Example sentences of "[vb mod] be given the [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The extent to which some university appointments were political spoils in the eighteenth century is suggested by the demand made in 1714 by Murray of Cringletie , an administration candidate for the representation of the county of Peebles , who made it a condition of his coming forward that his brother should be given the vacant chair of church history in the University of Edinburgh . |
| 2 | In this case , the court repudiated the suggestion that consent should be given the narrow meaning advocated by Professor Williams and others and pointed to the distinction between consent and submission . |
| 3 | The report recommended that local authorities should be given the leading role in planning and co-ordinating community care . |
| 4 | However , does he agree that as part of the process of reform , those who have a conscientious objection to working on Sunday should be given the statutory right not to do so ? |
| 5 | Staff must be given the extra support and training required . ’ |
| 6 | For dividend announcements to be treated unambiguously as good signals , managers must be given the correct incentive to transmit a true signal even if the information is bad . |
| 7 | The customer must be given the written warning . |
| 8 | It would be very carefully calculated and they 'd be given the right amount of the proteins that they could use to grow , because in the first years of life there 's very rapid growth and development is n't there ? |
| 9 | Paragraph three , the action plan , er well it will guide itself evidence this , the statements made under the action plan , from section three of the report will guide our activities over the next three years and of course paragraph four performance the critical success factors , by the seven criteria we will be judged in the highway service and each one is a challenge in its own right and I do hope to receive in order to carry out these er , these er promises in fact , that erm , I 'd be given the relevant level of financial staff and resources |
| 10 | The resignation of do Nascimento led to speculation that he would be given the key role of director-general of the national electoral commission , as the government came under increasing pressure from the USA , Russia and Portugal to hasten election preparations . |
| 11 | With luck this wretched selection of " heroes " would be given the soft pedal an indistinct crowd of corpses and a few grateful faces , cannons and prancing horses would be best . |
| 12 | Students with Dyslexia ( or any other specific learning difficulty ) will be given the appropriate consideration by the Board provided the Tutor makes the request IN WRITING and that this is accompanied by a report from an Educational Psychologist to the effect that such consideration is necessary . |
| 13 | He will be given the honorary degree of Doctor of Humane Letters by Syracuse University , New York , which lost 35 students in the terrorist bombing . |