Example sentences of "[pron] [be] given to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Directors are treated as being in a position analogous to that of trustees , so powers conferred upon them are given to them in a fiduciary capacity . |
| 2 | I 'm given to them , you know . |
| 3 | At lunch-times , I was given to mental lapses . |
| 4 | I got quite , I was given to it last year , I reckon |
| 5 | Even within national systems , the structure of the television schedules , and the different interpretations which are given to different injunctions — with different degrees of force — to inform , entertain and educate , make it difficult to think of television as a single formal system . |
| 6 | ‘ Patient problems ’ provide a basis for studying nursing , and so these problems form the presenting , or trigger , problems which are given to the learners . |
| 7 | ‘ In the administration of government in this country the functions which are given to ministers ( and constitutionally properly given to ministers because they are constitutionally responsible ) are functions so multifarious that no minister could ever personally attend to them . |
| 8 | Originally , all first-born sons were dedicated to God , but monetary gifts later took their place , which were given to the priests . |
| 9 | They are documents of all sorts which were given to me by my father or which I found among his papers after his death in 1968 . |
| 10 | The photo was one of a group of twenty-eight Rodchenko photographs which were given to the consigner in 1960 by Varvara Rodchenko , the artist 's daughter , and which raised £445,648 in total . |
| 11 | ‘ You have some papers , Fagin , ’ said Mr Brownlow quietly , ‘ which were given to you by Monks to look after . ’ |
| 12 | Nothing exemplifies the spirit of the family more than musar : instruction ( as moral training ) which is given to Jewish children . |
| 13 | ‘ Be always ready , according to your power to relieve the poor and help the distressed … ’ is a quote from The Rules for the Conduct of Life , a copy of which is given to all new Freemen — or perhaps it should now be Freepersons . |
| 14 | We are not talking here about natural feelings , but a depth of desire which is given to us by God . |
| 15 | The first is that welfare is a characteristic of an individual ; it is not something which is given to it by somebody else . |
| 16 | Whether or not a policy exists , social services staff have a legal duty to keep confidential all information which is given to them . |
| 17 | Is the support which is given to the son-in-law ‘ really ’ being given to the daughter by proxy ? |
| 18 | Christology gives a male human being a status which is given to no woman . |
| 19 | ‘ If , therefore , for any unhappy reason , counsel for the defence is unable to accept the assumption which stems from the fact that a particular statement has not been made available to him by the prosecution , it would become counsel 's duty to invite the judge to exercise the discretionary power which is given to him by the proviso to section 18 of the Evidence Law , ( c. 118 [ J. ] ) , by examining the statement himself and directing that it be used in such manner as the justice of the case demands . |
| 20 | It requires , in all but the most self-evident cases , the recognition that the content which is given to concepts such as proportionality will be dependent upon the identification of the particular political theory which is said to warrant the conclusion which is being drawn . |
| 21 | Only then is it awarded the ‘ Lur ’ mark which is given to the highest quality Danish products . |
| 22 | 1 The prominence , expressed by means of stress or intonation , which is given to a syllable . |
| 23 | One is for Flowers for the Altar , one for St. Anthony which is given to the poor who come looking for help at various times of the day and night , and the third is for Sending a Sick Child to Lourdes , the cost of which is approximately £350 . |
| 24 | The obligation does not extend , however , to cover all information which is given to or required by the employee while in his employment , and in particular may not cover information which is only " confidential " in the sense that an unauthorised disclosure of such information to a third party while the employment subsisted would be a clear breach of the duty of good faith . |
| 25 | The raiders made off with twenty thousand pounds worth of 22 carat gold jewellry , which is given to Indian women as a dowry . |
| 26 | Since sentencing is a matter of societal process and since we engage in an adversarial system , a right of appeal which is given to one side should not be denied to the other . |
| 27 | There is no equivalent to the invalid care allowance which is given to the person who cares for an elderly person . |
| 28 | The drama of the moment was recaptured in Perelandra , the second in the science-fiction trilogy , where Ransom remembers the strength which was given to him in a moment requiring supreme moral courage . |
| 29 | One of the commandments which was given to Moses was : ‘ Thou shalt not covet ’ which means , ‘ You must not be envious . ’ |
| 30 | Jesus had no power of himself , he only communicated and performed through that which was given to him in relationship with the Father ( John 17:7f ) . |