Example sentences of "[pers pn] can [adv] be given " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within that two years , any time within that two years you can basically be given the sack for not coming up to the grade or not coming up to scratch or sometimes they prolong your pr probation for another six months so instead of being a probationer constable for two years you 're a probationer constable for two and a half years . |
| 2 | Within a few weeks the Minister Mrs Hedy d'Ancona , who is on record as saying that some of the works are in such poor condition that they can not be given away without loss of face , will come forward with a number of proposals . |
| 3 | They may define positions that have often been repeated , but they can not be given a timeless quality . |
| 4 | It ca n't be given retrospectively . |
| 5 | It can not be given to many scientists to be outstanding as experimenter , technical innovator and teacher ; Kuypers was unquestionably all of these . |
| 6 | It can not be given in consideration of any sum under £30 . |
| 7 | One merely has to read its wording to see that it can not be given any sensible meaning in a context such as the present , where the mind and will of the defendants are also treated in law as the mind and will of ‘ the other . ’ |
| 8 | Although this theory is expressed formally it can easily be given intuitive support . |
| 9 | Until recently acetylcysteine was not recommended for use more than 15 hours after overdose , but there is now evidence that it can safely be given to patients up to 24 hours after ingestion and perhaps even later than this . |
| 10 | Luke 's vet 's name and number have also been provided with a note about one particular drug he can not be given — eternal optimist , my friend . |