Example sentences of "it [verb] [been] give [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 In tropical countries the importance of maintaining the cold chain is recognised , but in temperate countries it has been given little attention until recently .
3 Recently , however , it has been given added emphasis and urgency by the growing appreciation that the damage being done to the environment by the use of fossil fuels may require drastic restrictions on their use .
4 An environmental statement was required from the company it has been given full publicity I believe that the Planning Committee and County Planning Committee today have sufficient information to come to a decision an informed decision .
5 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 .
6 The workshop had looked certain to shut down after the local authority withdrew its funding , but now it 's been given two months to persuade the private sector to come up with a rescue package .
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