . |
| 2 | These later towns might then have been either assisted in their development by their royal or ecclesiastical lords or owners , or actually given a regular street pattern and/or a market place to encourage them to grow and expand . |
| 3 | If God can not be identified with man as a product of evolution , and thereby given a credible definition , then any effort to create a new and successful conception of God will founder on the same rocks of contention that have wrecked every religion that was ever believed in . |
| 4 | Alton 's rugby men were outnumbered , restricted , sin-binned and generally given a rough ride when a hand-picked side took on the club 's ladies team in a fun game on Sunday morning . |
| 5 | MGM was not quite as happy with The Crowd ( 1928 ) , which was held back for a year and temporarily given a happy ending and which proved only to be as Kine Weekly predicted ‘ a sound box office success ’ rather than a runaway winner . |
| 6 | But even given a generous approach to this construction , I find it impossible to attach the breadth of meaning to the word ‘ question ’ which the Attorney-General urges . |