Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb past] [been] given [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nevertheless , enough weight had been given by several sources to make it worthwhile checking . |
| 2 | In early April a figure had been given of 1,108 security personnel deaths since June 1990 , when the breakdown of a year-long ceasefire [ see pp. 37529-30 ] had dashed hopes of a political solution to the Tamil separatist issue . |
| 3 | At this stage also it will almost certainly become apparent that a better job could have been done in the research if only more attention had been given to certain factors which had not been thought beforehand to have been of much importance . |
| 4 | At the same time , however , some of these weaknesses might have been avoided if more careful attention had been given to commercial needs by those originally responsible for framing the administrative structures of nationalised industries [ Chester , 1975 ] . |
| 5 | This paper had been given to all councillors by an official of Orkney Islands Council . |
| 6 | The Department of the Environment , announcing the allocations , said priority had been given to those sites which were most badly contaminated . |
| 7 | Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man . |
| 8 | Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man . |
| 9 | ‘ If proper thought had been given to that , I think the conclusion must have been that it would not be beneficial … |
| 10 | In 1940 , however , there were many lessons to be learnt , for little thought had been given to major amphibious assault . |
| 11 | In this particular case it would seem that planning permission had been given after inadequate consideration of publicity . |
| 12 | The doll had been given in all its naked glory by one of the poorer parishioners , a relic of better days , and McAllister had undertaken to make its trousseau . |
| 13 | Between 1949 and 1954 much of his spare time had been given to poetic scribbling ; and he was also giving voice to a measure of vacillation and disillusionment , which we shall encounter in his poetry from time to time . |