Example sentences of "be given [noun] for [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a lead authority structure — one authority would be given responsibility for water and sewerage services for its own and surrounding areas . |
| 2 | After the Tay floods , calls were made for SEPA to be given responsibility for flood prevention schemes — at present a discretionary duty of regional councils . |
| 3 | A minister will be given responsibility for transport in the capital , including the £750 million upgrading of the Central Line Underground service . |
| 4 | Someone in the occupational health department or specific tutors should be given responsibility for student welfare and be trained as counsellors . |
| 5 | The industry built up a new audience not by giving a social elite privileges but rather by suggesting that anyone who had paid their admission price would be given value for money and in particular would be given films that had been made with care and attention . |
| 6 | The allies had to be given opportunities for glory , booty , settlements and trade in conquered lands . |
| 7 | In its post-World War II Circulars , the Department of Education stated explicitly that the children of working mothers were not to be given priority for nursery education . |