Example sentences of "[be] give no [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 Women , even heterosexual women in his family , are given no real voice at all .
2 We are given no real indication of whether the title was warranted or not , official or not , recognised or not .
3 We use this to cast light on a metaphor of which we are given no other interpretation .
4 Individual investors , unlike the S.I.B. , are given no statutory right of action against third parties ‘ knowingly concerned . ’
5 Contextual cues are given no special status in this scheme .
6 They know how not to analyse it , it is true , but are given no positive guidance which will enable them to get around the menace of voluntarism .
7 If the ‘ night forces ’ are given no safe outlet , no proper channelling , they may erupt with disastrous effect .
8 I understand that Brady has been given no specific date for his meeting with the board .
9 Both the initial idea and the financial backing came from the Inter-American Commission for Women ( OAS dependency ) and the project has been given no financial assistance from the government itself .
10 Ms Wilikins did not look too happy with the question for which she had been given no prior notice .
11 London had been given no such attention , but The London Society since 1912 had been undertaking work which was brought together in essays edited by Sir Aston Webb ( 1921 ) .
12 What else could you do if you 'd been given no further guidance ?
13 ‘ Yes … but then , so will most men if they 're given no other option .
14 F. This stands for forward pricing and indicates that investors can be given no firm price before the transaction takes place .
15 In feminist research on poverty and resources within households ; respondents again tend to be given no ethnic identity .
16 The only concession to the consumers in this awful , artless building is an attempt to build community spirit into the structure , as if this , one of the few social assets of the working class , would otherwise be given no natural home .
17 And half the people who hired items were given no verbal advice on choosing and using them .
18 The Crimean Tatars , however , were officially exonerated of the charge of disloyalty much later , in 1967 , and they were given no general right to return to their former homelands , not least because the territories they had left had now been settled by other nationalities .
19 But by then the military phase of the Emergency was nearly over , and apart from the odd border patrol , the Masai were given no further opportunity to distinguish themselves in battle .
20 A stronger law and order ticket , although a feature of the Conservative appeal to the electorate , was given no great prominence .
21 Ernest Bevin , however , was given no advance warning .
22 There was little room for popular participation except through the ballot box , and the public was given no real right to press demands onto governments or parties .
23 She was given no emotional security at the most influential stage of her life — early puppyhood .
24 VIA was given no clear brief , no money for investment , an absurdly top-heavy management structure and a board described by Roy Jamieson as ‘ a dumping ground for political hacks . ’
25 Inflammation was graded according to Matt 's criteria by one of the authors , who was given no clinical information .
26 He was given no follow-up treatment to continue the progress he had made in the rehabilitation hospital .
27 Witnesses say Mr Murphy was given no medical attention for half an hour while police waited for an ambulance to arrive .
28 There were powerful lobbies working against the film and perhaps not surprisingly it was given no further publicity in terms of awards or nominations .
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