Example sentences of "[been] give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you believe , as I do , that miracles sometimes take place between the brain and the writing hand , that we do not always know what we want to write until we have written it , then you will be gratified when the unconscious makes one of its surprise and glorious forays onto the page and not seek to suppress what has been given without your asking . |
| 2 | It seems to me a matter of the highest possible importance that where a quasi-judicial function is being exercised , under such circumstances as it had to be exercised here , with the result of depriving people of their property , especially if it is done without compensation , the persons concerned should be satisfied that nothing unfair has been done in the matter , and that ex parte statements have not been heard before the decision has been given without any chance for the person concerned to refute those statements . |
| 3 | Finally , Ebussu'ud Efendi also stipulated the number of students to whom each entitled office-holder in the learned profession might grant and though the numbers which he fixed are not reported , figures have been given above which comprise a partial list for the of 959 and 963 , while Ata'i gives another partial list for the of 973 , in which the kazaskers were each permitted to invest ten students as " the kadis of the three cities ' i.e. those of Istanbul , Edirne and Bursa ) five each , and " the other kadis of the throne " a term of uncertain application , but almost certainly comprising at least the other kadis mentioned in the decree of 963 ) three each : the figures for the kazaskers at least , and probably the others as well , applied down to Ata'i 's own day . |
| 4 | Technology suppliers to the British hotel and restaurant industry say that their products are often under-exploited , because too little thought has been given to what the systems are supposed to achieve and too low a priority is given to staff training . |
| 5 | One of Leonard 's great joys in his teenage years was a full set of the English poets , bound in leather , which had been given to his father for his Bar Mitzvah . |
| 6 | Between 1949 and 1954 much of his spare time had been given to poetic scribbling ; and he was also giving voice to a measure of vacillation and disillusionment , which we shall encounter in his poetry from time to time . |
| 7 | ‘ Peter keeps uttering things over the years saying copyright has been given to him , that there was a letter , a document , but they 've never been produced . ’ |
| 8 | Charges against him were dropped in May 1988 after a meeting between the Crown Prosecution Service and the force complaints department , because his alleged confession had been given to an officer , Det Sgt James McManus , who was already under investigation in another case . |
| 9 | Alone of twentieth-century prime Ministers her name has been given to a political ‘ doctrine ’ and undoubted political style . |
| 10 | A greater voice has been given to parents , governors , and head teachers in state schools and to GPs and patients in the health service . |
| 11 | The evident conclusion is that the policy basis on which aid has been given to Africa has not been fulfilled . |
| 12 | Similarly , by re-using salvaged beams and columns to ‘ frame ’ the atrium , a character has been given to this space which is evocative of the interior of the original building , yet does not mock its new use . |
| 13 | Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man . |
| 14 | Mr Kuntar , one of two alleged ‘ kidney brokers ’ , came into the room and told him his kidney had been given to this man . |
| 15 | ‘ If proper thought had been given to that , I think the conclusion must have been that it would not be beneficial … |
| 16 | No fewer than 23,000 copies of a glossy PSA calendar have been given to the troops . |
| 17 | Much attention has been given to the seemingly altruistic behaviour of dolphins , with various authors citing such examples as the way cetaceans will assist or stand by other ill , injured or stranded animals even to the point of their own death . |
| 18 | Now , if it had simply been given to the woman , Common Law would have said , ‘ We can pay no attention to this separate use . |
| 19 | Jane was horrified when Erwin drove up in a Land Rover which had been given to the charity by a large company , and which he had appropriated . |
| 20 | When he had been given to Uncle Farmborough to be his heir and to look after him in his old age , he was considered fortunate — but how could a child reconcile itself to such a strange state of affairs that he had been given away , to the fact that his own father and mother , brother and sister , lived quite near in the village but , as it were , in a different camp ? |
| 21 | Scant attention has been given to the way in which man 's attitude to death feeds back into his life and so exerts an influence upon society . |
| 22 | Sir Nicholas Cayzer , whose baronetcy had been given to his father by Lloyd George , was raised to the peerage by Margaret Thatcher in 1982 . |
| 23 | It had all , of course , been a mistake — instructions as to the Rome address had been given to George Barrett and not properly passed on . |
| 24 | The table linen was fashionably pink , but the large octagonal black plates displayed the food wonderfully well and much attention had been given to presentation . |
| 25 | However , last summer I saw German secret high command diaries , charts and maps , which have been given to the Imperial War Museum . |
| 26 | A telephone warning had been given to Portadown telephone exchange in Northern Ireland at 12.20 am , which said that the device was in a white Bedford van parked at Staples Corner . |
| 27 | It is possible a feeling existed that too much attention had been given to development in the western and most populous counties in the District . |
| 28 | Let us pray that we may never misuse the knowledge and the skills which have been given to us . |
| 29 | It helps the organisation to anticipate and minimise difficulties , especially in potentially complex situations , by ensuring that careful consideration has been given to alternative courses of action . |
| 30 | It was said to have been given to prisoners as poison from the time of Pliny , and most references agree that it was also the plant with which Socrates was poisoned . |