Example sentences of "can be given a " in BNC.
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| 1 | An accompanying person can be given a complimentary ticket for the screenings . |
| 2 | Before the concrete sets , the surface can be given a final smooth in a number of ways . |
| 3 | So they have to find their way into the international financial system , where they can be given a veneer of legality . |
| 4 | But Galloway concluded from his study of procedures in Sheffield that prosecution will often be of little value , unless parents can be given a positive reason for insisting on their child 's attendance at school . |
| 5 | Those that do call can be given a copy of the invitation document if they are not already aware of it . |
| 6 | While it is important to know that your sample size is big enough for safe conclusions to be drawn ( that effects are ‘ statistically significant ’ ) , this is secondary in comparison with the issue of whether a relationship can be given a causal interpretation or is merely the spurious result of the operation of third factors ; the relationship between the number of fire engines and the amount of damage caused could be derived from a sample size of ten thousand and still utterly mislead if taken at face value . |
| 7 | The justification of the partnership approach is that it encourages the notions of quality and excellence , whilst providing a framework within which a wide range of activities can be given a sense of coherence and wholeness . |
| 8 | can be given a new and believable meaning , provided that this troublesome word ‘ god ’ and all its variations can be refined and enriched to embrace all those manifestations of good , whether from evolution or civilisation , that have emerged since the beginning of life and . |
| 9 | The foregoing chapter has described the manner in which the Created God can be given a place in the minds of human beings as a feasible entity capable of a spiritual kind of existence . |
| 10 | Lombard 's Pictures may lack the last degree of individual characterisation , but at budget price this version can be given a warm welcome . |
| 11 | Each of these forms , or intensities , can be given a separate name , but they all belong to the same basic message : ‘ Clear off , or I will attack you . ’ |
| 12 | Sometimes they can be given a lump of clay that is too heavy for them to lift and they will gain new experiences as they try to mould or divide it into pieces of a manageable size . |
| 13 | As an occasional treat the goldfish can be given a number of other foods such as brown bread , sweetcorn , prawns and worms . |
| 14 | Old furniture and junk-shop finds can be given a new lease of life with a little tender loving care and a certain amount of practical know-how . |
| 15 | these factors can be assigned weightings , in line with their relative importance , so that a potential customer 's answers to each question on the proposal form can be given a numerical score . |
| 16 | Any new children in the original population ( from which the standardisation sample was selected ) can then be tested and , on the basis of their age and test performance , they can be given a test score which reflects their performance relative to the standardisation sample . |
| 17 | Even a garden of very modest size can be given a cottage-garden look with this kind of focal point . |
| 18 | Obviously , the regiment must include a standard bearer before it can be given a magic standard . |
| 19 | Human behaviour enters social reality in so far as it can be given a meaning . |
| 20 | In fact , the learning rule can be given a firmer foundation . |
| 21 | Not true — with curlers to hand and just ten minutes to spare , any short style can be given a shot of glamour . |
| 22 | For this reason it is wise to keep a few in a bowl during the winter , so that they can be given a little warmth during early spring to encourage premature growth and shade the first flush of water discolouring algae , thus discouraging its growth . |
| 23 | On the contrary , it can be given a sharp , stressful edge by writing in such a way that the usual triadic structure is partly or totally demolished . |
| 24 | Damp walls can be given a damp excluding lining as well as being insulated . |
| 25 | Dreary reproduction chairs can be given a thoroughly modern look , smartened up with paint and the seats covered with a strongly textured fabric like tweed or corduroy . |
| 26 | A collection of nondescript prints , for example , can be given a sense of unity if each is mounted with the same distinctive colour : camel or chrome yellow or red , whichever fits in best with the room , and then edged all in the same way with a thin strip of wood or chrome or brass . |
| 27 | I sound one warning note about individual choice — it works in towns where parents can be given a choice of schools , up to the physical capacity of a school , but in rural areas that choice may be only theoretical . |
| 28 | Often groups can be given a " familiarisation visit " , going behind the scenes in the archives to learn about the range of documents and the methods of preserving and caring for them . |
| 29 | The entire period-doubling cascade can be given a similar interpretation . |
| 30 | M-tense can be given a purely deictic and strictly temporal interpretation , but it is an empirical question as to what extent L-tenses can also be treated in the same way . |