Example sentences of "[v-ing] [conj] given " in BNC.

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1 To choose er erm the labour party er housing er strategy , their housing policy is well gobsmacking but given that this is going to be recorded perhaps not a very good idea .
2 The leaders try to reconcile these contradictory tendencies by arguing that given the freedom of choice , the masses will want a technical expert over a political ideologue .
3 Having started the design ball rolling and given himself some idea of cast requirements , Barry moved on to his foremost task that of constructing the camera script .
4 They also feared that the workers , inclined to swearing , smelling , and spitting and given to assorted vandalism , would deter better-class passengers .
5 And of course the erm , those sort with all the redden in them , muddly blue flames and they keep spitting and given pretty , pretty pictures , it 's gorgeous .
6 Some were more active than any predecessor against some particular organism , and some had special merits in use , such as working when given by mouth , or acting for a longer period than usual .
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