Example sentences of "[be] given [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Where changes to text take place ‘ before and after figures ’ are given which reflect the change in size of the entry in terms of the quantity of tags . |
| 2 | But whatever name they are given they make fascinating aquarium inhabitants . |
| 3 | We 've got According to the information I 've been given we 've got seven thousand cubic metres of which is useful |
| 4 | So far , we have discussed the properties of matrices , and the algebra of matrices , in general terms , and without reference to the nature of the elements : where illustrations have been given we have used arithmetical numbers for elements . |
| 5 | Since joining his local unit , however , he had been given nothing to do but monotonous night drilling in almost inaccessible fields with shovels or hurleys as substitute rifles , dire shortage of arms and ammunition having restricted the unit to only two sessions of real firing practice . |
| 6 | I hope I 've been given I hope I be the temporary staff but , those homes are being refurbished , there are no vacant beds in those homes because they are being refurbished . |
| 7 | The Spirit has been given us to enable us to understand not the future , but the gracious gifts God has already made over to us ( 2:12 ) . |
| 8 | The rebel officers had probably been given US blessing on the understanding that it would not bail them out if things went wrong . |
| 9 | Alternatively , a formula may be given which fixes the basis by which the relief is to be computed when profits and/or amounts available for claim are ascertained . |
| 10 | but in another way it 's got ta be given I suppose . |
| 11 | Will it ever be given us to know ? |
| 12 | Cab visits were provided under the supervision of the staff with small donations being given which raised more than £32 during the day towards diesel preservation ! |
| 13 | Outspoken speeches were given which received spontaneous standing ovations . |
| 14 | My Lord it is pleaded as being a matter of er common practice amongst solicitors in this kind of situation er for such advice to be given and my Lord er if you turn to the folio of their particulars erm which were given I think it 's the final book , what are called the voluntary further and better particulars which in fact were the final particulars er given towards the end of the bundle of documents . |
| 15 | The EC proposals suggest that ‘ original designers ’ be given what amounts to a monopoly in parts . |
| 16 | ‘ If a public performance of a play is given which involves the use of threatening , abusive or insulting words or behaviour , any person who directs the performance is guilty of an offence if — ( a ) he intends thereby to stir up racial hatred , or ( b ) having regard to all the circumstances ( and in particular , taking the performance as a whole ) racial hatred is likely to be stirred up thereby . ’ |
| 17 | An account is given which explains present practices without recourse to justifying the feelings of anyone who might be implicated in the practices . |
| 18 | ‘ That authority is given me to help me find the killer of these girls . ’ |
| 19 | The Holy Spirit is given us to identify us as belonging to Jesus , just as the seal on a letter or the brand on a sheep identifies it as mine . |
| 20 | A prophecy was given which pictured a smartly dressed young man in a zip-up leather jacket . |
| 21 | Stephen opened the back of the jeep and everyone was given something to carry . |
| 22 | When the All Clear was given they walked home , recalling the dances and parties at which those songs had been sung and Anne thought Sarah was near to tears . |
| 23 | She and Sarah had been sitting under the balcony and when the warning was given they moved forward but continued to enjoy the film in which John McCormack sang Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms and The Dawning of the Day . |
| 24 | I fancy SPANIARDS CLOSE , who was given plenty to do and stayed on strongly to finish second to Ashtina off a high mark in a hot handicap at Ascot early last time . |
| 25 | In fact , she won the history prize so many times that last term she was given it to keep , having only missed out in the second-year . |
| 26 | She said , ‘ You see I was given it to work and read in , not to … entertain . ’ |
| 27 | The impression he was given he mistook for the truth , and his life-long opposition to the Christian faith was the consequence . |