Example sentences of "[noun sg] [noun sg] [be] give a " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Wedding Present were given a budget of £30,000 to record the LP with the promise of up to £20,000 to promote it afterwards . |
| 2 | ONE of the three kings in a nativity play was given a sex change in a Christmas message of sexual equality . |
| 3 | THE official launch of WINCH , the Wirral Initiative for Needy Children , at Tranmere Rovers Football Club was given a healthy start , thanks to £1,000 donation from BNFL . |
| 4 | In most situations it is advisable that the research project be given a ‘ low profile ’ , with the actual work of data-gathering and analysis confined to a small group of four or five suitably qualified people . |
| 5 | Late in September , the DTI Licensing Unit was given a heaven-sent opportunity to act . |
| 6 | On receipt of a bill , the charge payer is given a specified date by which he or she should pay each instalment . |
| 7 | During 1983 sales was split into Estates ( responsible for all public house operations ) and Marketing , and the Marketing Manager was given a seat on the Board . |
| 8 | In the appointment of subcontractors , safety performance was given a high priority in the selection process and contractors with poor safety records were not invited to bid . |
| 9 | SALVATION Army top brass were given a guided tour of the Wedgwood Barlaston Visitor Centre when Canadian Chief of Staff Commissioner Bramwell Tillsley and his wife Commissioner Maude Tillsley visited the Potteries . |
| 10 | The only thing given to us at all in that line was every policeman on night duty was given a pint of coffee . |
| 11 | Despite the reversing trend in deaf education from sign to oral methods , the social standing of deaf people who relied on fingerspelling and sign language was given a tremendous boost by the dignity and bearing of people like William Agnew ( who was on ‘ fingerspelling terms ’ with Queen Victoria ) , the Docharty and Williamson brothers , James Paul , Alex McGregor and , in England , Sir Arthur Fairbairn , Thomas Davidson , S. Bright Lucas and the Reverend W. Pearce amongst others . |
| 12 | The Council 's longstanding interest in the Scottish Steel Industry was given a higher priority by the decision of British Steel to close the hot strip mill at Ravenscraig in early 1991 and the indications were that the rest of Ravenscraig would cease operations in 1994 . |
| 13 | The dairy trade complaint was given a boost last autumn when the Monopolies and Mergers Commission said the SMMB could not buy the Scottish Co-operative Wholesale Society 's milk business and , in passing , criticised the board 's plans to be , in the jargon , a vertically integrated co-op . |
| 14 | Although the Yugoslavs had so far had no indication that they were being taken to anywhere but another camp , probably in Italy , and therefore McCreery would have observed an operation apparently going smoothly , we think it unlikely that Verney , Rose-Price and others who disliked the fact that Yugoslavs were being repatriated under a misapprehension as to their destination would have failed to ensure that the Army Commander was given a true picture . |
| 15 | For the first time , everybody living within the evacuation zone was given a special ‘ action card ’ telling them what to do in a crisis . |
| 16 | The health service is given a budget by the taxpayer which covers both the pay of staff and the services provided . |
| 17 | The world economy was given a deflationary jolt . |
| 18 | Dvořák 's New World Symphony is given a workmanlike and smooth-toned performance by a New World orchestra , the Houston Symphony conducted by Christoph Eschenbach , on a recent Virgin Classics disc , with Tchaikovsky 's Francesca da Rimini , bringing the total timing to 72 minutes . |
| 19 | If we said the doctor , opera director , humourist , writer , broadcaster and ex-Sussex University tutor was giving a lecture about jokes in a church you 'd just have to go , would n't you ? |
| 20 | Madama Butterfly was given a new production by Scottish Opera in 1987 . |
| 21 | Each school team was given a toy Dulux dog as a memento of the occasion . |
| 22 | Sometimes this rejection of a class identification was given a political edge . |