Example sentences of "it [be] give [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Drawings of it are given in his Codex Atlanticus of about 1495 , but Leonardo can no longer be regarded as its inventor .
2 There was a syringe of morphine but under no conditions should it be given for head or chest wounds and here Charlie had both .
3 Let it be given by the entrepreneur himself , all-seeing , omnipresent and ever available , whose personal orders are reinforced by the personal example which his employees have constantly before their eyes . ’
4 We believe a cup of coffee leaves a nicer taste in your mouth when it 's given to you by name .
5 It 's given to people in the last years of this century who will make a difference to the plant in the next century .
6 It gets so hot it 's giving off a lot of light erm light bulbs are hot to touch .
7 If it is to give of its best , however , it must be appreciated and affirmed by being allowed to perform on its own , in addition to leading the singing of the whole congregation .
8 The lower the tax rate the more costly it is to give to charity compared to ordinary spending .
9 Similarly : ( 10 ) I only offered her legal advice will , under one natural interpretation , refer to advice on legal matters ; and it will continue to do so even if in some rare case it is given under circumstances that mean it is offered illegally itself , for example if it makes use of secret information stolen from a government which prohibits unauthorized possession or transmission of secret government information ; on the other hand , as a phrase of English , it can perfectly well bear the other interpretation under which it means advice which is itself legal , in the sense that it is legally given , in which case it may concern any subject under the sun .
10 The general law of confidential information would impose a duty to the donors of information not to use or disclose it beyond the purposes for which it is given without consent of the donors .
11 When Malcolm James 's book Born of the Desert — the reminiscences of a doctor with the 1st S.A.S. in the Western Desert — appeared in 1945 , a reviewer wrote : ‘ All men have conscience , but it is given to only a few to have the selflessness to stride out into battle and , by themselves undertaking the combat that has to be done by someone , to satisfy its insistence … ’
12 Rye must be soaked in hot water to destroy an anti-growth hormone in the seed coat before it is given to livestock , but triticale kernels can be fed directly to livestock with no harmful side-effects .
13 When the selected material is brought to the sacrificial enclosure in a ceremonial procession , a consecrated ‘ pot ’ or ‘ puma-kumbha ’ is installed and the stone or wood is subjected to set rituals before it is given to the sculptor .
14 It is given to the first child , through no fault of its own , to disrupt what has been an exclusive , reciprocal relationship as no subsequent child has power to do .
15 He was the first gold medal winner ( 1902 ) of the Institution of Mining and Metallurgy , his obituary in Nature noting : ‘ It is given to few men to discover a process which has had such a far-reaching effect in almost every branch of civilised life . ’
16 You need to ask not only whether the actual care is specifically designed for that individual , but also whether it is given at a time that is chosen to suit the person , and possibly family and friends who may be involved .
17 The doctrine of consideration provides that a promise will bind the promisor only if it is given as the price for another 's promise or as the price for an action which involves a detriment to the promisee .
18 To establish good communication with the guests is part of this job ; they are paying for service and how much nicer that service is if it is given with a smile by a person who takes a personal interest !
19 ‘ It is not treated by the trade in Britain with anything like the respect it is given in France .
20 It is given in translation here as a tribute to a brave man who fought under British leadership for the freedom of his country .
21 In drafting the statement of circumstances it should be borne in mind that the auditor enjoys the protection of qualified privilege , ie he will be immune from any action against him in respect of his statement provided it is given in good faith , without malice and does not infringe the general criteria stated in s 394 .
22 The nurse , however , is not only responsible for the care given , but should be able to explain why it is given in the way it is .
23 It is given in The Best of Boulestin and was a feature of his restaurant menu .
24 In the meditation it is given in Latin , the Middle English version from the Primer is : This tone of penitent confidence in the grace made available through Christ dominates the longer meditation which sustains a formal devotional element that constantly acts as a buffer between the meditator and the subject of his meditation .
25 Eliot does not see primitive religion as a necessary basis for Christianity , ‘ I do not believe that Christianity germinates out of natural religion , but that it is given by revelation . ’
26 A special form of leasehold is the tenancy from year to year , which continues until notice to put an end to it is given by either party .
27 This means that calculation of the slope is straightforward , according to the formula in section 10.4 : it is given by finding out how much Y changes for a unit change in X , namely We can now make a fairly precise summary statement : on average , 19 more people per 1000 are chronically ill for each death ; ( mortality was measured per 10,000 , while illness only per 1000 ) .
28 ( representations , concepts , facts ) which it is given by other practices , whether ‘ empirical ’ , ‘ technical ’ or ‘ ideological ’ .
29 Where relief is due at the higher rate , it is given by the subscriber 's tax office ( e.g. by adjusting the PAYE code ) .
30 There is little evidence , however , to correlate serum concentrations after the dose with toxicity , and indeed experimental nephrotoxicity caused by gentamicin is more severe when the total daily dose is divided than when it is given by a single bolus , when concentrations after the dose are higher .
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