Example sentences of "to [be] given [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some may prefer to be given a global picture of what is involved in the task and then be allowed to fill in the details as they need them . |
| 2 | It is however also clear that the concept of legitimate expectations , like many legal concepts , can be used in more than one way ; it does not have to be given a restrictive interpretation . |
| 3 | There is no English authority on the meaning of this expression ; however , most commentators agree that it is likely to be given a wide interpretation by the courts , and this is borne out by the Scottish case of McCrone v Boots Farm Supplies Ltd 1981 SLT 103 . |
| 4 | This morning was the first time he was to be given a serious piece of work before running later in the week . |
| 5 | At last there were just the external walls to be given a final coat of white paint . |
| 6 | ( b ) The agreement had to be given a purposive construction . |
| 7 | Held , dismissing the appeals , ( 1 ) that , on its true construction , section 6(3) ( a ) of the Act of 1980 had to be given a literal meaning ; that where a school was over-subscribed compliance with the preference of all the applicants would necessarily prejudice efficient education , and in such circumstances the school had to have an admissions policy , which would inevitably result in defeating the preference of some applicants , whatever criteria were adopted ; and that , accordingly , since the school was over-subscribed , there was no duty on the governors to give effect to the applicants ' preferences ( post , pp. 100H — 101B , 106H , 107G–H , 108A , G–H ) . |
| 8 | If a low-ranking muderris wanted to change over to the career of kasabat kadi , moreover , he was immediately better paid : a provision of the Kanunname states that if a 20-akce muderris in the were to become a kadi , he was to be given a 45-akce kadilik . |
| 9 | Religion was also to be given a broad interpretation . |
| 10 | ‘ If Bernard gets away after tipping off Bailey he 's certain to be given a new identity by the CIA . |
| 11 | ACOST , the Advisory Council on Science and Technology , is to be given a new name and a newly defined role . |
| 12 | It 's absolutely wonderful — to be given a new lease of life . |
| 13 | Where such doubt does not exist , as in the cases I have mentioned , I think it should be possible for habitual child molesters , those guilty of premeditated murder and terrorist bombers to be given a lethal injection . |
| 14 | The boys were to be given a certain amount of trust in their activities so that they might have the opportunity to make themselves moral , which in turn could help them become good and valuable members of the community . |
| 15 | He would have to make the same improvement as his stable-companion Forest Sun did from Chepstow to Ascot to be given a sporting chance here . |
| 16 | The Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , has appointed Mr Paul Boateng to his front bench Treasury team , the first black MP to be given a front bench post . |
| 17 | THE Labour leader , Mr Neil Kinnock , made history yesterday when he appointed Mr Paul Boateng to his front bench Treasury team , the first black MP to be given a front bench post in Parliament . |
| 18 | Mr Paul Boateng has been appointed to Labour 's front bench Treasury team , the first black MP to be given a front bench post in Parliament . |
| 19 | The Tykes switched from Pakistan 's Aqib Javed because he would have to be given a two-year contract under TCCB rules while 21-year-old Benjamin could sign for a year . |
| 20 | ‘ He said what I needed was throwing on the floor and to be given a good seeing to , ’ she told the Norwich hearing . |
| 21 | ‘ The last I heard was that he was to be given a good education at the public school which Sir Philip 's son was attending . |
| 22 | I was lucky to be given a great deal of freedom with the first draft . |
| 23 | The movies had become a story-telling medium , and , as had been the case with earlier fictional forms such as the melodrama and the ‘ dime novel ’ , the stories would necessarily have to be given a recognizable social setting . |
| 24 | If parents are to be given a reasonable amount of time to talk with the teacher and some choice in the timing of the appointment then it may be best to spread the event over two days . |
| 25 | Many of us are old enough to remember the days when to contract tuberculosis — which many British people did — was to be given a virtual death sentence . |
| 26 | Artrageous ! , which is to be given a six-week pilot run , will be presented by 22-year-old Jason Rebello , a boy wonder jazz pianist who is Britain 's answer to Herbie Hancock . |
| 27 | ‘ Some three and four year olds ' teeth are so bad they have to be given a general anaesthetic to have six or more teeth pulled out . |
| 28 | It was not until 27 March that he reached Madrid , to be given a flattering reception , as if a reigning monarch , by Philip V , before hurrying on to Corunna , where he arrived on 17 April . |
| 29 | A GIRL aged 11 has become the first child in Britain to be given a legal divorce from her mother . |
| 30 | Therefore he restated his belief in the discipline of enforced spending caps , called for congressional authorization for the elimination of 246 federally funded spending programmes , and repeated earlier calls for the President to be given a line-item veto in order to " end the annual ritual of filling the budget with pork-barrel appropriations " . |