Example sentences of "[verb] given [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Sponsorships by the Bergeson shipping line and Norwegian Salmon has given financial security . |
| 2 | The revolution , through state control , has given agricultural labourers greater security and better wages by turning them into state employees . |
| 3 | THE impressive performance of Paul Mercurio and Tara Morice in the marvellous , low-budget £125,000 Australian film Strictly Ballroom has given vast new encouragement to ballroom dancing societies . |
| 4 | The House of Lords has given useful guidance in this respect . |
| 5 | Glasnost has given Soviet Jews new freedoms , new confidence and new fears . |
| 6 | Taiwan banned rhino horn imports in 1985 but has given traditional medicine shops until 1994 to sell existing stocks [ see ED 65 ] . |
| 7 | Hatty , Finance Minister in Whitehead 's liberal Cabinet , London-born , is a thoughtful man who has given outstanding service ; he was largely responsible for starting Marimba Township , where Africans working in Salisbury were enabled to build and own their own houses . |
| 8 | In extensive trials throughout Europe this method of control has given good results and may well be the forerunner of other similar devices . |
| 9 | This method has given good control of ostertagiasis , but many farmers are unwilling to continue housing and feeding calves when there is ample grazing available . |
| 10 | Clive Barker ( 1977 ) of Warwick University has given new substance to the use of games in the training of actors and Brian Watkins ( 1981 ) has evolved a theoretical framework conceptually linking drama and game in a way which I shall attempt to build on in the next chapter . |
| 11 | The retreat from professional standards which marked the period of industrial action has given new impetus to those politicians and administrators who seek to define the teacher 's role . |
| 12 | The break-up has given new regimes in Ukraine , Belorussia and Kazakhstan a say in what will become of the nuclear weapons on their soil . |
| 13 | THE role of Harry Thomason , Friend of Bill and TV producer , in the Case of the White House Travel Office ( see above ) has given new edge to a month-long spat between Washington and Hollywood . |
| 14 | Although a number of Directives were adopted in the 1970s on various aspects of employees ' rights , it is the passage of the Single European Act which has given new impetus to the evolution of EC social policies . |
| 15 | So unfortunately Geoff wo n't be able to repeat the service he has given other friends when he eventually retires . |
| 16 | By passing on his skills he has given other youngsters the incentive to go on to achieve greater things . |
| 17 | Nevertheless the structure of the planning process within the district health authorities ( DHAs ) of the NHS has given wide scope for public interests to be admitted . |
| 18 | The social fund has given extensive help to people in real need . |
| 19 | The EC 's overseas aid directorate has given conditional approval to a funding proposal for a southern African ivory trading centre , which would flout the existing provisions of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species ( CITES ) . |
| 20 | Insistence on instant cause and effect was particularly prevalent among sects such as Plymouth Brethren , and Edmund Gosse , in recording his early life , has given revealing examples of his father 's inflexible thinking . |
| 21 | The North Eastern Coop 's Summerville hypermarket at Stockton has given neighbouring Blakeston Comprehensive School 400 trees as its contribution to the school 's attempt to win a one-off Queen 's 40th anniversary trust award . |
| 22 | Hilton International has given additional operational responsibilities to Michael Finkleman FHCIMA , senior vice president — Western Europe , Mediterranean and Africa . |
| 23 | If David Gower 's captaincy against West Indies left something to be desired , his batting has given endless pleasure to millions of people . |
| 24 | THE dramatic arrival of Dean Saunders has given Dalian Atkinson a new lease of life at Aston Villa . |
| 25 | Part of the problem is that the church over the centuries has given mixed signals about the family . |
| 26 | An old rocking horse beside the window has given countless rides to the Pages ' children and five grandchildren . |
| 27 | Of course quality and assessment of performance are important , and the government is right to insist that often in the past education has given inadequate attention to evaluation . |
| 28 | One factor which has given renewed emphasis to this need for cooperation is the increased use of simulation ( p. 128 ) . |
| 29 | This enables a liquidator or administrator to apply to the court where , within two years before insolvency , the vendor has given preferential treatment to creditors . |
| 30 | Anyone who has given online demonstrations and experienced systems breakdown , will appreciate the advantage of having alternative ready prepared demonstration material ! |