Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] a big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Parents have been given a bigger role than ever before . |
| 2 | The council 's plan to replace their Saturday shift with a standby system has infuriated the men whose bosses have just been given a big pay rise . |
| 3 | Kernaghan , who has actually won schoolboy caps for Northern Ireland added : ‘ I 've been given a big chance now to book my ticket for the World Cup finals in America and I 'll do everything I can to take it . ’ |
| 4 | Scarborough 's fishing industry has been given a big boost thanks to shoals of scallops . |
| 5 | Doctor has been given a big job in Trinity |
| 6 | More satisfied than if they had been handed a big discount on a plate . |
| 7 | One problem will undoubtedly be the growing demands of the European Parliament , backed by Chancellor Kohl and President Mitterrand , to be given a bigger say with the Council of Ministers in setting broad Community economic objectives and in holding a future EC central bank to account . |
| 8 | RESEARCH programmes at a North Wales college were given a big cash boost last night . |
| 9 | People think , well now , here 's a man who 's been accused of fraud and so forth and shortly after that it comes out that he 's given a big thing to the government . |
| 10 | He 's done a big bucketful for me ! ’ |
| 11 | He 's built a big HQ in Helsinki , has another building in Turku , the second city . |
| 12 | President George Bush said : ‘ I do n't know what Saddam 's doing , but he 's made a big mistake . |
| 13 | Its local MP sympathises — he says the committee 's made a big mistake . |
| 14 | A big issue has been made out of the racism allegations , which I think people will make up their own minds about , but no-one 's made a big issue out of the fact that a lot of people are getting ripped off here . ’ |
| 15 | She says : ‘ He 's made a big difference to my being able to get through it . |
| 16 | ‘ It 's become a big problem , bigger than just the problem facing us , ’ said a Williams team insider last night . |
| 17 | Sometimes you see someone painting a door or something and get that little bit done there and then they step back to make sure they have n't missed something cos they could be it could be so obvious to anyone who 's just standing , What 's he doing there he 's left a big piece in the corner there that |
| 18 | And that 's meant a big boost in trade for one of the few people in this country who makes them . |
| 19 | I was surprised how things had changed — as I walked in I was given a big plastic number 33 ( shame I did n't turn up later as I could have stolen the number 38 to replace my house number which has seen better days ) and was given a list of reasons not to give blood . |
| 20 | Bowles was awarded a big cheque from a tabloid newspaper and if his own self-professed myths are a guideline it could have been squandered at the nearest bookies . |