Example sentences of "[pron] [noun] is give to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All my heart is given to this . |
| 2 | Freud was at a disadvantage ; the master of private motivations was vague about collective aberrations , and had confessed in 1914 : ‘ All my libido is given to Austro-Hungary . ’ |
| 3 | They concluded that by taking people out of their own homes , however modest , they were being removed from conditions which they knew and made them feel secure into ‘ a new social environment in which priority is given to the collectivity over the individual . ’ |
| 4 | These requirements were substantially met before 1969 by the creation of discretionary trusts , by which property is given to trustees upon trust to apply the income on capital in favour of such one or more members of a group of beneficiaries as the trustees shall in their absolute discretion determine . |
| 5 | The expression I am quoting is uttered by Dyer , and it is an expression which Ackroyd is given to using in his books . |
| 6 | They have to exploit whatever talent is given to them , an their talent is dying . |
| 7 | Each manager is accountable for the work of his or her sections , departments , shops or whatever name is given to each division of the organisation . |
| 8 | 11 Using A and 0 as in 8 and 9 , what does A 0 mean ? 12 Using A and 0 as in 8 and 9 , what does A u 0 mean ? 13 What name is given to the kind of diagrams shown here ? |
| 9 | For example , rather than cover item by item the information given to new residents and staff with questions such as ‘ Do you tell them where the post office/bed room/toilet/ etc is ? ’ , it was necessary to ask the broader question of ‘ What information is given to newcomers ? ’ , resulting in a discussion about an informative brochure that everybody received on arrival at the EPH . |
| 10 | Not that our sort is given to bragging in any case , but it had given my dad — a branch manager for one of the High Street banks — a certain quiet satisfaction to be able to let his staff know that his son was ‘ going up ’ to Oxford . |
| 11 | Your love is given to another man ! ’ |