Example sentences of "have [be] [vb pp] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's also remarkable that the public have been given the chance to get into the debate early . |
| 2 | I daresay you find this strange and may think I am ungrateful when after all I have been given the chance to set up for myself which is not given to many of our station but it is a surprise to me too . |
| 3 | ‘ I felt I never got a chance there , but I have been given the chance at Norwich and I 'm very pleased with how well it has gone . ’ |
| 4 | First , the Velikovskians have been given the chance to make a superficially plausible claim that there is some kind of ‘ orthodox-science ’ vendetta against them and against their master' : they have been able to portray themselves as persecuted martyrs . |
| 5 | About two dozen have been given the chance to return to Middlebrook Mushrooms , Whitley Farm , near Selby , North Yorks , days after they lost their fight to take the firm to a tribunal . |
| 6 | TWO young Belfast girls have been given the chance to play one of the most sought after theatre roles of them all . |
| 7 | Under the Conservative Government the people in Great Britain , including people , have been given the opportunity of shareholding undreamed of before opposed opposed by the Labour Party . |
| 8 | I am therefore pleased to advise you that you have been given the contract for the delivery of 40 ZX Computex reader printers at £75 per drop , making a total charge of £3000 . |
| 9 | The Hibs players have been given the day off today and will train in Jersey tomorrow morning before flying back to Edinburgh . |
| 10 | The jury of seven men and five women have been given the day off tomorrow while both sides consider the evidence against Marsh and on Monday make their final submissions to the court . |
| 11 | By plotting ring patterns of trees in this area , scientists can date ancient building timbers , and other wood artifacts , by comparing ring patterns with those of the bristlecone pines ( such studies have been given the name of dendrochronotogy . |
| 12 | Watts and his team have been given the freedom to manage , they have lifted the quality of staff and have improved productivity . |
| 13 | EMPLOYEES AT RUNCORN HAVE BEEN given the lowdown on Guinness ' strong performance in the competitive take home trade with a day-long series of presentations . |
| 14 | Because we have been given the possibility of sight , it is no surprise when we are inconsolable if we have no eyesight . |
| 15 | You have been given the ability to recognise your own apprehensions , to accept them and then to let them go . |
| 16 | And hundreds more have been given the chop in other areas . |
| 17 | There is no doubt among those who have been given the gift of tongues that their prayer life and their ability to praise God in all circumstances has grown dramatically . |
| 18 | It 's really a record simply that you have been given the authority . |
| 19 | We have been given the status , resources and expertise to do so — on both sides of the Channel . |
| 20 | Since the last closure of the state university , in June 1980 , the government has encouraged the proliferation of private schools and colleges , which have been given the status of " university " . |
| 21 | Employees have been given the time and the skills to match their responsibilities . |
| 22 | I believe that we have been given the right to have dominion over animals . |
| 23 | Redgrave and Pinsent have been given the option of trying both if they wish . |
| 24 | Government ministers , local authorities and other public bodies have been given the power by statute to make subordinate legislation . |
| 25 | Semi-nomadic tribes live on the fringes of the notorious Empty Quarter desert , where they have been given the task by Sultan Qaboos and the World Wildlife Fund of reintroducing the rare Arabian Oryx ( antelope ) to its natural habitat . |
| 26 | Over the last few months , those who have paid up have been given the VIP treatment at JaguarSport 's purpose-built factory at Bloxham , near Banbury , where the first production XJ220s are now under construction . |
| 27 | I do n't think this point has been properly understood by many people who have been given the impression that the films are a kind of expensive toy , when in fact you are the first conductor in history to use film as an integral extension of your work as an interpretative artist . |
| 28 | Provided the instructions have been followed the project will now be functional . |
| 29 | Well a lot of people have been called the Antichrist have n't they ? |
| 30 | A number of them have been denied the opportunity to collect the awards for nearly 50 years by the former communist regime . |