Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [conj] [det] give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Married employees may not , under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 , receive less favourable treatment than single employees and thus may not receive lower allowances than those given to single staff . |
| 2 | In my judgment , and for substantially the same reasons as those given by the judge , the non est factum plea fails . |
| 3 | The government refused the paramilitaries the political status which they requested , and offered them the same terms as those given to surrendering drug traffickers : a reduction of prison sentences in return for confessions to crimes . |
| 4 | The Australian government on June 16 expressed its concern at the discrepancies between the sentences imposed on civilian protesters and those given to soldiers in the wake of the November 1991 army massacre of pro-independence demonstrators in Dili , the capital of East Timor [ see pp.38579-80 ; 38677 ; 38769-70 ; 38867-68 ] . |
| 5 | In general , housing allowances amount to around 15 per cent of salary although company policy may allow for lower-paid employees to receive greater percentages than those given to the more highly paid . |