Example sentences of "[noun pl] be give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only way that can be ensured , as the Minister recognised in our debate on pension schemes , is if the buy-outs are given a real opportunity to succeed . |
| 2 | Perhaps inevitably , this means that some of the detail of particular research has been omitted , but the general clarity of the articles and their accompanying lists of references are such that intelligent readers are given a clear view of their particular interests and encouraged to delve deeper should they wish . |
| 3 | From about the time of the invention of red-figure some black-figure vases are given a white slip covering the orange clay . |
| 4 | Here your eyes are given a difficult task to perform . |
| 5 | The correct words are given a shaded background . |
| 6 | There is no length to a discussion , unlike a talk where speakers are given a specific time for delivery . |
| 7 | Subjects are given a particular word — let us say the word lead — and then they listen to a pair of sentences and press a button as soon as they hear the target word . |
| 8 | Clients are given a huge piece of paper and paints with which they can unlock the feelings welling up inside them . |
| 9 | The muffled words were given a seductive rhythm by the drumming of the rain . |
| 10 | In education , schools were given a similar opportunity to opt out of local government control . |
| 11 | When the final text of the poem was published after its author 's death , readers were given a revised version . |
| 12 | Professional reference material in schools is given a low priority . |
| 13 | The function of the secondary speakers was to give a third dimension to the acoustical properties of the recording , and thus provide extra realism . |
| 14 | Here , through the use of music , art and drama , very educationally disadvantaged youngsters are given a new insight into life . |
| 15 | Ex-prisoners are given a new lease on life by an unusual theatre group , says Sue Wilson |
| 16 | It is interesting to note that in the 1978 World Bank Report some communist countries were given a special category , ‘ centrallyplanned economies ’ . |
| 17 | BOXER Frank Bruno said he would ‘ pull no punches ’ in his campaign to help underprivileged young people when he joined more than 400 youngsters being given a new chance in life by the Prince 's Trust at a special promotion in Ayr yesterday . |
| 18 | In one of their experiments ( the results of which are presented in Fig. 3.14 ) rats were given a serial conditioning procedure in which presentations of a light were followed , after an interval of either 10 s or 30 s , by food . |
| 19 | The angels promenaded in neat and pleasing lines , three witches cavorted wildly for a brief moment , and some of the singers were given a few simple but effective steps . |
| 20 | In return , the Belgians were given a framed picture of Pride of Burgundy arriving in Dover in April . |
| 21 | These modern versions of Marxism are not attempting to reintroduce ‘ idealism ’ in which thought and ideas are given a central role in the determination of history . |
| 22 | Market forces would over the next five years be given a greater role so as to boost production and secure an average growth rate of 5 per cent ( against 3.2 per cent during the 1980s ) . |
| 23 | Soviet cases with political implications were given a great deal of publicity in the West , but there is little reason to believe that the great majority of cases in the Soviet Union were dealt with any less fairly than elsewhere . |
| 24 | INDIA 'S cricketers were given a huge confidence-booster this week … by the England selectors ! |
| 25 | These ideas were given a great push forward by the increasing impact of American thinking on British social policy from the late 1960s onward . |
| 26 | For example , the following sentences are plausible : The officials were given a warm reception / The dress that Pam wore looked ugly . |
| 27 | Such an interpretation of the relationship between elected politicians and appointed officials is given a certain amount of credibility by the existence of distinct bureaucratic organizations staffed by people recruited and deployed on the principles of political neutrality , merit , anonymity and expertise . |
| 28 | 17 QT NOTES JANUARY 1990 the suggestion that the notes could be prepared in advance and handed out on QT Days was given a mixed reception . |
| 29 | Disabled persons are given a vocational assessment and are provided with rehabilitation services . |
| 30 | It 's a competition organised by the Training Trust , in which teams are given a charitable task to carry out within strict time limits . |