Example sentences of "[vb mod] [not/n't] be given [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If dialogue is being taped in stereo , the signals from the individual speakers should not be given a pronounced left and right stereo bias as this would conflict with the performers ' relative positioning as seen in shot . |
| 2 | A regulatory body will have to be empowered by law to administer the new rules ; however , since the proposed Directive allows the regulatory authority to delegate its powers to a private body , there is no reason why the Panel in its present form should not be given the necessary authority with the result that changes in day-to-day practice may prove to be minimal . |
| 3 | Were it not for the support of sympathetic friends , the residents in our Homes and those who work in our factory could not be given the necessary help and encouragement to overcome their handicap , for we are dependent on voluntary help . |
| 4 | Yesterday , the Soviet Union blamed Britain for the cancellation of a visit by a human rights delegation , saying British officials insisted on sending Mr Michael Bourdeaux of Keston College — someone they knew would not be given a Soviet visa . |
| 5 | You wo n't be given a great deal of feedback in that session , just enough to get you going . |
| 6 | Such is the fluid nature of the Hindu syncretism that the unifying power behind the gods can not be given a single name . |
| 7 | In other words , his argument might be seen as an attempt to confront the common sense with the disconcerting fact that references to what are assumed to be numerically identical spatio-temporal particulars inhabiting an objective world " out there " can not be given a satisfactory justification , and consequently that one can not claim with certainty that such particulars represent the basic material of which the world is made up . |
| 8 | Here thoughts about Lucy and about gems are active together and can not be given a satisfactory literal translation describing exactly the degree of similarity between Lucy and a gem . |
| 9 | They may define positions that have often been repeated , but they can not be given a timeless quality . |