Example sentences of "[adv] [be] given a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Fashions change , and the hulk-like diesels that were so unwelcome as steam replacements twenty-five years previously were given a massive send-off from the new generation of enthusiasts . |
| 32 | Cook has incidentally been given a testimonial season by Transvaal for his outstanding services over a long period . |
| 33 | It is true that Beccaria 's classical programme has never been given a full trial ( the image of his public floggings and toiling chain-gangs rather than his denial of capital punishment may help the liberal-minded to feel this less of a loss ) . |
| 34 | They too are given a special smelly identity , for their owners have scent glands in the soles of their feet . |
| 35 | The offer from the planners was that his unit would be expanded and that he would afterwards be given a free hand to harry the German supply lines all along the coast . |
| 36 | An application by any local charity to hold such an event will almost certainly be given a standard reply on these lines : |
| 37 | The memory was still fresh of the time when he was considered a world-beater , and in receipt of so much weight from Arkle he could certainly be given a realistic chance . |