Example sentences of "[vb pp] but give " in BNC.

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1 At present , the genomic structure of the human N-Oct 3 gene is not known but given the short evolutionary distance between mouse and human , we assume that the human N-Oct 3 gene does not have introns as well .
2 The concepts of each civilization , like the soil of its homeland , have been cultivated by a long tradition of directed effort , but in the last resort are not invented but given .
3 ‘ It should not only be retained but given the go-ahead for further development , involving new advanced PWRs to replace the aging Magnoxes .
4 Lord Fraser said on television that the proposed legislation , which has cross-party support , would be introduced as the programme in Parliament allowed but gave no hint about how that would be achieved .
5 I came to realise that not even one 's mind is one 's private reserve but our thoughts are picked up and can not only be read but given to us .
6 The Humanist stress on the importance of the word was not only redoubled but given a special orientation by the Reformation-which experienced its supreme crisis , the Diet of Worms , in 1521 , four months before Josquin 's death .
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