Example sentences of "be [vb pp] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | If the if they 're provided with the right kind of teacher then I think the pupil will be given that opportunity if it 's , the potential is there to bring it out , but you some of the children do n't want to learn well that 's not the fault of the school ! |
| 32 | In other cases the prisoner will know only that it is 20 years or more , although if he asks and if it is no more than 20 years he will , as I understand it , be given that information . |
| 33 | Because I I do know of of various different groups who are working in this field as volunteers , there 's no money behind them there , and I mean i i it should be a priority , it should be given that kind of priority where |
| 34 | ‘ Then you , also , must be given that pleasure , for I should not care for you to miss an instant of any pain , Wolfprince . ’ |
| 35 | Its primary spokesman suggested that guarantees could be given that Afghanistan would not become a base for foreign powers . |
| 36 | We recognise why that is , and it is a perfectly reasonable requirement that they should be given that free school meal , but it is producing a rather sudden burden for education authorities which they are finding difficult to accommodate at present . |
| 37 | Athelstan had always given strict instructions on this ; any poor man or woman found dead in his parish was to be given honourable burial , so this included Tosspot . |
| 38 | Parents will be given simple , straightforward details of the inspectors ' findings . |
| 39 | It was agreed that he , RW , and CW should be given advance warning of the arrival of new research workers , in order to assess requirements for space , laboratory facilities , library and computing services . |
| 40 | At the other end of the scale , a small and humble task can sometimes be given ritual status by attending to it with real attention and care . |
| 41 | By that I mean that , though they do not carry intrinsic labels to discriminate them , yet they can be given extrinsic labels for that purpose . |
| 42 | They should be taken seriously and be given due consideration . |
| 43 | All bids , from whatever source , will be given due consideration . |
| 44 | My region welcomes this and hopes this motion will be given due consideration . |
| 45 | When the Association plans to revise the programmes students will , through centres offering the programmes , be given due warning . |
| 46 | This is a complex formulation which in practice can be given various emphases . |
| 47 | The first aiders will be given alternative premises . |
| 48 | On 29 June 1559 , Henri wrote to the pope , that notorious bombast Paul IV , about ‘ the incredible disaster which has since befallen the realm of Scotland to our extreme regret , disgust and displeasure ’ ; the letter stated his ‘ confidence in God who is so signally offended at this wretched plague of ruffians ’ , but God was to be given worldly assistance in the shape of ‘ a large and sufficient force of French soldiers , infantry and cavalry ’ . |
| 49 | A variable capacitor consists of two sets of n interconnected semicircular conducting plates which can be given mutual rotation as shown in Fig. 2.46 . |
| 50 | You will be asked to design experiments and be given other problems to solve . |
| 51 | It was also arranged that he would be given accurate intelligence by radio on a regular basis . |
| 52 | Furthermore , those with the most resources , the most bargaining counters , will be at an advantage ; the organized , the wealthy and the privileged are likely to gain while the problems of the unorganized , the poor and the underprivileged may be given insufficient attention . |
| 53 | A PETITION calling for motorists to be given round-the-clock access to a town 's main shopping street is being well supported by the public , say traders . |
| 54 | The man was to be given 3000 s. morlaas and the seneschal of Gascony was to constrain Arnaud-Raymond 's heirs to implement his wishes . |
| 55 | Ms Willbourne also called for the civil courts to be given new powers to exclude an abuser from the home instead of the child . |
| 56 | EMPLOYERS ARE to be given new powers to isolate union members who take part in unofficial strikes through selective sackings . |
| 57 | Local authorities will be given new powers over a second tier of less heavily polluting processes , which will only be allowed to take place after councils have imposed stringent operating conditions . |
| 58 | The white Straker family had long disappeared , their genes and blood melded into the vigorous bodies of their freed slaves , and only the Straker name lived on to be given new dignity by Bonefish and his family . |
| 59 | As in Pearl , a stock phrase or cliché can at any moment be given new point . |
| 60 | Almond suggests a number of ways in which the ancient idea that the two sexes have — or should have — different moral outlooks can be given new life in the context of modern feminism . |