Example sentences of "have been give [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The attitudinal function has been given so much importance in past work on intonation that it will be discussed separately in this chapter , though it should eventually become clear that it overlaps considerably with the discourse function . |
| 2 | It is a pity but my father , Elfed , has been given very little credit in articles and books . |
| 3 | If they should have been given even more ‘ porridge ’ , then their belief that their own status made them beyond the rule of law was insufficiently punished . |
| 4 | Seldom can a chancellor have been given so much advice , some of it sought , some of it gratuitous — and , as is the way with this subject , much of it conflicting . |
| 5 | Seldom can a chancellor have been given so much advice , some of it sought , some of it gratuitous — and , as is the way with this subject , much of it conflicting . |
| 6 | Yet , the Labour MP Jeff Rooker claims , there have been examples of Royal Warwickshire prisoners of war seeking desperately needed help who have been given as little as £25 , while many more have been means-tested and found ‘ unqualified ’ for even basic financial assistance . |
| 7 | He had been given so many things to digest , not the least that it was possible Celia might have a father still living . |
| 8 | At the back of his mind was the fear that he had been given too much air , that his lungs could not sustain the pressure , that they would collapse as Commander Barnwell 's had collapsed . |
| 9 | Which should have been done a long time ago , and I 've been given yet another extension . |
| 10 | I think to be honest to you , the the have been given very little guidance , she does n't understand what 's supposed to happen |