Example sentences of "been given this [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ This is the reason they were first given and I would like to think that I have been given this award because of that .
2 Once the senior clerk in the Chancery , Nigel had been given this assignment as a benefice , a reward for long and faithful service to the Crown .
3 You have probably been given this brochure by your local ABTA Travel Agent .
4 A record of the companies who have been given this dispensation should be held in order that this may be checked by the auditors .
5 But he knew that he was right and , much more , he felt that he was good , that he had been given this chance to act well , that he must take it and to take it would get him off on a new and better path ; while to succumb would be the broad and easy road to hell .
6 At present no other organisations have been given this status .
7 In March 1944 the U.852 was on patrol off the west coast of Africa : she was the fifth U-boat to have been given this area of patrol , the previous four , commanded by aces such as Wuppisch and Schultz , having all been sunk by aircraft .
8 Another free kick has been given this time against big Mike Whitlow Lively start to the game and a lively start for the referee .
9 Thank you , yes , I think in a course of er , er explanation that 's been given this morning , there was a reference to H G V eight diversion , now I 'm concerned that if in fact that means that er H G Vs are increasingly using the route through Culford there are two very severe right angle bends on that road and I should erm like to see the police take some action to persuade H G V to ban that route er I mean can we do a ban on the early section of it with in particular to like angle bends are ?
10 Lord Denning said that it could be implied that the Minister had been given this power to enable him to revoke licences obtained illegally .
11 The very words ‘ modern art ’ still carry by themselves a charge strong enough to disturb , dishearten , or even repel , some before they 've read a line or listened to a note of whatever work has been given this label .
12 Lay readers or elders who have traditionally been given this job may well not be gifted to lead the congregation in the way described above .
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