Example sentences of "[pron] are 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 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ Patient problems ’ provide a basis for studying nursing , and so these problems form the presenting , or trigger , problems which are given to the learners . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | Such a committee might also help to satisfy those who are given to complaining about the choice of hymns . |
| 6 | ’ 'T IS bruited about that the king is unwell and that you are given to displays of temperament ! |
| 7 | The cards are now flicked through and , sure enough , each of the cards has turned over , and they are given to the children to hold before being collected . |
| 8 | The Awards differ from personal honours in that they are given to a " unit " as a whole — management and employees working as a team . |
| 9 | There is an unresolved tension between the fact that the perceptions of mystics are seen as fundamentally important to the human condition and the fact that they are given to so few . |
| 10 | ( 8 ) The text of the tender advertisement must be cleared with the Quotations Department if the offer is made on the London Stock Exchange but otherwise with the Panel and copies of the final text must be given to both at the same time as they are given to the newspapers . |