Example sentences of "has been given a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 31 | A JUDGE nicknamed Zorro has been given a wigging for kissing a pretty court usher . |
| 32 | Our Accountant has been given a copy . |
| 33 | The committee has been given a £200 donation from Texaco Britain which was to be used to buy a new drysuit . |
| 34 | Is my hon. Friend aware that while Derbyshire county council 's policies have led to the redundancies of hundreds of teachers recently , and while Derbyshire is the only county in England to have fewer policemen than 10 years ago , none the less the county council 's job creation priorities have managed to find no fewer than three posts at £40,000 per annum for former Labour councillors and Members of Parliament , the council leader has fitted himself up with a job at an annual equivalent salary of £40,000 , the leader of the Derbyshire Labour party — one David Skinner — has been given a job as a minder to Japanese business men despite being kicked out of the council for corruption 15 years ago , and his wife has been given a job at £23,000 per annum in the council 's bloated publicity department ? |
| 35 | Is my hon. Friend aware that while Derbyshire county council 's policies have led to the redundancies of hundreds of teachers recently , and while Derbyshire is the only county in England to have fewer policemen than 10 years ago , none the less the county council 's job creation priorities have managed to find no fewer than three posts at £40,000 per annum for former Labour councillors and Members of Parliament , the council leader has fitted himself up with a job at an annual equivalent salary of £40,000 , the leader of the Derbyshire Labour party — one David Skinner — has been given a job as a minder to Japanese business men despite being kicked out of the council for corruption 15 years ago , and his wife has been given a job at £23,000 per annum in the council 's bloated publicity department ? |
| 36 | WITH all the talk of recession was n't it great to read that at least one important institution has been given a reprieve . |
| 37 | A mother of two young children who faced eviction because her landlord had n't paid the mortgage , has been given a reprieve . |
| 38 | The land speculators and property developers moved in , and the parish has been given a priority status within the County Structure Plan . |
| 39 | CEREDIGION and Pembroke North MP Cynog Dafis has been given a Greenhouse award by Green Magazine after being voted the best newcomer to Parliament . |