Example sentences of "[noun] [be] given [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Beginners are given intensive language teaching , leading rapidly to the reading of original texts , and are able , on successful completion of the course , to join former 1B students in the second-year class . |
| 2 | All the prisoners are given temporary parole and most use it to the full . |
| 3 | This agency should be funded as employers are given financial help to carry out their obligations under the legislation . |
| 4 | Banks financing oil and gas pipeline projects are given similar guarantees by means of through-put agreements which set the minimum usage of the facility by the various contracting parties . |
| 5 | Certainly , as far as the marketer is concerned , the build-up of consistent and long-term customer loyalty towards a particular brand ( brand loyalty ) may have the ( desirable ) effect of speeding the individual through the decision process sequence , and minimizing the degree to which alternative brands or products are given serious consideration . |
| 6 | The groups are given different names . |
| 7 | We have set up , for the first time , powerful co-ordinating machinery within Whitehall to ensure that environmental considerations are given due weight in all decision-making . |
| 8 | And in some cases there is support for more elaborate reforms to ensure that social welfare considerations are given appropriate weight in decision making and are not left merely to managerial discretion . |
| 9 | If animals are given Pavlovian conditioning with a compound CS consisting of separable components , the amount of strength gained by one of these components after a given number of training trials will be less than would be acquired if that component had been trained alone . |
| 10 | ‘ Set stocking ’ , in which animals are given free range over a relatively large area and not moved regularly , is the most labour-saving system of grazing . |
| 11 | All military personnel at Lakenheath are tested , but high-risk medical staff such as dentists are given top priority , said a base spokesman . |
| 12 | To counteract this problem , subjects are given sufficient practice tests before the experiment to ensure that this effect has worn off . |
| 13 | Darkened traps are given various animal and insecticide odours which dupes the fly into thinking that it is biting a cow . |
| 14 | These are haunting and elegiac poems , in which expressions of sorrow and loss are given ceremonious form . |
| 15 | ‘ Labour supports church schools and will ensure that St Bede 's and other overcrowded Catholic schools are given additional classroom space . ’ |
| 16 | Time of Submission The time of submission of the application within the date set by the UCAS is not important ; all candidates are given equal consideration . |
| 17 | Time of Submission The time of submission of the application within the dates set by UCAS is not important ; all candidates are given equal consideration . |
| 18 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 19 | BARCLAYS Bank has spent more than £5m equipping its 1,500 sales staff with laptop computers it claims will limit the likelihood of clients being given unsuitable advice . |
| 20 | Some years ago when St John 's Market was being restored after a fire , the market traders were given temporary sites underneath St George 's car park on the large paved area near the Lime Street underpass . |
| 21 | Their funds were given special protection by an act of 1793 and by 1803 their number in England had reached 9,672 . |
| 22 | In 1689 there was a fire which destroyed much of the ghetto and in 1848 , when the Jews were given civil rights , the ghetto walls were removed . |
| 23 | But otherwise — if both cars were given equal care — what could distinguish them ? |
| 24 | Subjects were given varying amounts of contextual information . |
| 25 | Both hunt supporters were given unconditional bail and they left court without comment . |
| 26 | In the spirit of this policy , no application from a disabled but otherwise qualified candidate will be rejected because of his or her disablement without the applicant being given full opportunity to see the facilities of the University and to discuss with appropriate staff how particular difficulties might be overcome . |
| 27 | The plaintiff argued that the prior disclosure was irrelevant as the share sale agreement contained clauses stating that the warranties were given subject to the matters set out in the disclosure letter but that no other information whether actual , constructive or imputed would affect any claim made by the plaintiff or reduce any amount recoverable . |
| 28 | The intense threat of further isolation is given cultural formulation in the concept of sasoo possession , and individual expression in withdrawal and even suicide . |
| 29 | The subjective threat perceived in rejection by a spouse or lawyer is given cultural expression and concrete content in the concept of sasoo , which refers to a malevolent mara ’ called a ‘ sasoo woman ’ or ‘ sasoo man ’ , that may attack the rejected party . |
| 30 | The solution to problem ( a ) should be relatively straightforward in economies where information on changes in the cost of living is given prominent news coverage when up to date figures become available and where labour is organized under the umbrella of trades unions with sizable economic research departments . |