Example sentences of "it [be] give a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The bitterness of Maastricht opponents who also included Tory ex-minister Lord Parkinson and former Commons Speaker Viscount Tonypandy signalled that the European Communities ( Amendment ) Bill is set for a gruelling passage , despite it being given an unopposed second reading . |
| 2 | In many respects , rocks are like pitch , which flows like a liquid if it is left unsupported for long enough , for example on a steeply-sloping roof , but will also break suddenly along clean shiny fracture surfaces if it is given a sharp blow . |
| 3 | As it emerges , it is given a continuous coat of glue . |
| 4 | Yet there is a danger of reading too much into petitioning unless it is given a firm context . |
| 5 | In particular , an organization that is given a task that is controversial and unpopular in many quarters , such as an organization charged to promote racial and sexual equality or one providing help to a stigmatized group such as vagrant alcoholics , may find that it is given an unclear mandate and is placed in a position in which it finds it hard to acquire ‘ legitimacy ’ for its activities . |
| 6 | When the disk is found to be free from a virus infection it is given an electronic signature code . |
| 7 | When the disk is found to be free from a virus infection it is given an electronic signature code . |
| 8 | During the 1983 election , Mail journalists objected to the newspaper 's coverage of the Labour Party and demanded that it be given a fairer representation . |
| 9 | It was given a small head lamp in place of the Croydon side lamps . |
| 10 | As far as the news operation was concerned , it was given a revamped look . |
| 11 | It was given a prestigious launch at a conference arranged by the Bedford WEA branch and attended by many supporters including Messrs. Liddle ( Headmaster of Bedford Modern School and Chairman of Bedford 's WEA branch ) , Baines ( Director of Education for the LEA ) , Glazier ( County Librarian and a former part-time WEA tutor ) , Wash ( WEA District Chairman ) and , of course , Pateman as District Secretary . |
| 12 | It was given a second one after the interval . |
| 13 | It was given a central plan by its Italian builders , with side chapels dating from 1603–12 dedicated to SS Salvator , Roch and Anthony . |
| 14 | Although this kind of shift was common to many local Labour Parties , and has been characterized as the rise of the ‘ new urban left ’ ( Gyford , 1985b ) , in Sheffield it was given a particular twist by the nature of the local economy and society . |
| 15 | It was given a qualified welcome by Donald Riegle and Henry Gonzalez , the ( Democrat ) chairmen of the Senate and House banking committees respectively , who stated that an extension of bank operations into financial services should be delayed until the implementation of the supervisory and deposit insurance reforms , the latter being expected to attract widespread public opposition . |
| 16 | It was given a hull-shaped upper floor by Bonifac Wohlmut between 1557 and 1563 . |
| 17 | It was given a 34-year six-stage timetable for adoption and would come into force 30 days after ratification by two-thirds of the OAU membership . |
| 18 | They made one minor amendment on timing ; it was given a Third Reading on 5th April , and sent to the Lords . |
| 19 | At a purely practical level , the anarchist and socialist press provided a forum for the dissemination of information about the October revolution , where it was given an enthusiastic reception . |
| 20 | ‘ It was giving a symbolic shape to sexual fantasies . |
| 21 | The court admitted that it was giving an unusual meaning to the word , for a historian who described the end of Rizzio by saying that he met with a fatal accident in Holyrood Palace would fairly be charged with a misleading statement of fact . |