Example sentences of "be told the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , now councillors are being urged to give tenants permission to keep pets on a permanent basis , without having to apply annually.The matter will be discussed by the council 's housing services sub-committee on Tuesday.The meeting will be told the council 's pets policy had not run into any difficulties over the past two years . |
| 2 | should be told the evaluation personally and given a chance to appeal if they feel it is too high . |
| 3 | You will be given a plan on which ‘ your ’ baluster is identified , and you will be told the day the capsule is to be buried should you wish to attend . |
| 4 | In the morning be told the others they were not to disturb her . |
| 5 | In Payne v. Lord Harris of Greenwich [ 1981 ] 1 W.L.R. 754 the Court of Appeal decided that when a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence for murder had not been recommended for release by the local review committee or the Parole Board , before his next review he was not entitled to be told the reasons for the board 's decision . |
| 6 | But , so far as I can judge of the matter , I should think that in the interests of the man himself — as a human being facing indefinite detention — it would be better for him to be told the reasons . |
| 7 | He did not even wait to be told the subject of the phone call . |
| 8 | ‘ That must have cost a pretty penny , ’ Mickey Aronson declared , not really expecting to be told the price . |
| 9 | The señora now arrives to be told the story . |
| 10 | ‘ Your men will not be told the location until they arrive there . |
| 11 | With some research topics , such as asking people to say what criminal offences they have committed , the only chance of getting any truthful answers would be with a guarantee that the answers would be confidential ( no one else would be told the answers given by a particular individual ) , and the best way of ensuring this is to allow respondents not to give their names ( anonymity ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Aye , we must be told the news . |
| 13 | Grandparents Billy , 80 , and 72-year-old Irene were called away from her bedside in the psychiatric unit at Liverpool 's Broad Green Hospital to be told the news which could signal the end of Rachel 's £5,000-a-day career . |
| 14 | Around 1,400 civilian workers at the training station for naval recruits will be told the news at 3.30pm , and a statement is expected in the Commons shortly after . |
| 15 | Anne wept for him and for Kathleen , who must be told the news , and decided that she must definitely find out where Kathleen was and visit her . |
| 16 | After his last visit , he had gone to her and begged to be told the truth . |
| 17 | Trainer 's wife , best friend — either way , she had to be told the truth . |
| 18 | ‘ It does not necessarily mean that people should not be told the truth in school about what happens in reality . ’ |
| 19 | They are like patients , who , suspecting that something is seriously wrong , steadfastly refuse to see a doctor in the hope that their troubles will clear up without the need to be told the truth about themselves or undergo painful treatment . |
| 20 | Hari decided that her mother must be told the truth , as she had pointed out , there was nothing wrong with her mind . |
| 21 | Most people want to be told the truth , and to be given a clear lead towards the action needed for recovery . ’ |
| 22 | The second truism is one I shall need to answer the question : why should we want to be told the truth ? |
| 23 | And that — a learnable correlation — is also the main thing we need in order to be told the truth . |
| 24 | He deserved to be told the truth to his face . |
| 25 | Sa so , in time you hope to get sufficiently accepted erm to be told the truth or in fact , a bit nearer the truth . |
| 26 | Irate customers who bother to complain to their local water executives will be told the rises are no higher than were forecast . |
| 27 | Try , if you are a farmer in a Third World town , to buy a stamp to send an order for urgent spare parts : you may be told the post office has run out of stamps . |
| 28 | you should be told the details of the complaint against you ; |
| 29 | I do not understand how it can be against commercial interests to be told the selling price . |
| 30 | Mr Sweeney said it was decided by a vote that he should be told the meeting wanted him to reconsider his decision . |