Example sentences of "[noun sg] be give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Midlands club are giving a two-week trial next month to South Africa 's top player , Doctor Kumalo , a midfielder with Kaiser Chiefs . |
| 2 | Each defendant and his witness are given a limited time — say fifteen minutes altogether — in the box . |
| 3 | All patients new to the practice are given a temporary folder , which is stamped with the date that the permanent notes were requested from the family health services authority . |
| 4 | It is not surprising then that school plays ( ‘ theatre ’ ) must in practice be given a low priority . |
| 5 | RESEARCH programmes at a North Wales college were given a big cash boost last night . |
| 6 | In juxtapositions such as large bony vine , clumsy black headstocks , dishevelled pink chrysanthemums , the associations of adjectives seem to interact , so that , for example , pink is given a tawdry overtone by its neighbour dishevelled . |
| 7 | A longer term goal of the research is to give a general mathematical formulation of how people allocate their thinking resources and to explore the implications for economic behaviour . |
| 8 | If the teacher 's intention is to give a general overview or introduction to a topic , then less detail will be needed . |
| 9 | So , each size and style of font is given a unique number out of the 32767 available . |
| 10 | In some cases such multiple choice items form attitude scales in which each alternative is given a numerical weighting so that a set of such items can be cumulated to give the respondent an overall score on the scale . |
| 11 | The fact is , however , that OW was given a supervised work training placement , helping care workers in a centre for the mentally handicapped for two days a week . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | After lunch in the restaurant Her Majesty was given a guided tour of the house by Director-General Angus Stirling which included opportunities to meet the donor , Mr. Henry Harpur-Crewe . |
| 14 | In an open letter to the government , 72 senior expatriate scientists representing Britain 's ‘ brain drain ’ gave warning of severe economic and social consequences unless scientific research was given a higher priority . |
| 15 | As I happened to discover casually ( not a great discovery ) , the same pamphlet was given a new frontispiece and a new tit ] e in 1747 . |
| 16 | FORD 'S Mondeo car was given a huge boost yesterday when the car rental company Hertz placed a £10 million order . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | In west Belfast , the American delegation was given a lively reception with traditional music before retiring for private discussions with Mr Adams , Mr McGuinness and two other Sinn Fein members . |
| 19 | Sometimes some of the sheep and goats are hidden , and when the flock comes to rest at midday the boy is given a few minutes in which to inspect gothorima and report . |
| 20 | On receipt of a bill , the charge payer is given a specified date by which he or she should pay each instalment . |
| 21 | Sally Lescher 's Conservation Management is giving a first exhibition in London to Glaswegian portraitist , John Boyd ( to 24 July ) , whose thickly brushed nude studies and landscapes have won admiration in Scotland . |
| 22 | A theory was evolved by a few influential educationalists that if a child is given a basic training in Laban skills then he will have the essential grounding for any future specialisation he may care to follow in gymnastics , dance or drama . |
| 23 | The woman recently delivered of child is given a Christian version of the rite of purification of Leviticus 12 . |
| 24 | Sometimes this rejection of a class identification was given a political edge . |
| 25 | The range was given a tremendous boost by winning the premier award of the carpet industry — ‘ The Style Setter Award . ’ |
| 26 | The Princess was given a serious fright . |
| 27 | Afterwards , each of the 100 guests at the £4,000 lunch was given a small album filled with pictures of the couple smiling happily with their sons . |
| 28 | Sixties acid rock 's quest for the mindblowing was given a ruinous , apocalyptic , eighties inflection : psychedelia 's pristine bliss-out was polluted by hardcore punk nihilism . |
| 29 | This plan was given a cautious welcome by the Social Democratic and Labour Party , led by Gerry Fitt , John Hume , and Paddy Devlin , which had taken over the leadership of ‘ constitutional ’ nationalist opinion . |
| 30 | His sister died , and to avert evil influences the boy was given a new name : Sukarno , or Karno . |