Example sentences of "are [adv] given [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My final point relates to the penalties that will be employed when North sea workers are eventually given some sort of legislative protection against victimisation . |
| 2 | Questionnaires and achievement scores may be used but they are rarely given high priority . |
| 3 | In organisations people are only given sufficient power to carry out their responsibilities effectively . |
| 4 | The competitive Durham sides of recent years are rightly given much space , for this is to mark their elevation . |
| 5 | Principal contenders are rightly given more time than fringe candidates . |
| 6 | Conference organizer(s) are normally given complimentary status : the accepted ratio is approximately 1 organizer per 50 delegates . |
| 7 | These are usually given subspecific rank . |
| 8 | However , political issues of a constitutional character — like joining the European Community , devolving power to a Scottish assembly and reform of the voting system — are usually given extended consideration ( and possibly even a referendum ) in recognition of their special nature ( Norton , 1991 , pp. 475–98 ) . |
| 9 | ‘ … of the City of Berlin … you , Herr Nordern , official , of 13 Klara-Lettkin-Strasse , Biesdorf , in the jurisdiction of the City of Berlin , are hereby given official notification that — ’ |
| 10 | Not only are manual workers more threatened by unemployment than non-manual workers , but they are also given less time to find other employment . |
| 11 | We have already noted that agents are often given considerable discretion by lenders . |
| 12 | Although not the only source of mystical power , anomalous phenomena are often given special treatment if they are difficult to classify . |
| 13 | They are now given joint credit with Linde for what is called " the new inflationary model , " based on the idea of a slow breaking of symmetry . |
| 14 | But that 's probably more than a lot of people did , and everyone 's being urged to use condoms , but how many people are actually given any instruction on how to use them ? |
| 15 | And if you do n't feel that you can fit in a pupil comment , you have to be very careful here because some people will take it as a cop-out and not do it and a that worries me and it has happened and I think it is important that the youngsters are actually given some guidance and the opportunity to do it . |
| 16 | These orientations are subsequently given cultural expression and concrete content in beliefs , such as those described above , in a vast number of malevolent situations , forces and beings , nearly all of which are actively bent upon the destruction of human beings . |
| 17 | The problem which arises from this is that we are never given any inkling of the totality of a king 's estates , and there is a particular difficulty in trying to construct a picture of crown land by listing all references to it from the whole Merovingian period ; if kings rewarded their followers by conferring estates on them , even though the grant might not be hereditary , the pool of land must have changed constantly . |