Example sentences of "and be give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As it is , having escaped this poisoned chalice and been given a good excuse to get rid of a woefully implausible leader , it is still very much in business to fight another day . |
| 2 | ‘ Having committed one offence and been given a criminal recordfor innocent hacking , they may feel that they might as well get in a bit deeper . ’ |
| 3 | The word ‘ god ’ must , in the minds of all , be divorced for ever from all its varied historical associations and be given a new meaning . |
| 4 | Since married men were normally exempt , youths in some areas might for this reason marry as young as fourteen or fifteen and be given a small piece of land by their parents to maintain themselves : the proliferation of very small peasant holdings in Denmark has been attributed to this factor . |
| 5 | If they chose Ireland , as I believe most of them would , then the Ascendancy could once more be drawn to the heart of Irish life and be given a high-minded function . |
| 6 | They also stated that if no help was forthcoming they might later in the year repeal the international law of first asylum under which the boat people were allowed to apply for refugee status and be given a fair hearing . |
| 7 | Candidates therefore need to understand the scope of the job and be given a clear job description . |
| 8 | Winners will stay two nights in the Futuroscope Hotel and be given a three-day pass to the park . |
| 9 | After about two hours flying over the sea , they swung in over the coast and were given a welcoming burst of anti-aircraft fire . |
| 10 | These were designated as metropolitan areas and were given a two-tier structure of metropolitan counties and districts . |
| 11 | Swindon swept forward after the break and were given a 50th-minute penalty when Martin Ling was brought down in the area . |
| 12 | If a man lies on the ball and is given a good rucking he will think twice about doing it next time . |
| 13 | Each of the solutions found for the Schrödinger equation ( quantum mechanical wave equation ) for a one-electron atom can be regarded as relating to one of a set of orbitals , which is characterized by a unique combination of quantum numbers and is given a corresponding symbol , such as 1s , 2p , etc . |
| 14 | Going through this book the reader is put firmly into the cockpit of this awesome aircraft and is given a fascinating insight into an SR-71 sortie . |
| 15 | The chef that evening , Nigel Alexander , originally from Stockton , has returned to the north after four years as a chef in London and is given a free rein with the menu . |
| 16 | 8 A coin collector has C coins and is given a further 20 coins.If he now has 2,352 coins altogether , how many did he have at first ? |
| 17 | The Allstar forward has been battling against injury lately and is given a 50/50 chance of being fit for Sunday . |
| 18 | It has incorporated the 19.2Kbps modulation scheme on its high-end V.32bis Volante modem at no extra cost , and is giving a free upgrade to existing users . |
| 19 | ‘ He came safe home and was given a celebratory dinner in the Barn . |
| 20 | At her trial she pleaded guilty , and was given a two-year prison sentence suspended for two years . |
| 21 | He was found dead in his chamber and was given a hasty funeral . ’ |
| 22 | Although Hamdi denied that his reform programme was taken under pressure from the IMF , it followed a visit by an IMF team and was given a cautious welcome by the organisation . |
| 23 | Wilby , a divorced father-of-three , from Barnsley , admitted obtaining money by deception and was given a 180-hour community service order . |
| 24 | Soon after departing Ronaldsway he changed frequency to Warton LARS , passed his details and was given a new transponder code . |
| 25 | He was born Femão de Magalhães , and the Portuguese — ‘ he is ours ’ , they insist — rarely care to acknowledge that he renounced his citizenship after a row , pledged his allegiance to King Charles I — later to become the Emperor Charles V — and was given a new name : Hernando de Magallanes . |
| 26 | He was certainly in the earl 's service by 1267 , when he was one of those who advised him to occupy London in support of the claims of the ‘ disinherited ’ and was given a safe conduct to bring a message from the earl to the king . |
| 27 | On 27 July 1858 , the day of his arrival in Zanzibar , Rigby called on the sultan , Majid bin Sa'id al-BuSa'idi , aboard his flagship and was given a royal salute . |
| 28 | Crosby took charge after leading Sunderland to the FA Cup final last May and was given a one-year contract . |
| 29 | Crosby took Sunderland to the FA Cup final last May and was given a one-year contract . |
| 30 | He was fined £48 plus £25 costs and was given a one-year ban . |