Example sentences of "[be] [vb pp] [noun sg] for [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was reported on June 17 that he had been given responsibility for local government , while other responsibilities were redistributed between deputy premiers . |
| 2 | During that time BP has held a small interest in offshore block 8 and has been designated operator for onshore Cabinda Central block , where operations have been suspended for security reasons . |
| 3 | Dr Van Vliet wants the growing countries , including Burma , China , India , Indonesia , Malaysia , the Philippines and Thailand , to be given help for artificial propagation when the trade in wild plants is banned . |
| 4 | In September , members of Gwynedd County Council 's planning sub-committee recommended the company should be given permission for 15 Sundays in a year , with a time limit of two years . |
| 5 | More specifically , Hocevar requested that Yugoslavs should be given joint-responsibility for all camps which included surrendered Yugoslav nationals . |
| 6 | A number of attractive prospects that have been identified will be given priority for early drilling . |
| 7 | One could also point out that explosions on a large scale are observed in the Universe , and on empirical grounds these could be considered evidence for white holes . |
| 8 | But after the letter was read out it was deceided he 'd be granted bail for four weeks pending further medical treatment , that being so he 's due to reappear in court on July the 28th . |
| 9 | Candidates are awarded credit for individual areas of study as these are completed , and no time limit applies to the length of time it may take to complete either the professional certificate or diploma programmes so long as these programmes are still offered by HCIMA . |
| 10 | The patients were given supplementation for one month and colonic biopsy specimens were taken before and at the end of the trial . |
| 11 | Still driven by the storm they were carried west for some hours into another narrow passage , though now the current had reversed , so what appeared to be a great ebb-tide came rushing towards them . |
| 12 | The Saudi Arabian ambassador to Yemen and an adviser were rescued by security sources on April 20 after being held hostage for 18 hours . |
| 13 | On 26 July 1986 Father Lawrence Jenco was released after being held hostage for 18 months . |
| 14 | A prostitute who was murdered and dumped in a canal may have been kept prisoner for twenty-four hours before she was killed . |
| 15 | Although President Barco is given credit for good intentions , the fear is that his move has come too late : by now , the money at stake is too big , the drug barons too firmly entrenched in Colombian society , and the state institutions too deeply compromised by too many years of complacency , if not complicity . |
| 16 | The proportions of elderly people living in households who were neither living alone nor as a couple on their own fell by about half in the period 1961 to 1981 , so there is reduced scope for similar falls to occur in the future . |
| 17 | Judged in abstract , this treaty 's rushed constitution for European Union ought to have been redrafted or shelved . |
| 18 | The Commission 's cited source for this information was Dr P F Chester of the CEGB , while those thanked for ‘ helpful suggestions during drafting ’ included Dr R A Skeffington , a researcher with the CEGB who at this time was also showing pictures of perfectly healthy trees from the Black Forest to British conferences . |
| 19 | All 27 MPs belonging to the Jatiya Party voted in favour of the new reforms despite the party 's expressed preference for presidential rule . |
| 20 | While such a state most frequently results from the frustration of a person 's expressed desire for some material object , especially food or tobacco , Dentan ( 1968 ) notes that it can also be the result of forcing someone to do something against his or her will . |
| 21 | I refer the Minister to the specific case of the Amoco Montrose platform — now , thankfully , closed — which was given dispensation for nine years although it was known that the accommodation facilities did not meet the fire regulation standards that apply to platforms . |
| 22 | McCaulay , Mann , O'Donovan and McClelland were each placed on probation for 12 months ; Donaghy was given probation for two years and Dempsey was ordered to carry out 200 hours community service . |
| 23 | In addition to answering Questions and the handling of all departmental business in the Commons , the Parliamentary Secretary was given responsibility for legal aid and the development of legal services ; relations with the Land Registry and Public Record Office ; some budget and resource matters ; and equal opportunities and women 's issues outside the judicial context . |
| 24 | Bernardino Cardoso , hitherto Minister of Planning and International Co-operation and a close associate of the President , was given responsibility for foreign affairs in the new 16-member Cabinet . |
| 25 | Tunji Olagunju was appointed Minister for Special Duties on Nov. 5 . |
| 26 | When in January 1975 , Liza was appointed Director for European Merchandising , she set about organizing some improvements . |
| 27 | After the Easter Sunday shooting in Stillington , Leanne 's mother , Pauline Rees , 43 , was shot in the face outside her house in Lyonette Road , Darlington , and 21-year-old Leanne was taken hostage for 47 hours inside the family 's home . |
| 28 | He was denied sleep for five days on end . |
| 29 | Mr Nicklin , a 48-year-old insurance manager , was kept captive for two years by the Saudis , who held him responsible for the debts of his American-owned firm . |