Example sentences of "[noun] and given [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The action revolves around a failed robbery and the attempts of the various hoods involved ( all dressed in black suits and ties and given colour-coded aliases ) to figure out which one of their number is an undercover cop . |
| 2 | General manager Alan Roberts said : ‘ We have listened long and hard to the needs of our supporters and given great consideration to our long-term aims at home and in Europe . |
| 3 | Women were granted the vote and given equal citizenship for the first time in the 1950 Constitution . |
| 4 | But we made rather a mistake on the way back , and we were picked up by an Army lorry and taken to West Friar House on the south side and given hot tea and something to eat . |
| 5 | Training and Enterprise Councils will be retained , reformed and made more broadly representative of their local communities and given stable budgets . |
| 6 | She added : ‘ Prisoners have to be checked at regular intervals and given proper exercise . ’ |
| 7 | Cornered in a garden shed , the frightened cat was caught by the vet and given protective injections . |
| 8 | Then they were divided into various groups and given unlimited normal rat food and water for the next seven days . |
| 9 | Recent discoveries of hitherto unknown kinds of jawless fishes ( agnathans ) , together with re-examination of known agnathans and advances in systematic methods , have revitalized debates about the relationships of ancient fishes and given fresh insights into early vertebrate history . |
| 10 | Such people should be diagnosed by experts and given appropriate treatment which will prevent them from re-offending ; if necessary they can be detained to incapacitate them in the meantime . |
| 11 | Much of the heat has by now gone out of these arguments , and it is fairly generally accepted , first that college librarians should be appointed on teaching scales and given academic status by nature of their work , and secondly that the work of a college librarian implies the librarian 's own active participation as a librarian in the college 's educational programme . |
| 12 | It has increased the powers of the Secretary of State for Education and Science , strengthened the role of central government , limited the functions of local education authorities and given considerable powers and responsibilities to governing bodies and headteachers . |
| 13 | The promised deliberations probably resulted in the texts known as I and II Cnut , compiled by Wulfstan and given royal approval one Christmas at Winchester . |
| 14 | In the meantime , most of the original Classes 302 , 304 , 305 , 307 , 308 have been turned into open saloons and given new seating and gangways . |
| 15 | Laws and arbitration under charismatic authority are ‘ spoken ’ by the leader and given obligatory recognition by the following . |
| 16 | On Feb. 26 Israeli Justice Minister Dan Meridor said that the US policy over the guarantees had " interfered with the peace process and given Arab negotiators an unfair advantage " . |
| 17 | The Medellín cartel had pressed for the confession stipulation to be dropped ; it wished to be considered as a group and given political status [ see p. 37851 ] . |
| 18 | The cartel 's leader Pablo Escobar Gaviria remained at large , however , and several journalists were taken hostage , some of whom were murdered , to reinforce the traffickers demands that they be treated as a group and given political status like former guerrillas , who were given an absolute pardon on surrendering [ see pp. 37851 ; 37914 ; 37957-58 ] . |
| 19 | The broad legal mandate of the agencies about water pollution control is transformed into policy by senior officials and given practical expression in the setting of pollution standards . |
| 20 | He described the former as derived from traditional sources and given theatrical form which demonstrated how his peasants and farmers would move in everyday life . |
| 21 | The step was announced by the secretary of state in person and given maximum publicity . |
| 22 | Wood , cork and well-laid vinyl tiles can be painted with gloss paint and given extra protection with a few coats of polyurethane or yacht varnish . |
| 23 | Here , one person is appointed as manager and given full responsibility for achieving the objectives of the project . |
| 24 | The theory originates from experiments with rats in which the animals were confined in a small space and given electric shocks . |
| 25 | I could do little to help in this experience of childbirth except to urge that the mother should be kept in her rough bed on the floor and given proper nourishment . |
| 26 | He anticipated new openings for Anglo-American coproduction , in which British talent could be deployed with American actors on films financed by the Americans and given proper distribution in the US . |
| 27 | This was introduced on May 23 , 1991 , given final approval by the House of Commons on June 19 , and passed by the Senate and given royal assent on June 21 . |
| 28 | Everything has to be styled , displayed and positioned with pinpoint accuracy and given sensible cohesion . ’ |
| 29 | It seeks to help evolve a more equitable social order where women are treated with respect and dignity and given equal opportunities with men in all walks of life . |
| 30 | A FOUR-YEAR fight to win compensation for 175 Borders textile workers has ended in success after the chief executive of the Employment Service admitted his staff had made mistakes and given incorrect advice . |