Example sentences of "[vb base] been given [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They erm they tend to perhaps have a different attitude if they 've been given company shares , because they 're handled shares er fairly regularly , and that 's a different matter , erm I mean erm are there many people here who have privatized issues ? |
| 2 | I asked him how long he had been with the Republicans and he said , ‘ Three weeks — I 'm a sales manager and I 've been given leave of absence by my company just to produce last night 's rally . ’ |
| 3 | I feel as if I 've been given knock-out drops . |
| 4 | ‘ I 've been given permission to swim in the pool when the family 's not using it . |
| 5 | If you 're wearing , if you 're wearing headphones right you do n't stop everybody 's bound to work out and everyone lets you wear them , everyone 's bound to work out you 've been given permission to wear them . |
| 6 | ‘ But South Africa are a much better team than they 've been given credit for , and they are getting better with every match . |
| 7 | I do n't know if Craig has told you , but I 've been given authority to extend our maintenance contract with you for a further year , without going to tender . |
| 8 | Interviewed on BBC Radio 4 , Andrew Lees of Friends of the Earth declared , ‘ I have been given clearance by my Board to seek a judicial review … we are very serious about this issue and are going to go for it . ’ |
| 9 | That cases like this whether or not favouritism was involved — occurred more frequently than one might suppose from the evidence of the biographical sources , however , is suggested once again by the kanun of 1006/1598 , in a passage immediately following the one quoted above : " Let the of those of the kasabat kadis who have been given mevleviyet status in post [ i.e. , in the place and period of their tenure ] not be accepted . " |
| 10 | The pollution claims have been given credibility by the Colombian health ministry , which has declared a large area around the mind " uninhabitable " because of the accumulation of toxic waste . |
| 11 | In one of the major cup competitions they have been given home advantage against first division Coventry . |
| 12 | PLANS for a new pavilion and recreation centre at Four Marks have been given outline permission . |
| 13 | Nor would such a study have been given permission by the RUC , for it is utopian to expect police authorities in divided societies to open up these sections of their force to scrutiny and observation by outsiders . |
| 14 | While those in Canada are pushed around , those on the other side of the border have been given permission by Washington to run bingo halls , the only legitimate gambling in the area . |
| 15 | In many areas of social policy , local authorities have been given permission to provide a service , then , when the need for the service has been clearly demonstrated and resources for it are more widely available , the provision has become mandatory . |
| 16 | Two marvellous collections of photographs came to light — Miss Puckle 's and Mr Emmanuel Beddoes ' — I have been given permission to use these , and many others lent by individuals . |
| 17 | National Power and PowerGen have been given permission to burn that fuel at their power stations at Pembroke , Richborough and Ince . |
| 18 | It 's the first time students have been given permission to broadcast outside a campus . |
| 19 | JLM Projects Ltd have been given permission for a plan to build four houses on the site of a former Mission Church at Moor Crescent in Ludworth . |
| 20 | These general principles have been given expression in the further development of a vocational policy required by Article 128 of the Treaty of Rome . |
| 21 | In order , moreover , to minimize departmental opposition — which had been instrumental in neutralizing the impact of PAR and the CPRS — departments have been given discretion in determining the pace and nature of managerial change . |
| 22 | After years spent under the thumb of finance ministries , an increasing number have been given independence from politicians . |
| 23 | Zimbabwe have been given Test status . |
| 24 | And in the last four years about one hundred local firms have been given help . |
| 25 | Our correspondence culminated in a letter on 14 August , stating : ’ From 22 July 1991 , family health service authorities ( FHSAs ) have been given management discretion to target funds in order to maximise value for money and service to patients . |
| 26 | Some have suffered symptoms so severe that they have been given medication by their doctor . |
| 27 | ‘ The sixties have been given notice tonight . |
| 28 | I 've I 've have been given notice that there is one proposed amendment which I intend to call now because then we can vote on the whole thing |
| 29 | They have been given guidance on the importance of distinguishing between needs , preferences , and wants . |
| 30 | Over the past year , the counsellors have helped 51 people to deal with a wide range of problems , including marital breakdown , sexual abuse , bereavement and terminal illness , and almost three times that number have been given information and informal counselling . |