Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [be] give [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a detailed survey a large area of stone was removed to the Dorset County Museum where it is given pride of place . |
| 2 | In fairness to the mother he should have directed that she be given notice of the foster mother 's application ; had he done so he would have learned — as we have learned from the mother 's statement which clearly should be admitted in evidence before us for this purpose at least — that if the matters to which she spoke were correct ( viz. the foster mother 's preventing her having access to and contact with the children , and allegations which she says the children made to her of their physical and emotional abuse by the foster mother and other members of her ‘ family ’ ) , then the mother 's wishes and feelings were not lightly to be ignored . |
| 3 | Mrs. X mentioned in her letter that she was giving thought to taking civil legal action , so I sought advice on private prosecutions from both the Attorney-General , for such actions in England , and the Lord Advocate , for similar cases in Scotland . |
| 4 | It is as well to be clear in this way that you are giving priority to suspense because , of course , there are elements of suspense not only in almost all crime fiction but in almost all fiction of any sort . |
| 5 | The request was politely refused , although we were given directions to the Avila headquarters . |
| 6 | We also sometimes wish that we were given notice about the arrangements being made for us , and were consulted . |
| 7 | Correll thinks herbicides , more potent than they are given credit for , may be to blame . |
| 8 | But they , and the set-piece speeches to the party faithful , have also done more for Tory morale than they are given credit for . |
| 9 | Whilst these may be significantly cheaper in terms of cost and so written off as mere toys they are often far more capable of producing simple documents than they are given credit for . |
| 10 | He thinks people 's musical perceptions are wider than they are given credit for . |
| 11 | The seventh-century chronicler Fredegar thought that they were given lands by the Gallo-Roman aristocracy , who thereby gained tax exemption in the days of Valentinian I. It may be that this information actually relates to the reign of Valentinian III , and therefore that it is the same as the grant of Sapaudia , but this is by no means certain . |
| 12 | Leonard believed that they interconnected more than he is given credit for ; he chose to speak of that one within , though not absolutely . |
| 13 | Morris 's effect on a whole section of society in encouraging the preservation of old houses was far greater than he is given credit for . |
| 14 | I could see that if I were to give way to retroscendence the average supermarket gondola , stuck with myriad products like a hedgehog with spines , would become a mystic test-bed able through its thousand portals to suck me into individual sagas so complex , so durable , that I would perhaps never reemerge . |
| 15 | She 'd beg , borrow or steal the money for the shoes , and if she was given notice at the store when she insisted on having the afternoon off , well , so be it . |
| 16 | If you are giving muffins as a present , they look really pretty tucked into a basket lined with a napkin . |
| 17 | If you were giving outline for building , it would be different . |
| 18 | On the way , we stopped at the border and went through the immigration and customs formalities , which were very courteous though long , and we were given lunch before getting back on the train ! |
| 19 | ‘ But if they 're given money for the food … ’ the Substitute was trying vainly to put a bouncing lighter to his cigar . |
| 20 | The most severely-handicapped may be able to benefit from pictures and music , if they are given access to them . |
| 21 | The specially-adapted unmarked cars will be compared on a day-to-day basis with a marked police car to see if they are giving value for money . |
| 22 | She hated the way boys looked at you , as if they were giving marks at a cattle show . |
| 23 | In this way , provided they are given guidance on the type and volume of work expected , schools could be brought back into the mainstream of assessing their own pupils ' work instead of being totally dependent on the success or failure of the guessing games they play with the examiner . |
| 24 | — Mankind is distinguished from all other creatures in two respects : he alone is made in God 's own likeness ; and he is given charge over all the rest . |
| 25 | For six years or so the CNAA had moved with caution — indeed , only one of its officers , Francis Hanrott , had any previous experience involving contact with teacher education , and he was given responsibility for the various levels of negotiation . |
| 26 | Thorpe who was to have headed the bill said that he had been in touch with the promoters earlier in the year and had agreed to come over provided he was given details in writing . |
| 27 | Hospice administrator Deidre Shaw said : ‘ Our shop is a most essential source of income and can only operate well if it is given support by the public . |
| 28 | Well no but you , it , it , it 's quite a heavy belt and if it , if it 's holding , if it 's giving point to it . |
| 29 | Information on crofting income is limited , but we were given data for two examples , which we were warned are not typical . |
| 30 | The technique is a long way from being proved but it 's given hope to thousands |