Example sentences of "is given [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In these authorities the function of ‘ filling in ’ important works not ordered by the areas is given to a central resources unit , a team of professional librarians headed by the bibliographical services officer , with authority-wide responsibility for selecting published works of any importance . |
| 2 | Now , if a medicine is given to a healthy person and it causes them to produce a particular reaction , a set of symptoms , then these symptoms are the healing response that this particular medicine is capable of bringing about . |
| 3 | The broad principle that " where a power to make regulations is given to a public body by statute , no regulations made under it can abridge a right conferred by the statute itself " is too clear to need justification : R. v. Bird [ 1891 ] Q.B . |
| 4 | The Power of Attorney is given to a relative or solicitor to act as Attorney or donee , but this power ought to lapse if the donor is mentally incapacitated , and the Court of Protection should step in . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't think I have ever been so frightened in my life , ’ said Terrie ( who is given to a little hyperbole at times ) . |
| 6 | In Fig 36 an example is given of a holding pattern that has been completed in a time of 4 mins 28 secs . |
| 7 | The Introduction to the Finale is given with a beguiling simplicity , and therein lies the key to this performance ; Rozhdestvensky has clearly taken the generic title ‘ Serenade ’ at its face value . |
| 8 | reduction is given on a reducing basis . |
| 9 | The award is given on a regional basis and sixty five year old Kenneth 's name now goes forward for consideration at national level . |
| 10 | In particular , where information of commercial or industrial value is given on a business-like basis and with some avowed common objective in mind … |
| 11 | A full point score is given for a powerful , skilful technique that lands with control on a scoring area of the opponent 's head or body . |
| 12 | A full point score is given for a powerful , skilful and controlled technique to the opponent 's scoring areas |
| 13 | What is given as a satisfying offering from the dominant person is roughly related to needs . |
| 14 | If we are seeking an explanation of the grounds of dependent conditionals , and one of these is given as a lawlike statement , we do indeed require an explanation of the nature of such a statement . |
| 15 | In order to establish their claim against those organisations or individuals who are responsible for the failure , the courts require that notice of a claim is given within a stipulated time of the accident . |
| 16 | One can only decide what part of a message is new and what part is given within a linguistic or situational context . |
| 17 | In fact , the location of the traditional Chinese points is given in a variable manner in different acupuncture books . |
| 18 | The same data is given in a different format in the paragraph which follows : |
| 19 | Usually interferon is given in a single continuous course . |
| 20 | There is little evidence , however , to correlate serum concentrations after the dose with toxicity , and indeed experimental nephrotoxicity caused by gentamicin is more severe when the total daily dose is divided than when it is given by a single bolus , when concentrations after the dose are higher . |
| 21 | An even more interesting example of the Macintosh 's insidious nature , once installed , is given by a large plc whose staff newspaper was produced on Macintosh systems . |
| 22 | Sometimes the expert evidence is given by a medical witness ; more often , an expert motor engineer who has studied the effect of crashes on bodies in a car would be a more appropriate witness . |