Example sentences of "and give [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The thief was caught and given a two year prison sentence but the stolen property was not recovered . |
| 2 | Although Henslow 's teaching was not part of the undergraduate curriculum , interested students were taken on field trips and given a good grounding in the science of the time . |
| 3 | ‘ If you 'd like to find out what it 's like to be put over my knee and given a good thrashing in a public place that 's probably the best way to do it . ’ |
| 4 | Within half an hour he had contacted those he trusted on the council and given a good account as to why he should fill the vacant seat . |
| 5 | He has been sentenced to two years in prison and given a five-year driving ban . |
| 6 | ‘ In the meantime you 'd notified the police of Connie Fraser 's disappearance , and given a nice time check , all verified by the hospital staff . ’ |
| 7 | Many Brush-built Class 31s were equipped with ETH generators and given a major body overhaul , while some Class 47s were similarly treated . |
| 8 | A novice struggling through one of Manze 's pies — crisp golden pastry on top and soggy pastry below — is quickly spotted and given a cursory instruction in the art of pie-eating by a Bermondsey-born professional . |
| 9 | Presented on Nov. 28 and given a first reading on Dec. 1 , the new law had replaced an initial draft of Nov. 5 which had been immediately rejected . |
| 10 | Later we learned that he had gone back to London and given a mischievous account of our conversation in literary circles , and we were ‘ very much blamed ’ . |
| 11 | Volunteers are interviewed , asked for references and given a three-month trial . |
| 12 | Of course quality of care has always been of professional concern in the NHS , but it was firmly placed on managerial agendas by the Griffiths management reforms in 1983 and given a substantial boost by WFP . |
| 13 | Whitehaven in Cumbria was begun in 1660 by the local Lowther family and given a spacious grid of streets and a new harbour . |
| 14 | Behind the statue at 18/250 Maislova Street is the Jewish Town Hall , built in the late 16C by the ever-generous Mayor Maizl , and given a Rococo façade by J. Slesinger in 1765 . |
| 15 | All the items in it were removed and given a thorough overhaul by the Restoration Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum . |
| 16 | The woman , who can not be named for legal reasons , denied assault but was found guilty and given a conditional discharge . |
| 17 | He was fined £100 and given a conditional discharge after he admitted theft , possession of a knife and not surrendering to court on an outstanding warrant . |
| 18 | But he has been found guilty of committing serious sexual offences , and given a conditional discharge . |
| 19 | For instance , although he borrows the concept of mood from linguistics , he recognizes from the outset that , in contrast to ordinary language , narrative only knows the indicative mood ( there is no imperative or subjunctive forms of narrative ) , and that if his use of the term is to have any value at all it must be ‘ stretched ’ and given a metaphorical function . |
| 20 | The raison d'être for this recording has to be the extraordinary ‘ mad scene ’ from Semiramide , eighteen minutes of the most astonishing music Rossini ever wrote , truly looking forward to the great lyrical outbursts of Verdi , and given a superb performance by Ramey . |
| 21 | Those who accepted his commandments were to be judged in punctilious accordance with the law , whereas the ignorant savage in the darkened jungle who could not possibly have known the light would be treated with gentleness and given a second chance . |
| 22 | So achieving Marchbanks was a gradual and thoughtful affair — I remember being taken aside by the director and given a whole day after we had been rehearsing for two weeks and simply talking together about the play and about ourselves which was the real making of the part over the next weeks of final rehearsal . |
| 23 | Also in 1908 audiences could have seen Unemployed and Unemployable in which the central character begins by haranguing a crowd ; he is dragged off by his wife and given a whole range of domestic tasks all of which he makes a mess of ; he accidentally acquires stolen goods and is arrested ; the film ends with this ‘ lounger ’ working at last but in the cells . |
| 24 | In 1910 it was modified and given a sparse interior for the Czech Brothers who today , are the inheritors of the ideals of Jan Hus . |
| 25 | Even if the keeping of profile records were somehow formalized and given a common validity , there is a related and more serious danger . |
| 26 | Flowers last longest if kept in a cool place and given a high phosphate feed once a month . |
| 27 | This means that bilingual education must be focused on from an early age and given a high profile throughout the school system . |
| 28 | The girl was also fined £30 and given a 12 month supervision order for breaching a conditional discharge given last year for a burglary at a cycle shop . |
| 29 | When he had remained in his bed to at least 6.30am he was praised and given a big mug of chocolate . |
| 30 | lt is remarkable that despite these low numbers of species , little is known of their biology and one , the sebastiao-de-arruda , a well-known timber export from Brazil since the last century , has only lately ( 1978 ) been botanically identified and given a Latin name : Dalbergia decipularis ( Leguminosae ) . |