Example sentences of "[be] given 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 | 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 . |
| 7 | RESEARCH programmes at a North Wales college were given a big cash boost last night . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |