Example sentences of "have [been] give as a " in BNC.

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1 Mr Heseltine , who has achieved his ambition of heading an enlarged Department of Trade and Industry , has been given as a junior minister Mr Neil Hamilton ( Tatton ) , a Right-winger who is regarded as a keeper of the Thatcherite flame .
2 The fact that old people would lose out with QALY theory has been given as a further example of injustice .
3 She also toyed with a book she had been given as a Christmas present , In Tune With The Infinite by Ralph Waldo Trine .
4 She was sure if she listened hard enough she would be able to hear the creak of the rocking-horse the girl had been given as a Christmas present a month ago .
5 A second inscription on the opposite side reveals that it had been given as a wedding present to the employer himself in 1838 .
6 The third sister , Ankhsenpaaten , had been given as a child bride to Tutankhaten .
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