Example sentences of "[noun pl] [conj] [vb mod] [be] given [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There are always two sets of reasons that can be given for psychical events , one that is phrased in terms of the culture 's Weltanschuung , and the other which the psychoanalytic observer can bring in terms of the unconscious feelings underlying the system . |
| 2 | To sum up , in positing an item as an ontological existent we are at the same time by implication positing this item as a potential subject of a non-arbitrary subset of predicates from among an indefinite number of meaningful predicates , and hence as completely determinate with regard to possible descriptions that may be given of it at any given time . |
| 3 | Before the Second World War , there were , apart from those from the Royal Humane Society and Society for the Protection of Life from Fire , no appropriate awards that could be given to civilians who had performed outstanding or exceptional deeds of bravery ( the George Cross and George Medal were not instituted until World War II ) . |
| 4 | Albert Tarr , who was unmarried and lived with his widowed mother at the tiny Devon village of East Anstey , was subsequently posthumously awarded the Carnegie Bronze Medal — at that time before the introduction of the George Medal , one of the highest possible civilian awards that could be given for acts of heroism and bravery . |
| 5 | Only properties that can be given to the selected object are displayed . |
| 6 | These must be in the form required by the Regulations and must be given to the customer during the trader 's visit ( or during the excursion ) . |
| 7 | Second , if one does know in advance that the celebratory flowers are to be pressed , there are various details that can be given to the florist in question that will make one 's task much easier . |
| 8 | Wittgenstein does not compare other answers that may be given to the two questions . |
| 9 | The Bill gives the Secretary of State wide-ranging new powers , relating not only to capping but to the vast number of orders and regulations that he will be able to issue , and even to the grants that will be given to London 's voluntary organisations . |