Example sentences of "given a proper " in BNC.

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1 There are a lot of positive aspects to retirement , but there is a negative side too , and if this is not discussed and given a proper airing , it can go bad , and ruin the rest of life .
2 To ‘ work to ensure a system of legal liability for members which provides a reasonable balance between the interests of auditors , preparers and users of accounts ’ is ranked 14th in a list of 15 detailed objectives , which does not encourage one to believe that it is being given a proper priority .
3 The paint has cracked in several places , especially in the central panel of the composition , and needs to be restored and given a proper backing before it can be displayed .
4 These include procedures designed to ensure that : ( 1 ) no alleged contemnor shall be in any doubt as to the charges which are made against him ; ( 2 ) he shall be given a proper opportunity of showing cause why he should not be held in contempt of court ; ( 3 ) if an order of committal is made , the accused ( a ) knows precisely in what respects he has been found to have offended and ( b ) is given a written record of those findings and of the sentence passed upon him .
5 However , given a proper degree of reliability of supply for protective systems and facilities for control , increases in height of storage , up to some 50 metres may not present insoluble problems .
6 I feel that some sort of ceremony of blessing of the place may be in order , now that the remains have been given a proper burial , and I have asked for his opinion .
7 In the first half of the nineteenth century , the age-old struggle to reconstitute an ancient text from imperfect manuscript copies was , for the first time , given a proper basis : methodical study of the manuscripts ' interrelationships .
8 They would be given a proper funeral in the parish church and their ashes would be interred under the ancient yew tree in the churchyard .
9 The Directive also provides that contracts must be drafted in " plain intelligible language , the consumer should be given a proper opportunity to examine all the terms " , and any ambiguities in drafting should be interpreted in favour of the consumer .
10 The member must be clearly informed what the charges against him are , including the facts on which the charges are based , and given a proper opportunity to answer them .
11 An undercover agent who was tortured and murdered by the I-R-A fifteen years ago may at last be given a proper burial .
12 DURING the 1992 general election the people of the United Kingdom were not given a proper chance to make a decision about the Maastricht Treaty .
13 Mascot diet : Organisers of Atlanta 's 1996 Olympics said their mascot a shapeless smiling blob known as Whatizit would be slimmed down and given a proper male name to broaden its appeal .
14 By this time , my temperature and blood pressure was so high I could not even be given a proper anaesthetic .
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