Example sentences of "be [verb] [art] [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man of the world was not as interested as he should have been ; I had become quicker in some respects , mostly practical , but the price for this had been to lose the ability to make other connections . |
| 2 | EUROPE 'S two A-bomb powers , Britain and France , are opposing an attempt to change the way that the EEC handles its nuclear trade . |
| 3 | They are given no opportunity to touch the dead person or put something — a flower , a crucifix — into their hand to take to the grave . |
| 4 | But they are not the result of any form of democratic consultation and LPAs are given no right to see them , even though the policy advanced might directly impinge on their financial responsibilities . |
| 5 | There are no specific criteria for transfer in these circumstances and the parties are given no right to apply . |
| 6 | They are given a budget to spend on the drugs they prescribe for their patients . |
| 7 | When they are given a chance to take a big decision about reform they tend to make the right — meaning the most reformist — decision . |
| 8 | Secondly , ensuring the disadvantaged and less powerful are not excluded and are given a chance to express views by such methods as public inquiry techniques , workshops , seminars , and local opinion polls . |
| 9 | The Children Act specifies certain services which every local authority must provide and they are given a power to provide services in other cases . |
| 10 | Under section 14 the police are given a power to impose conditions on the same grounds as in the case of marches ( see : Police v. Brickley , States , Kitson & Kitson ( Mag.Ct 1987 ) , where demonstrators were convicted for ignoring a condition that they should not stand immediately outside the South African Embassy ) . |
| 11 | Sales staff are given an opportunity to review their estimates when the current year 's figures are finalized in June , and the budget is then submitted to the Board for final approval . |
| 12 | The self regulatory requirements on management under the Health and Safety at Work Act should ensure that discipline is enforced and that all affected personnel are given an opportunity to maintain and improve their working environment . |
| 13 | Particularly important is the contribution that EA will make to ensure that unemployed people are given an opportunity to keep their work skills and work records up to date . |
| 14 | ( Interesting echoes of The Iron Man here — any drama is likely to contain elements of other stories from home or school ; it 's good if they are given an opportunity to make these their own . ) |
| 15 | In addition to the publication of reports , seminars and workshops are held at which relevant members of industry , research organisations and the civil service are given an opportunity to discuss and make critical and constructive comment on draft reports or hear the recommendations and final results of research . |
| 16 | In order to develop a hierarchy of users , certain users are given the privilege to create new users . |
| 17 | The important thing to emphasize is that women are given the opportunity to participate in all areas of work and that there exists a definite attempt to organize and train women for tasks outside the domestic sphere , One finds many women who are in charge of supplies , or working in the munition workshops , in tailoring , shoe-making , pottery or local manufactures , such as hammocks and so on . |
| 18 | A stay at Broniwan in the heart of Wales can be an educational experience ; guests staying at this small Victorian stone farmhouse are given the opportunity to feed the calves , milk the cows , make friends with the donkey and tend the hens . |
| 19 | There can be little doubt that there are many people in this country who would welcome such a change , as is evidenced by the customers who flock to stores to shop on Sunday when they are given the opportunity to do so ; but it might not be so popular with small retailers who could find it more difficult to open their shops regularly on Sundays to remain competitive with their larger and more powerful rivals . |
| 20 | Pupils are given the opportunity to use technology in a creative way and enhance the quality of their own learning . |
| 21 | Through benefit inquiry line and forms designed and checked out with disability and welfare rights groups , people are given the opportunity to claim benefits to which they are entitled . |
| 22 | Students are given the opportunity to develop an understanding of the system of welfare benefits . |
| 23 | The School gives strong support to its postgraduate students , who are given the opportunity to gain teaching experience in the department and who also run their own regular seminars to which scholars from other universities are invited as guest speakers . |
| 24 | They are given the opportunity to involve the local chief officer of police in their curriculum planning and they must make an explicit decision about the place of sex education in the curriculum . |
| 25 | It is not often that social workers are given the opportunity to work closely with people at the end of their lives . |
| 26 | Trainees are given the opportunity to work towards a recognised vocational qualification ( 15% of those leaving ET in 1989–90 had acquired one ) , and are paid an allowance of 10 a week more than their benefit entitlement ( HM Treasury , 1990 , Table 6.6 ) . |
| 27 | If you are given the opportunity to work flexible working hours , you may agree your working times with your manager within the flexible working hours scheme in operation where you work , subject to the operational needs of the organisation . |
| 28 | A number of departments have their own specialist libraries and archives and all postgraduate students , whether novices or more advanced , are given the opportunity to learn or improve their computing skills . |
| 29 | Providing opportunities runs through two aspects of management : unless colleagues are given the opportunity to understand the world outside education , unless they have the opportunity to look around and to come to some new conclusions of their own about what they are doing , the head will say that he or she is failing . |
| 30 | It is extremely important that Network members are given the opportunity to handle both of these tasks ( origination and/or contacts ) in an effective and professional manner . |