Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] given [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | KOMEI Sugawara 's letter and Norm Hadley 's words — like Ian Williams ' in his book ‘ In Touch ’ — must have given worldwide rugby fans another view of Japanese rugby . |
| 2 | The crises of 1947 and 1949 might have given strong impetus to planning . |
| 3 | ‘ And here lies Aldhelm , who could have given that brother a face and a name , beyond any question . |
| 4 | So while he could have given this kind old Cornish gentleman an eye-opening insight into the plans being made on the Continent of Europe to bring England back within Rome 's jurisdiction , he was content to let his host do most of the talking . |
| 5 | Such elders may have given positive meaning to experiences of anxiety , poverty , chronic illness , multiple losses and death . |
| 6 | The increase is slightly less in the case of beverages , which is what one would expect given that wine stocks could service two establishments more easily than food ones . |
| 7 | The dinner would have given many motoring journalists their first chance to see the new Mondeo model , which will replace the Sierra . |
| 8 | The odds cited above would have given little comfort to the man in Kurunagala who , during a rash of cattle thefts , had to pay a ransom for the same animal seven times before finally selling it for the paltry sum of two rupees . |
| 9 | Whilst Britain was genuinely concerned about honouring its debts there was a high mindedness about it which shut out any consideration of alternatives which , by reducing the obligation to maintain the value of sterling , would have given more scope for domestic planning . |
| 10 | Had I been called upon to exercise my discretion , I would have given particular consideration to the great disturbance that I have found the residents suffer . |
| 11 | He looked at the old man , peering darkly under his down-drawn brows ; and there was one who would have questioned and writhed and wondered , pondering long before he would have given any answer , and then , most likely , regretting the answer he had given , whatever it chanced to be . |
| 12 | And we think that Gen McCreery would have given short shrift to anyone who tried to pull the wool over his eyes . |
| 13 | We hope to ensure that every candidate will have given some consideration to the issues which affect older people . |