Example sentences of "be not give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All fixed date actions to which the rule does apply are now subject to automatic directions ( see Chapter 11 ) and are not given a return day at the outset . |
| 2 | But when hospitals are struggling to stay within budgets such initiatives are not given a high priority . |
| 3 | and they 're not given a large amount of money |
| 4 | The apostles were not given a priestly role by Jesus and he left no instructions about how the Church was to be organized . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | ‘ It was to protect this operation that the press were not given a full briefing when the recent doping allegations were made . |
| 7 | Patients with little or no residual intraluminal tumour and a good lumen ( implying minimal risk of obstruction ) were not given a further follow up appointment . |
| 8 | There are proposals to link Valmorel 's skiing area to the Three Valleys , although we were n't given a definite timescale . |
| 9 | Even when an oxytocic agent is not given a small proportion of patients show an increase in plasma oxytocin concentration during the late second or early third stage of labour . |
| 10 | This is n't giving a strong enough message that this murderous activity has to stop . |
| 11 | This is why graphology was not given a separate heading in our checklist of stylistic features in 3.1 ; it was understood that such features , where of stylistic interest , would be noted under the heading of foregrounding . |
| 12 | Although the Koons ' work is also being shown in Strange Developments , Sherman 's work was not given a similar position of prominence , nor even hung in the same location as Koons ' , as if the exhibition organisers were emphatically hoping to avoid any challenging comparisons . |
| 13 | KATAHDIN : Unplaced behind Triomphe Modest over 6 furlongs at Nottingham on Tuesday , but this colt was not given a punishing race when running on very well to finish only a few lengths off the winner . |
| 14 | Mrs Piggott 's BUSTED ROCK was not given a hard race when 14½l sixth to Satin Lover at Ascot and is open to plenty of improvement . |
| 15 | He was not given a medical examination after he lodged his complaint ; however , he still bore scars from the torture one year after his arrest . |
| 16 | He claimed he was not given a fair hearing . |