Example sentences of "be given [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If obese Type 2 patients who are not complying with diet are given sulphonylureas which stimulate insulin secretion or insulin itself , the consequences are all too frequently an even more obese patient with glycaemic control still very poor — a very undesirable situation . |
| 2 | Formulations based on the principle of virtual work are given emphasis : conservative and non-conservative actions are carefully delineated and discussed in the context of discrete systems . |
| 3 | When babies are given bottles in the neo natal period , their mothers ' breast milk is not stimulated and breastfeeding falls . |
| 4 | They are given incentives to move to the hills and transported there in truckloads . |
| 5 | In practice , since the numbers in unc and I become progressively and rapidly more disparate , it is better to deal with them separately ; i.e. the operations in ( 5 ) are carried on as follows ; we are given A and R1 : ( i ) evaluate unc ( ii ) evaluation |
| 6 | We are given A and p ; e will vary with x . |
| 7 | Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence . |
| 8 | Vast numbers of sufferers from the " family disease " are given tranquillisers , antidepressants and sleeping tablets and these can have a cumulative physiological addictive effect — and cause serious withdrawal problems even when there is no primary addictive disease . |
| 9 | The Earth 's own magnetic field has a pulse frequency of 10 Hz ( 10 pulses/second ) and it has been found that if patients are placed in magnetic fields of around 10 Hz , or are given electro-acupuncture at 10 Hz , healing can be speeded up . |
| 10 | While patients dependent on alcohol who suffer withdrawal are given sedation and heroine addicts receive opiate substitutes , only tobacco users are expected to go ‘ cold turkey ’ or leave their ward to smoke . |
| 11 | Correll thinks herbicides , more potent than they are given credit for , may be to blame . |
| 12 | But they , and the set-piece speeches to the party faithful , have also done more for Tory morale than they are given credit for . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | He thinks people 's musical perceptions are wider than they are given credit for . |
| 15 | Newcastle are given all-clear |
| 16 | Agencies are given budgets and are expected to use them in the most efficient way possible . |
| 17 | The corporations are imposed by central government and are given powers of land and development that have been seen as ‘ staggering ’ ( Cullingworth , 1985 , p. 282 ) . |
| 18 | and the Cable Authority , respectively , are given powers to consider whether such advertisements are misleading . |
| 19 | They do n't tell you why you are given honours but I would like to think it was because of Minder . |
| 20 | The document complains that few people are given council housing . |
| 21 | As with Project English 1 and 2 , the learners are given projects which relate the material to their own lives . |
| 22 | Once they pass they are given accreditation for the products they are allowed to sell , and that accreditation is available for the customer to see . ’ |
| 23 | White people are given things straight when they come in — shampoo , comb , brush . |
| 24 | Priests and people are given instructions about five different offerings : |
| 25 | The many aspects of Christian Aid work at St. A. 's & St. G. 's are given style and unity by ‘ Felicitous ’ posters , and also those of two Elders and a Church Officer , with a gift for calligraphy and communication . |
| 26 | Support for this interpretation has been sought in the effects of a procedure in which subjects are given pre-exposure to a variety of flavours . |
| 27 | Allopathy means ‘ different from the suffering ’ ; the drugs that are given work against the disease and its symptoms . |
| 28 | Yet as we noted in our tenth report : ‘ The price that some children may pay for demanding little of the teacher may be that they are given work which demands little of them ’ ( Alexander et al . |
| 29 | In Brazil , large landowners ( who are usually very rich anyway ) are given government subsidies to burn down trees so that cattle farms can be set up . |
| 30 | Most little girls are given toys which include dolls , make-up sets , and dressing-up outfits . |