Example sentences of "[noun pl] they [be] given " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will recollect the guidelines they were given themselves as children . |
| 2 | Some children never learn it , not because they can not read , but because the books they are given do not include this need to attend to what the author is not saying — the beginning of an experience that leads to Jane Austen . |
| 3 | Statutes which prohibit these and other inhumane practices were simply ignored by communist cadres in their drive to meet the stringent production quotas they were given . ’ |
| 4 | Mr Lord said : ‘ These young men were wrong to take the law into their own hands but the five years they were given was excessive . |
| 5 | Clinical judgment analysis and related approaches have allowed us to probe why doctors ' diagnostic and therapeutic decisions vary , what is really meant by a treatment success , and what it is that patients really value ( and fear ) about the treatments they are given . |
| 6 | That was in accordance with instructions they were given . |
| 7 | It would seem to be a basic condition of effective classroom practice that the setting in which children work should be consistent with and supportive of the particular learning tasks they are given . |
| 8 | Teaching needs to be discussed in a much more rounded and comprehensive way , with far less emphasis on surface aspects like display and resources ; far more emphasis should be placed on the character of the minute-to-minute encounters which children have with teachers and each other , on the precise nature and purposes of the tasks they are given and The activities they undertake , and on the relationship of these and other aspects of the practice of teaching to learning . |
| 9 | Doctor Gysi , also calling for ‘ social integration ’ of Stasi members , told the party 's congress : ‘ There were many honest comrades in the Stasi who loyally fulfilled their duties and who were not able to choose the tasks they were given . ’ |
| 10 | Changing direction , she hurried towards the place , and found it to be a large open space , surrounded by little shops , their shutters closed now , but by the legends she could just see painted above their doors they were given over to trade . |
| 11 | At the same time , there is continuous pressure from creative people for simplicity in the briefs they are given and the creative brief , clearly , needs to set out the strategy in a way that is intelligible to , and usable by , the creative team : if it is n't , it 's useless . |
| 12 | After the 36–6 defeat , Argentine coach Luis Gradin said : ‘ I was not happy with the three penalties they were given for collapsed scrums . |
| 13 | Although many solicitors offer fixed fee interviews they are given little publicity beyond referral lists and notices in some solicitors ' offices . |