Example sentences of "to be given [noun sg] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A computer would have to be given knowledge about human eating habits before it could interpret this . |
| 2 | If this were so we would not find the genuine uneasiness about an influx of strangers ( or outside influences ) that can not in any realistic sense threaten the members of the group as individuals , for instance , the insistence by sections of the US citizens that English — of all languages — has to be given protection against immigrant languages by the grant of an official monopoly of public use . |
| 3 | Nestorius himself refused to attend and had to be given protection by imperial troops . |
| 4 | Staff need to be given support in developing strategies for teaching … more sensitive areas . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | Whatever we may think of their evocative names , ‘ Queen Elizabeth ’ and ‘ Peace ’ are much too boisterous to be given room in genteel society . |
| 7 | 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 . |