Example sentences of "may [be] given [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The venerable Antonov An-2 utility biplane in production in Eastern Europe since 1948 , may be given a new lease of life . |
| 2 | ONE of Scotland 's most ancient highways may be given a new lease of life as a commuter route for cyclists . |
| 3 | If the patient 's foot tends to twist as he stands on it , he may be given a special ankle support to help hold it comfortably in position . |
| 4 | Some may be given an ample incentive , like Rodney Brooke , former chief executive of Westminster City Council , who received a £1 million early retirement package for not revealing details of the Council 's sale for 15p of three cemeteries . |
| 5 | It is common ground between the parties , and , on the basis of earlier cases , rightly so , that the visitor to a university may be given an exclusive jurisdiction , e.g. , to decide disputes arising under the statutes of the university , as may visitors to such eleemosynary foundations as schools , colleges and dioceses . |
| 6 | In the urge to achieve coverage those who find little comfort in academic work may be given an arid diet of superficiality which neither ‘ promotes ’ their ‘ spiritual , moral , cultural development ’ nor ‘ prepares ’ them for the opportunities , responsibilities and experiences of adult life . |