Example sentences of "been give the [noun] by " in BNC.
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| 1 | BELFAST 'S prestigious Castle Court complex has been given the all-clear by experts worried by bizarre glass explosions at modern buildings . |
| 2 | DAVE McAULEY has been given the go-ahead by a British Boxing Board doctor to resume full training after arm and foot injuries for his IBF flyweight title defence against Dodie Penalosa , of the Philippines , which the IBF insists must take place by 7 December . |
| 3 | A LAW allowing courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Mr Clarke . |
| 4 | A LAW allowing the courts to lock up child criminals as young as 12 has been given the go-ahead by Home Secretary Kenneth Clarke . |
| 5 | The Great Britain scrum-half , who had a minor knee operation recently , has not yet been given the go-ahead by the specialist . |
| 6 | He was a Lebanese Muslim and he had been given the gun by the Palestinians who were sitting on the side of the broken street , sipping their own glasses of tea . |
| 7 | Government ministers , local authorities and other public bodies have been given the power by statute to make subordinate legislation . |
| 8 | Semi-nomadic tribes live on the fringes of the notorious Empty Quarter desert , where they have been given the task by Sultan Qaboos and the World Wildlife Fund of reintroducing the rare Arabian Oryx ( antelope ) to its natural habitat . |
| 9 | Schwob , who had been given the information by the federal prosecutor 's office , was also acquitted of violating official secrecy and awarded 30,000 Swiss francs in damages . |