Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [pron] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 4 The Levitical families are assigned their jobs |
| 2 | If it is impossible for you to release them there make sure they are given their freedom in an area with abundant supplies of nectar . |
| 3 | Leaders are given their roles by their putative followers ; their ‘ authority ’ may technically be removed if their followers cease to acknowledge them . |
| 4 | Also , most appointees on public bodies are given their jobs for a set number of years , so it could be some while before changes filtered through . |
| 5 | But it is also clear that within tight-knit units attributions can become destructive : you are given your role and you must play it out , the same role for the rest of your life . |
| 6 | The psalms help us to interpret this , by reminding us that we are given our heart 's desires when we also delight in God : |
| 7 | Tourists should have to sign a declaration that they are healthy and will leave Britain if a chronic disease is diagnosed and if they are treated their passports should be kept until their fees are paid . |
| 8 | As late as 1931 , the war records of Labour candidates were still held against them , although by then Ramsay MacDonald , like Lloyd George before him , had been forgiven his sins . |
| 9 | If the fans had been given their choice , Mel Machin , then at Manchester City , would have been offered the job . |
| 10 | Those inside had been given their instructions . |
| 11 | Of course , you do need to monitor people once they have been given their tasks . |
| 12 | Interviewers must seek out , contact and interview their allotted sub-samples , and once they have been given their tasks they must work relatively independently . |
| 13 | Two hundred and fifty workers at a factory recently taken over by an American company have been given their redundancy notices today . |
| 14 | In York , where the brutalists have not been given their head , only one building seems to attract disgust ; the Stonebow shopping and office scheme . |
| 15 | He said : ‘ The Sids of old have been given their share certificates and they are reluctant to give them up . |
| 16 | The great man had stated that , apart from some very early examples , the towns had been given their defences by Hadrian ( c . |
| 17 | ‘ I think the most important thing for the residents is that they have been given their dignity back , ’ said the Duchess afterwards . |
| 18 | Once a development and its house styles have been given their identity there 's one final area that needs addressing — naming the roads . |
| 19 | Then earlier this year the group received a reply from another prisoner at Shalla who had been given their letter to Bashir by mistake . |
| 20 | Back at the 18th green the Princess had not yet been given her cue to come out onto the dais where the presentations were to be made . |
| 21 | Europe 's political structure in 1880 had been given its shape by the Congress of Vienna , the wars of the middle decades of the century and the Congress of Berlin . |
| 22 | This is where information skills instruction has been given its opportunity . |
| 23 | I had been given his address by friends in Britain and now took a taxi to his flat , a couple of miles from the hotel but still in the older part of the city of Buda . |
| 24 | As he fielded questions at a press conference in his Yeovil constituency about his terms for a coalition in the event of a hung Parliament or whether Downing Street had been given his telephone number , the instrument that could receive the crucial call was being hunted down by aides . |
| 25 | As we spoke , a car drew up in the carport ( which incidentally was still just as I 'd built it 15 years ago ! ) and to our astonishment ( because the ownership had changed since we sold it ) the lady recognised us ( she 'd been given our Edinburgh address by a mutual friend and had actually called on us once , which we 'd totally forgotten ! ) . |
| 26 | Because of his experience , he 'd been taken further into God 's Kingdom , he 'd been given that vision into God 's Kingdom , now that 's more than just been given your eyesight , cos there 's a lot of people will see , who have their eyesight intact , but refuse to have the vision that was necessary to accept Jesus , new kingdom . |
| 27 | philosophical side of Marxism which is very interesting and there 's a lot of very deep thoughts but what we 've been given your definition , is what I 'd say is the political strategy that Marx said er was necessary to achieve the philosophical ends . |
| 28 | ‘ I have been given your husband 's log book by your brother , Mrs Hatton , ’ he said gently as she recovered herself . |
| 29 | When food is irradiated , various compounds are formed whose effects are not yet known or understood . |
| 30 | Legal and General Property have been presented their plans to the City Lands Policy Group and traders at the centre . |