Example sentences of "is being given a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | EastEnders , regarded by senior BBC managers as having lost its way with sordid story lines , is being given a new producer . |
| 2 | Dog-eared it may be , but the idea is being given a new lease of life by the rapprochement between the Soviet Union and South Korea , the thaw in relations between Japan and North Korea , and now a likely peace treaty between Japan and the Soviet Union . |
| 3 | One of Britain 's 12 national trails , the North Downs Way , is being given a major facelift over the next three years . |
| 4 | VHAF , as it is known in the trade , is being given a rigorous fitness test by the Football League Playing Surfaces Committee . |
| 5 | It is important to make a definite decision about this right from the start , without letting her feel in any way that she is being given a weekly or monthly ‘ ration ’ of her family 's free time , as a duty rather than a pleasure . |
| 6 | To ‘ work to ensure a system of legal liability for members which provides a reasonable balance between the interests of auditors , preparers and users of accounts ’ is ranked 14th in a list of 15 detailed objectives , which does not encourage one to believe that it is being given a proper priority . |
| 7 | Where Italy is being given a cold shoulder today , could other deficit countries with particular political problems — a Mitterrand France , a Wilson Britain , a post-Franco Spain , a Denmark with a parliament of all-sorts — be jilted tomorrow ? |