Example sentences of "given [adv] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | By the eighteenth century salutes were normally given merely by the firing of guns , not by the more humiliating lowering of the flag or striking of sails . |
| 2 | A simplified general outline of one FSP model is therefore given below in the hope that it will prove useful to translators interested in resolving , or at least identifying , translation problems relating to information flow . |
| 3 | The balance of relief will continue to be given annually at the rate of 4% of the original cost of the building from the tax year in which it is brought into use . |
| 4 | Three Chester students who set up their own company — called ‘ No Frills ’ — making everything from Jewellery to boxer shorts , took the BNFL award which is given annually to the operators of the best company . |
| 5 | He directed that the governors of the College should ‘ apply the interest and proceeds thereof annually for ever in the purchase of a Medal to be given Annually to the author of the best dissertation on the Anatomy , Physiology , or Pathology of the foot of the horse , or the principles and practice of shoeing horses ( to be decided by Examiners , viz. either Veterinary examiners or Veterinary surgeons , to be appointed by the Governors at their annual meeting ) ’ . |
| 6 | The award is given annually by the Author 's Club on the recommendation of the RIBA 's Professional Literature Committee . |
| 7 | So far ethics committee approval has been given only for the treatment of individual patients as a debate continues about the risks of genetic-medicine misuse . |
| 8 | This information will be given only to the parents of the individual child . |
| 9 | The British headquarters is given only as The OTO Oasis , BM Box 3338 , London , WC1N 3XX . |
| 10 | He had given in about the purchase of the land , of course . |
| 11 | President Berisha , however , has given in to the nationalists over the question of property restitution . |
| 12 | Celia kept slipping and Liza kept telling herself she was ridiculous to have given in to the child . |
| 13 | You want er you want a letter carried by hand and given in to the hand of Douglas MacArthur ? |
| 14 | For a moment she 'd been on the verge of telling Penny why she was in such a hurry , but the moment passed , and she was glad she had n't given in to the impulse . |
| 15 | Resident outside the airfield 's motel for nearly 30 years , it was beginning to look very much the worse for wear and , as other Ouragons have given in to the ravages of time , attract the nearest of museums . |
| 16 | ‘ Even though PDAG is not to be abolished until next April , it seems members have already given in to the Tories . |
| 17 | Still , Huy had answered Surere 's summons , had even given in to the messenger 's insistence that they travel in the closed rickshaw , so that he would not be able to tell where they were going . |
| 18 | The Lorentz transformation takes the same form for all four-vectors : in the case of the four-momentum we can take the formulae ( 1.1 ) given above for the coordinates and replace x by p throughout . |
| 19 | Nekemte , the capital of the western province Welega , fell on April 2 to the forces of the Ethiopian People 's Revolutionary Democratic Front/Movement ( EPRDF , or EPRDM , a Tigrean-led alliance — see p. 38089 and also p. 38053 where it is given incorrectly as the EPDRF ) . |
| 20 | And , for the first time , the full annual report offered the financially more sophisticated a wide-ranging analysis of results ( given separately for the society and the group ) and business activities that were not required of other institutions . |
| 21 | And the modern art in my cellar areas is chiefly given over to the discovery of fresh talent and new Bristol artists , some of whom still attempt the famous perspectives of the Gorge and the Bridge . |
| 22 | It wove its way through the commercial dockside industry of the town which gave place , in time , to acres given over to the cultivation of the motor car in all its stages , new , second-hand and crushed to scrap . |
| 23 | Parking was horrendously difficult , the off-street parking being given over to the Volvos , Rovers and BMWs of the conference-goers . |
| 24 | It 's that time of year when theatres everywhere are given over to the mayhem that is panto … when men are dames and the principal boys are girls . |
| 25 | It was in fact a large room divided in two , one half being given over to the mistress 's wardrobe and dressing stool , with the pier-glass in the corner , the other providing a small chamber with room only for a cot bed . |
| 26 | The building was given over to the university in 1810 , and the commode entered the Clanwilliam collection in 1831 . |
| 27 | What remained of the gardens was now given over to the university 's botany department , and so the building had been able to retain much of its outward character . |
| 28 | Ironically , during the war years , the pitch was in better condition than it had ever been , as it was given over to the growing of carrots and potatoes . |
| 29 | The Sun had pages 1 , 2 , 4 , 5 , 15 , 16 , 17 and 18 given over to the story , while the others managed with only one or two pages fewer . |
| 30 | A ten-fold increase in fish farming is expected in Milford Haven , Pembrokeshire , over the next couple of years and , already , sizeable plots of land have been given over to the business . |