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

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1 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 .
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 At present no other organisations have been given this status .
4 Another free kick has been given this time against big Mike Whitlow Lively start to the game and a lively start for the referee .
5 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 .
6 Lord Denning said that it could be implied that the Minister had been given this power to enable him to revoke licences obtained illegally .
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