Example sentences of "given a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | were given a budgetary loan , which they had to repay from their meagre benefits . |
| 2 | Given a pre-tagged document and a pre-designed template , however , Ventura can produce pages faster than anything else running on a micro . |
| 3 | Artrageous ! , which is to be given a six-week pilot run , will be presented by 22-year-old Jason Rebello , a boy wonder jazz pianist who is Britain 's answer to Herbie Hancock . |
| 4 | Glamorgan have given a six-week trial to former Kent allrounder Mark Dobson , 24 . |
| 5 | These were designated as metropolitan areas and were given a two-tier structure of metropolitan counties and districts . |
| 6 | THE Irish golfer , Eamonn Darcy ( above ) , has been given a delicate commission — to design two new golf courses on the site of the Battle of the Boyne . |
| 7 | Nuttall has elsewhere given a mischievous account of an academic occasion in which a speaker insisted on asserting , ‘ It is a truth that the workers are oppressed . ’ |
| 8 | Later we learned that he had gone back to London and given a mischievous account of our conversation in literary circles , and we were ‘ very much blamed ’ . |
| 9 | ‘ Modernised ’ in 1937 by architect William Ross , the charm that had survived Jacobites , Weaver 's revolts , football fracas , and the decline of Empire , had been given a chic exterior of faience and rustic brickwork . |
| 10 | At the meeting re-convened to pass the accounts , the members were given a thorough , and far-reaching report , which included the recommendation to spend ‘ less excessively ’ on the clubhouse , but more on the course , and to raise the wages of some staff who had had only a meagre 15s. 0d. a week for years . |
| 11 | In 1978–9 a short reach near the village of Trefeglwys was given a thorough canalizing treatment . |
| 12 | The Olympic marathon course has been given a thorough testing by 7000 runners taking part in the 14th Barcelona Marathon in March . |
| 13 | We were given a thorough training in reading and spelling , in writing and arithmetic , with a weekly lesson in history , geography , nature study and drawing . |
| 14 | The Black and Ambers pack , with Clive Brooks at number eight , were given a thorough work-out in the early stages . |
| 15 | All the items in it were removed and given a thorough overhaul by the Restoration Department of the Victoria and Albert Museum . |
| 16 | The competence of the adjustment mechanism under managed floating was given a thorough testing by the oil shocks of 1973 — 74 and 1979 — 80 . |
| 17 | The donor is given a thorough medical check-up to ensure absolute fitness for the procedure . |
| 18 | The airframe was given a thorough check over and RR299 was cleared for a ferry flight back to Hawarden . |
| 19 | The public outcry against young offenders has given a bumpy ride to the seven-month-old Criminal Justice Act . |
| 20 | Dr Mathewson , speaking at the team 's second Corporate Banking conference , also provided an overview of the general policies of the Bank , a subject which was then given a Divisional slant by Managing Director Ian Robertson . |
| 21 | The shadow Scottish secretary , Tom Clarke , was given a polite , if muted , response when he called the sackings an affront to decency and justice but stopped short of endorsing a call for a national strike . |
| 22 | The result , given a decisive prime minister , should always be decisive government . |
| 23 | Prior to the patrol I had been given a verbal briefing on the night 's events . |
| 24 | Melrose was given a verbal assurance by a senior NSWRU official that his application would be approved . |
| 25 | In it he described how , if chicks are trained on the passive avoidance task and immediately afterwards given a mild electric shock across their heads , they seem to forget the association of taste and bead , for when offered a bead later they peck at it enthusiastically once more . |
| 26 | A CONTROVERSIAL £270 computer game condemned as filthy , violent and evil has been given a mild 15 rating by British film censors . |
| 27 | For instance , north London staff requiring temporary accommodation while arranging for permanent housing were given a temporary accommodation allowance for up to 13 weeks whereas those moving from Kent were able to receive this allowance for up to 26 weeks . |
| 28 | These great beasts are given a temporary respite from their working lives to parade each day for a week through the streets of Kandy attended by drummers and dancers , the procession starting each day from a different temple . |
| 29 | The plaintiff was given a temporary licence to leave her car in the defendant 's yard . |
| 30 | All patients new to the practice are given a temporary folder , which is stamped with the date that the permanent notes were requested from the family health services authority . |