Example sentences of "be given [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is the opportunity to manage and develop the legal function in the most effective manner , deciding which matters should be handled personally , which matters should be given to outside solicitors and whether or when to consult specialist counsel . |
| 32 | The new row follows talks last week at which Mr Clarke said that the ‘ firm ’ drug budgets to be given to regional health authorities and family practitioner committees would not operate , as the BMA feared , as cash limits . |
| 33 | This generally takes the form of a tailored information memorandum and would be given to prospective purchasers during the course of negotiations . |
| 34 | However , in a number of cases the courts have required special notice to be given to individual terms . |
| 35 | These include , first , any calls for a radical restructuring of society in which new structures and processes of government are sought which would significantly alter the balance between governors and governed ; second , calls for greater priority to be given to social , community and ecological factors in decision-making and lower priority to be given to economic and technological factors which are geared towards reproducing or sustaining the kind of society that exists at present ; and , third , calls for a significant change in defence policy , for example , a renunciation of nuclear weapons , neutralism or disengagement from military alliances such as NATO ( McAuslan , 1980 , p. 6 ) . |
| 36 | There is not , of course total disagreement , but contradictory positions are present , even if they do not radically affect the priority to be given to economic growth . |
| 37 | Attention should also be given to Anglo-American discussions over the importance of the Near and Middle East in the context of a Soviet threat which was believed to extend from Western Europe to Asia Minor . |
| 38 | Following the transfer of responsibility for social rehabilitation of discharged patients in 1993 from the NHS to local authorities , greater emphasis may be given to developing work schemes . |
| 39 | In accordance with Canadian Immigration requirements , priority will be given to Canadian citizens and permanent residents of Canada . |
| 40 | No values will be given to intangible assets both because of the difficulty of agreeing the value and because , in many instances , they will be of no value to the purchaser ( eg the goodwill of the name of the target if the purchaser intends to change the name ) |
| 41 | If you multiply that up , that is £250,000 worth of money that could then be given to alternative developments . |
| 42 | A HERBAL health remedy marketed by a North Wales business is to be given to Russian cosmonauts to help them cope with stress in space . |
| 43 | Priority to enter the USA was to be given to long-term refuseniks and those with close relatives in the USA . |
| 44 | Emphasis should be given to practical activities involving measurement and estimation . |
| 45 | Special attention to be given to ethnic groups . |
| 46 | If , simultaneously , the short-term frequency increases , but the numbers of citations per paper decreases , then the research group has reached the subject 's saturation limit , and consideration should be given to levelling-off or reducing funding for these projects . |
| 47 | It suggested that more attention should be given to multicultural matters in both initial training and in-service training of teachers , and the effectiveness of racism awareness training should be investigated . |
| 48 | Only brief attention will be given to traditional methods of appraisal as they have little to offer to either the public or private sector . |
| 49 | But once the reforms really bite — signs would be a sharp rise in unemployment a far bigger influx of private western investment and radical currency reform — then it would be worth offering the sort of help that could sensibly be given to reforming debtors in Latin America : capitalization of interest payments above a certain share of export earnings . |
| 50 | Preference will be given to current council house tenants and people on the housing waiting list . |
| 51 | The supplies will be given to old people . |
| 52 | One would ‘ ring-fence ’ or protect the grants to be given to local authorities so they could not be used for other purposes ; the other would give elderly and disabled people in local authority residential homes the same social security rights as those in private or voluntary sector homes . |
| 53 | Another powerful financial weapon is the annual decision made by the government on the amount of grant to be given to local authorities to aid current expenditure . |
| 54 | Eventually Mrs Thatcher 's reluctance was overcome , and in July 1989 it was announced that responsibility for community care would be given to local authorities . |
| 55 | Clearer direction should also be given to local government , private business and the public showing what they must do to build an environmentally sustainable society . |
| 56 | I assure groups that have contacted me and which are concerned about over-regulation that I want a minimum of regulation and the maximum amount of discretion to be given to local authorities . |
| 57 | An LGB circular of 1871 proclaimed that out-door relief should not be given to single women unless they proved their inability to find other employment by performing a daily labour task , officially termed a ‘ labour test ’ , such as cleaning , in the workhouse , returning home at night . |
| 58 | Further to Brian Porteous ' letter of 24 August 1990 I am pleased to be able to enclose the guidance notes and application forms produced by the Sports Council in respect of grant aid to be given to elected representatives on international sports bodies . |
| 59 | Thus , if on the one hand the ‘ civilizing ’ role of the Russians in Siberia should not be belittled , neither should too much credence be given to nationalistic claims put forward in Russian accounts of the subject , whether before or after the 1917 Revolution . |
| 60 | Consideration may need to be given to switching partners or departments to achieve this ; ( 3 ) inevitably , where the activities of a firm are spread over a wide area , problems arise in connection with the basic decision making processwhen , for example , partners ' meetings become more difficult to arrange . |