Example sentences of "[noun sg] [vb mod] be given [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is common ground between the parties , and , on the basis of earlier cases , rightly so , that the visitor to a university may be given an exclusive jurisdiction , e.g. , to decide disputes arising under the statutes of the university , as may visitors to such eleemosynary foundations as schools , colleges and dioceses . |
| 2 | Whoever put in the plea for more info about injuries , reserve and general team gossip should be given an electronic pat on the back . |
| 3 | In the absence of charters , the new colonies on the south shore devised constitutions of their own : Connecticut 's Foundations in 1639 were primarily concerned to bring a group of separate towns , each with a rural hinterland , together as one colony with a congregational approach to religion which would avoid the dangers of conflict and division , while the Constitution of Rhode Island , established in 1643 , took a long step further towards complete commitment to the view that no particular variety of religion would be given a special position and that everybody would be allowed to carry on worship freely . |
| 4 | In the urge to achieve coverage those who find little comfort in academic work may be given an arid diet of superficiality which neither ‘ promotes ’ their ‘ spiritual , moral , cultural development ’ nor ‘ prepares ’ them for the opportunities , responsibilities and experiences of adult life . |
| 5 | The private sector must be given a fair chance to compete for local authority contracts . |
| 6 | In practice , it is rare for the Lords to reject government measures , and there is a gentleman 's agreement among the parties in the House that a bill promised in a government 's election manifesto should be given an unopposed Second Reading ( see Chapter 11 ) . |
| 7 | They still hoped in 1980 that the Palestinian issue — the demands of Palestinians who lost their homes in what is now Israel — could be dealt with as part of a general Arab–Israeli peace settlement , that the whole two and a half million Palestinian diaspora could be given a lump-sum , once-and-for-all payment of compensation . |
| 8 | ‘ The question is why has n't Durham built them before ? ’ — Every child would be given a statutory right to education from the age of three under a Liberal Democrat government , its Darlington candidate vowed . |
| 9 | Mr Heseltine also defended Nigel Lawson 's decision to put interest rates up to 15 per cent , and hoped the Chancellor would be given a courteous reception when he addressed conference on Thursday . |
| 10 | As a consequence , the child will be given a white mask ( Fanon , 1968 ) . |
| 11 | The basic P2 instability can be given an attractive physical interpretation in terms of standard nonlinear optics { 14 } . |
| 12 | In this case , the court repudiated the suggestion that consent should be given the narrow meaning advocated by Professor Williams and others and pointed to the distinction between consent and submission . |
| 13 | If it is inappropriate for the child to attend or he does not wish to do so , the conference should be given a clear and up-to-date statement of his views by one of the professionals working with him . |
| 14 | His devotion is to the destruction of ignorance ; his credo is ‘ hastened evolution ’ or , in popular terms , ‘ nature must be given a helping hand ’ . |
| 15 | The defendants were held liable for both the original injury and the encephalitis , as it was foreseeable that the plaintiff would be given an anti-tetanus injection . |
| 16 | Each teacher shall be given an individual job description specifying his or her particular responsibilities . |
| 17 | Linen , when new , had a certain quantity of starch applied , thereby making it slightly stiff whilst remaining pliable ; wrapped in such material a body would be given a neat , crisp appearance and presentable for viewing , the shroud being drawn away from the features for this purpose . |
| 18 | The landlord must be given a specific date towards which to work ( with time being of the essence ) , which will obviously also be important from the tenant 's point of view as the tenant may be subject to seasonal trade variations in business and may wish , for example , to open the premises in time for the Christmas trade . |
| 19 | Every Buttermere neighbour and old wrestling foe would be given a free mug of beer as his first drink and throughout the day Joseph would ask a little — often useless — favour here , another there in order to keep them within his ken : so that they kept their eyes , he would say to himself , on the signals coming from the flagship . |
| 20 | Visitors to Salisbury Cathedral will be given a special voucher in the form of a parchment scroll . |
| 21 | An accompanying person can be given a complimentary ticket for the screenings . |
| 22 | Before the concrete sets , the surface can be given a final smooth in a number of ways . |
| 23 | The ideas proposed by the Sheffield Education Business Partnership and services such as the Teacher Placement Service can be given an appropriate context within the partnership . |
| 24 | While it is important to know that your sample size is big enough for safe conclusions to be drawn ( that effects are ‘ statistically significant ’ ) , this is secondary in comparison with the issue of whether a relationship can be given a causal interpretation or is merely the spurious result of the operation of third factors ; the relationship between the number of fire engines and the amount of damage caused could be derived from a sample size of ten thousand and still utterly mislead if taken at face value . |
| 25 | The entire period-doubling cascade can be given a similar interpretation . |
| 26 | ‘ Clearly it is right the bench should be given a balanced view representative of all sections of the community . ’ |
| 27 | Every patient admitted as a psychiatric inpatient should be given a clear explanation beforehand of the purposes of the admission . |
| 28 | The Directive also provides that contracts must be drafted in " plain intelligible language , the consumer should be given a proper opportunity to examine all the terms " , and any ambiguities in drafting should be interpreted in favour of the consumer . |
| 29 | Alternatively , a chair could be elected from within the family ; if the person acting as chair varied , a teenager could be given a valuable chance to assume and exercise responsibility . |
| 30 | Each driver would be given a free monthly allowance , which a meter would debit electronically every time a driver entered or left a freeway . |