Example sentences of "be given [prep] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Indeed , he believed his skull to be so exceptional that he willed that after his death it be given to a doctor for examination , but nineteenth century sentiment and regulations prevented this from being carried out .
2 The Ukraine called for the shutting down of all the reactors at the Chernobyl site in 1990 and urged that greater consideration be given to a new energy programme which eliminated nuclear power .
3 But the issue touched many more than just the activists in the women 's movement : a petition demanding that the allowance ‘ be given to every mother for every child ’ was presented to Parliament with 300 000 signatures ( Fleming , 1973 ; Castle , 1976 ) .
4 The Working Party on Training felt that it was ‘ vital that thought be given to the effectiveness of training and that the problems of evaluation be faced ’ .
5 ‘ If geography is to play a full role in the study of environmental problems it is important that greater stress be given to the biosphere , which constitutes a vital resource base for man , and which has been altered more extensively by human activities than most other elements of the environment . ’
6 VS Naipaul has asked that it be given to the Society of Authors for a writer under 40 working in either biography , cultural history or art history .
7 be given to the FOLLOWING : why do n't we transfer an unused allowance from one project to another ?
8 Therefore we have not felt able to include a recommendation that financial support be given for a Kirknewton to Balerno service .
9 It is proposed that this analysis be given on the face of the balance sheet .
10 If the sentence be given by the proper visitor , created so by the founder , or by the law , you shall never inquire into the validity , or ground of the sentence .
11 ‘ If the sentence be given by the proper visitor , created so by the founder , or by the law , you shall never inquire into the validity , or ground of the sentence … private and particular corporations for charity , founded and endowed by private persons , are subject to the private government of those who erect them … if [ the visitor ] hath conusance of the matter and person , and he gives a sentence , it must have some effect to make a vacancy , be it never so wrong .
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