Example sentences of "[conj] [art] [adj] [noun] give [prep] " in BNC.

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1 He did not have the ‘ prerogatives of his office ’ available to peasant priests in Russia , Spain or France or the traditional respect given to English clergymen as gentlemen if not always as priests .
2 This discrimination may take the form of bias in marking or the preferential treatment given to boys in the classroom .
3 If elective 6 is chosen without any parameters then the range of the data ( or the restricted range given by one or both electives 4 and 5 ) is divided into classes such that there are an equal number of countries in each class .
4 This will normally be today 's date or a previous date given on a Paper SPR but may be a future date .
5 I suspected ironically that the extra publicity given to the Great Transcontinental Mystery Race Train had n't hurt the enterprise in the least .
6 They say the survey is inaccurate because it is based on incorrect figures that the Prime Minister gave to parliament this year .
7 Remember that the additional information given in the examples above by drawing pitch levels and movements between lines is only included here to make the examples clearer and is not normally given with our system of transcription , so all the important information about intonation must be given by the marks placed in the text .
8 : It can be seen from the first of the above tables that the mean coverage given by the second level ( 8% ) is just over half that of the first level ( 14% ) .
9 It may therefore be that 871/1466–7 represents a terminus ante quem for the death of Fahreddin Acemi , provided that the various facts given in the are correct and that Ali Tusi 's departure for Persia followed reasonably closely upon his defeat by Hocazade in the competition , which seems to be the implication in the Shaka'ik .
10 In effect , the Government had decided that the heavy subsidy given to the readers of the Nationalist and Uhuru , who lived mostly in towns ( half the sales and probably half the readership of both newspapers were in Dar es Salaam ) should take precedence over , for example , the building of satellite radio stations to improve reception in remote areas or the provision of community listening points .
11 It is hoped that this stems from the fact that the zonal code given per letter by the recogniser is not as accurate as some overall shape information would be , if it were obtained from the x , y coordinates of the script .
12 That there is some common ground is shown by the welcome that the hon. Gentleman gave to the concept of the Public Accounts Committee looking at the regulators and to our slightly wider suggestion that there should be a Select Committee to deal with the matter .
13 Without the unity that the cold war gave to American foreign policy , every foreign crisis is going to be marked by unease , by a sense that the compass is wildly flapping around in its box .
14 He said that all Waddell 's confessions had been made ‘ for drink or money ’ but did n't add that the clandestine confession given to the two BBC reporters had been made for neither .
15 Show that the potential function given in Example 6 satisfies Laplace 's equation in cylindrical coordinates .
16 The Privy Council agreed that the presidential pardon given to the Moslems by the then acting President Emmanuelle Carter in exchange for Robinson 's release remained valid .
17 It is not so much the fact that she was consequently unable to vote for her father 's party , or , any other party for that matter , that I find so diverting as the reason that The Daily Telegraph gives for her binning her poll application material .
18 It was less demanding than the similar education given to Elizabeth or Lady Jane Grey , and Mary was undoubtedly of far less intellectual a cast of mind .
19 Simply because it does give a numerical score , rather than the subjective impression given by an interview , credit scoring may give a spurious and therefore dangerous impression of accuracy .
20 The technique also enables them to opt for a 4 ohms working impedance ( as opposed to the norm of 8 ohms ) in the knowledge that this figure is much more consistent than the nominal figure given for almost all other loudspeakers ( in one or two notable designs the impedance dips almost to a short-circuit at certain frequencies , making them un-usuable with many amplifiers ) .
21 If the evolutionary scheme given in the Preface seems absolutely clear and definite , this is not the picture which emerges from the less systematic Formen .
22 Health care markets are not easily " contestable " ( Baumol 1982 ) since there are many barriers to entry against potential new suppliers , for example the heavy costs of new hospital development and technologies , and the legal monopoly given to doctors controlling entry to the profession .
23 The government confronted opposition and frequently overcame it , and the extra powers given to ministers — especially in education and housing and potentially in the personal social services — were extensive .
24 This has generated a considerable debate on the size of the household , its class basis and the changing meanings given to it .
25 I unite with all who condemn the display of suggestive advertisements on billboards , at theatre entrances , and the favourable notices given to immoral motion pictures .
26 The excellent interest and co-operation by Tesco store management and staff , and the practical help given to the Association 's Branches in carrying out collections is much appreciated .
27 The threat by the INTO in respect of the removal of its investments , the placing by SIPTU of its National Office Network at our disposal , the many letters of encouragement and the great assistance given to our members on the Picket Line are some of the indicators of this .
28 The long hours worked by preregistration house officers , the high service commitment , and the low rating given to the educational aspects of the job have led to numerous criticisms of this part of medical education .
29 What the government did not bargain for was the public outrage and the massive support given to the demonstrations .
30 But , critics apart , there were other groups in society far from pleased with these new departures , and the growing publicity given to ‘ hard-boiled ’ films now gave new life to the never-ceasing campaign against the movies .
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