Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] be given [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But already the decision has been given all party support in the House of Lords . |
| 2 | The very words ‘ modern art ’ still carry by themselves a charge strong enough to disturb , dishearten , or even repel , some before they 've read a line or listened to a note of whatever work has been given this label . |
| 3 | He says Gloucestershire County Council has been given more money . |
| 4 | ‘ Each two-person team has been given several overseas markets and told to get back as many packages as possible . |
| 5 | This counter-argument has been given some recognition by the courts , in that the ‘ reasonable relationship rule ’ is no longer a rule of law . |
| 6 | Another free kick has been given this time against big Mike Whitlow Lively start to the game and a lively start for the referee . |
| 7 | A WARNING has been given that some council buildings in Clwyd may have to close if maintenance is not carried out . |
| 8 | Although most of us can recognize without difficulty the importance that the emotions play in our lives , the subject has been given little systematic attention by the disciplines most concerned with furthering understanding of human behaviour . |
| 9 | After warning had been given that poll-tax bills will average £400 ( $780 ) in April , Westminster council announced that residents will have to pay only £176 , down £19 on last year . |
| 10 | In March 1944 the U.852 was on patrol off the west coast of Africa : she was the fifth U-boat to have been given this area of patrol , the previous four , commanded by aces such as Wuppisch and Schultz , having all been sunk by aircraft . |
| 11 | THE mercy death doctor has been given more time to consider his future . |
| 12 | The CO had been given another obvious cue . |
| 13 | Lord Denning said that it could be implied that the Minister had been given this power to enable him to revoke licences obtained illegally . |
| 14 | Lesbians and HIV prevention have been given little attention in the overall response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic . |
| 15 | Dieulafoy 's disease has been given many names , including ‘ calibre persistent artery of the stomach ’ , ‘ cirsoid aneurysm ’ , ‘ gastric arteriosclerosis ’ , and ‘ peptic ulcer of peculiar location ’ . |
| 16 | The impression has been given that they can not live independently in ordinary housing . |
| 17 | ‘ The impression has been given that it is easy to obtain a justices ’ licence and move into a public house , ’ he said . |
| 18 | The local government system of the time had been given some shape by the Municipal Corporations Act of 1835 , but it was not until the end of the century that it acquired a structure that would enable it to take on the range of functions it has today . |
| 19 | But Mr Norman Dunn , Newtownabbey 's Council director of leisure and technical services , said the impression had been given that ‘ security cameras were going to hide from every tree . |