Example sentences of "be given [noun sg] [prep] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The lighting and keeping of the hearth fire have always been given significance in human culture ; the Greeks named their goddess of the hearth Hestia , later to be replaced by the Roman Vesta , whose handmaidens were the famous Vestal Virgins . |
| 2 | It was reported on June 17 that he had been given responsibility for local government , while other responsibilities were redistributed between deputy premiers . |
| 3 | Dr Van Vliet wants the growing countries , including Burma , China , India , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines and Thailand , to be given help for artificial propagation when the trade in wild plants is banned . |
| 4 | A computer would have to be given knowledge about human eating habits before it could interpret this . |
| 5 | In essence , it proposes the introduction of a system of checks and balances into the boardrooms of UK listed companies , to be administered by non-executive directors according to a prescribed code of best practice and to be given force by public disclosure of compliance . |
| 6 | A number of attractive prospects that have been identified will be given priority for early drilling . |
| 7 | Whatever we may think of their evocative names , ‘ Queen Elizabeth ’ and ‘ Peace ’ are much too boisterous to be given room in genteel society . |
| 8 | He also ruled that Noriega 's lawyers must obtain the court 's approval before being given access to classified government documents connected with the case . |
| 9 | Three trainees were given instruction in geological map preparation and report writing using field data collected during the 1989–90 field season . |
| 10 | In addition to answering Questions and the handling of all departmental business in the Commons , the Parliamentary Secretary was given responsibility for legal aid and the development of legal services ; relations with the Land Registry and Public Record Office ; some budget and resource matters ; and equal opportunities and women 's issues outside the judicial context . |
| 11 | A bicameral parliament at Stormont near Belfast was given control of domestic policy on matters that did not affect other parts of the United kingdom . |
| 12 | It was given approval after careful consideration by a Government committee on the ethics of genetics which is supervising developments on what is now medicine 's most controversial frontier . |