Example sentences of "[adj] [noun] be [be] given " in BNC.
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| 1 | So far as state education is concerned , increasingly free rein is being given to this power . |
| 2 | FREE toothbrushes are being given out to the first 400 visitors to an exhibition encouraging people to brush up on dental hygiene . |
| 3 | When a child appears to be losing interest it is important to check carefully with the parents how much social back-up is being given . |
| 4 | At the same time as this appearance of detailed control was being given , there was little opportunity for councillors to exercise a co-ordinated leadership for strategic policy-making . |
| 5 | To achieve this high priority is being given to the development of domiciliary provision and the encouragement of measures designed to prevent or postpone the need for long term care in hospital or residential homes . |
| 6 | I have noticed recently that in the climbing world some consideration is being given to the lack of participation by black people . |
| 7 | In the new climate , the need for a new ecumenical voice is even more pressing , and careful thought is being given to the most effective format and content for the new magazine . |
| 8 | If cases were selected for a particular disposal at random , Galloway suggested , how could proper consideration be being given to the welfare of the child in every case ? |
| 9 | How many other fit old classics are being given an indigestible diet ? |
| 10 | Conference , young people especially need to be informed , as free samples are being given out in schools and colleges , and often the family of these young girls are unaware that their daughters are using these products even doctors and hospital staff fail to ask the question when these cases are admitted , are you using tampons ? |
| 11 | But now his gaily-coloured runabout 's being given the runaround by the Guiness Book of Records . |
| 12 | But now his gaily-coloured runabout 's being given the runaround by the Guiness Book of Records . |
| 13 | A separate area is being given to modern day Stoddard , this time representing a thriving Company of significance with a long established history . |
| 14 | Urgent consideration was being given to changing the Trades Description Act , he told the House of Commons . |
| 15 | While deaf education was being given a severe blow first by the Milan Congress and then by the Royal Commission , life for adult deaf people continued to improve with the establishment of recreational and spiritual services in Reading ( 1880 ) ; St. Barnabas , London ( 1882 ) ; Bristol Dumfries and Jersey ( all 1884 ) ; Warrington ( 1885 ) ; Chester ( 1889 ) and many others . |
| 16 | Current attention is being given to lowland agriculture , where greater impacts can be expected on farm output and wildlife . |
| 17 | As there is at present in the United States an embargo against Iranian carpets , it has been suggested that renewed attention is being given to European examples . |
| 18 | But before the tour , chairman of selectors Ted Dexter confirmed that the original 16-man squad , from which David Gower and Jack Russell were controversially omitted , had been picked because equal importance was being given to the tour 's Test and one-day international commitments . |
| 19 | Elderly people are being given food and water to persuade them not to vote for SWAPO and people are being shown videos of the Ethiopian famine and told that that is what is in store for them , according to Andimba Toivo ja Toivo , SWAPO 's Secretary General . |
| 20 | Gate takings from designated provincial matches were being given to the Patriotic Fund , the first lists of killed and wounded were being published , and , as the season drew to a close , newspaper pages were filled with the photographs of the casualties from Gallipoli , New Zealand 's bloody initiation into modern warfare . |
| 21 | All employees are being given the training and authority needed to solve problems and achieve results . |
| 22 | Throughout April about 1,000 fleet operators are being given the chance to put Peugeot 's entire diesel car range through its paces at various venues around the country , allowing road and track driving . |
| 23 | The Minister will recognise that lone parents are being given some useful assistance under the ’ children come first ’ proposals , in the form of a reduction from 24 to 16 hours in the full-time working week . |
| 24 | Some Western reports commented that far less publicity was being given to heavier sentences imposed in the provinces , and to the detention and trial of large numbers of workers involved in the pro-democracy movement . |
| 25 | However , as time goes by and the problem of unemployment does not seem to diminish more thought is being given to the specific problems of those applying for work while out of a job . |
| 26 | There was evidence in our sample that more training was being organized internally , and that thought was being given as to how to achieve training objectives within this changing framework . |
| 27 | The House of Commons Select Committee found that insufficient weight was being given to parents ' views in the assessment process . |
| 28 | SMALL companies are being given the chance to share space at an exhibition to sell goods and services . |
| 29 | The sales department , for example , or the export department if the broadcast is to go out on the world service or in any particular language , might be able to use the information to back up sales activity and to show that promotional support is being given to the company 's product or services . |
| 30 | ‘ Particular attention is being given to the possible ending of UK participation at the treaty renewal point in 1992 , ’ says Phillips . |