Example sentences of "have [been] given [adj] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It has been given new genetic information by injecting DNA into the nucleus and this will be inherited by all the cells in the body and passed on to future generations via the germ cells . |
| 2 | Little Wolfgang has been given two magnificent swords … |
| 3 | But one or two MPs emerged from behind the public show of loyalty to warn that Mr Major has been given one last chance . |
| 4 | A WARNING has been given that some council buildings in Clwyd may have to close if maintenance is not carried out . |
| 5 | Although most of us can recognize without difficulty the importance that the emotions play in our lives , the subject has been given little systematic attention by the disciplines most concerned with furthering understanding of human behaviour . |
| 6 | ‘ Similar offences in the past have received a fortnight 's suspension , but because of the player 's disciplinary record he has been given this long ban , ’ said the committee chairman David Johnson . |
| 7 | If you are going to show candidates around then make sure there is someone to do it and that anyone whose work/routine might be affected has been given some advance warning . |
| 8 | The National Front leader , Jean-Marie Le Pen , has been given some ironic advice from members of his own party in the Riviera capital Nice . |
| 9 | I understand this has been given some serious consideration , but it has been decided not to proceed at present . |
| 10 | ‘ Each two-person team has been given several overseas markets and told to get back as many packages as possible . |
| 11 | In the converse disorder , which unfortunately has been given several different names ( surface dysgraphia , phonological spelling , and lexical agraphia ) , the spelling to dictation of non-words is good , but words are commonly misspelled , and the misspellings are usually phonologically correct — e.g. ‘ search ’ — surch , ‘ spade ’ — spaid and ‘ come ’ — cumme . |
| 12 | Mr Burke said it was Mrs Busuttil 's case that she should not have been given such high doses of the drug to induce labour . |
| 13 | ‘ He seems also to have been given sixty thousand in travel grants . |
| 14 | If the Council 's Temporary Press Officer , who had been appointed solely to deal with the alleged child abuse controversy , had been given such confidential information , she said , they wanted to know who had given it to him . |
| 15 | The development officers had been given approximate hourly costs ( or costs per visit ) of other home services and had to calculate , using these figures , the existing expenditure on each client . |
| 16 | In December 1986 she had had a transient ischaemic attack for which she had been given enteric coated aspirin ( ecotrin 300 mg/day ) . |
| 17 | I later interviewed the bemused recordist , and established he had been given two portable stereo tape recorders , which he had laid on the ground pointing in opposite directions . |
| 18 | In another incident , patients had been given fake steroid creams , he added . |
| 19 | He admired his father-in-law 's farming ability and had been given some worthwhile advice whenever they had met . |
| 20 | The CO had been given another obvious cue . |
| 21 | It had been given particular poetic stimulation a few months earlier when , at 15 , and musing in a second-hand bookshop in the city , he had come across a book of poetry by the Spanish poet , Federico Garçia Lorca , a book he has carried with him ever since , as Manzano records . |
| 22 | One of the foremost exponents of Hawaiian slack key guitar was the superb musician and singer Gabby Pahinui , and Gabby is the reason we 've been given this rare and welcome opportunity to speak to Ry Cooder . |
| 23 | ‘ I 've been given this beautiful little picture as well , ’ I said , and I smiled up at him . |
| 24 | What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ? |
| 25 | Here their superiors criticise them for failing after they have been given such brilliant training . |
| 26 | Sir — Both the government and the opposition parties have been given one clear ringing message by the voters in the election : that environmental issues are of little or no concern to them . |
| 27 | In parts we have been given that modern definition . |
| 28 | Centres should note , that to recognise student achievement on more than one instrument , modules have been given separate instrumental categories . |
| 29 | One or two tribes have been given much more time on the radio than others . |
| 30 | They say it is too soon to say if either will produce any results , but Chief Inspector Steve Cross of Cheshire 's Serious Crime Squad confirmed : ‘ We have been given some new names which we are following up at the moment . |