Example sentences of "[conj] given that [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or again , independent nomic conditionals come to this : Given the rest of the world as it was , or given that it was different in any way we can conceive it as [ icing , without logically " excluding a and b , then if a happened so did b . |
| 2 | What I 'm arguing for tonight is that given that we 've relatively recent boundary change , the people have just about got used to it , so by and large er it does n't seem to have huge numbers of demerits as far as the city is concerned and that we are now very , very close , as close as is possible to the norm for the average constituency size that we actually endorse the boundary commissions proposals and leave well alone and the second part of the motion merely says to a neighbouring authority , y'know , please in some senses be punctilious about not to suddenly decide to poke your noses into something way beyond your it 's not just a couple of parishes on the south boundary , a couple of parishes from from the north of their but actually way to our area but what candidly I can only see as a rather partisan er er |
| 3 | I think that given that you were er , you could n't find the basic book that you were expected to read , I thought you , you gave an excellent account of it , I mean , if you had n't told us that you had n't got the book , I do n't think we would have guessed , would we ? |
| 4 | It seems to me that given that you have a southern bypass , there could be an argument for saying , if we had a northern inner relief road , that northern inner relief road together with a southern bypass , could perform some of the functions of the western relief road . |
| 5 | In such a state , driven by the worst fear of all , that of sudden death , and given that they are all approximately equal in power , it would seem to be in men 's interests that they reach some agreement , each to have only as much liberty as he is prepared to allow to others . |
| 6 | Given the conditions in which most teachers are working , and given that they are human beings — that is , they have limitations on what they can do , and how well and how fast they can do it — they could not be feeling otherwise than rushed and confused , nor acting otherwise than fallibly . |
| 7 | And given that it was Godolphin himself who supplied these items — most were simply terrestrial trivia , revered in the Dominions because of their place of origin — and given that he would not cease to do so as long as the fever of collection was upon him and he could exchange such items for artifacts from the Imajica , Peccable 's business would flourish . |
| 8 | But have you not already briefed Mr Major , have you not already briefed Downing Street about those talks , and given that you have , what else is there , what else can you offer Mr Major , that you have n't already offered ? |
| 9 | Or perhaps one might just narrow it a bit further than that and say well let's see how history is going in the first two years , or the O level history course , or something like that , and we would discuss well given that all these different people are involved in history or have a stake in it in some way , or are interested in it , and given that you 're only going to have a very limited amount of time to do anything in , how can you do something that would be genuinely useful to the school in looking at the history teaching and something that would have the support of the people involved so that it was n't threatening anybody but they felt there was something being genuinely helpful . |
| 10 | In conclusion , it is clear that from this examination of the state of weaponry and warfare throughout the reign of Barbarossa , and given that he lived to the age of 70 , he must have experienced many of the gradual changes and improvements in arms and armour that occurred during the twelfth century . |
| 11 | And given that it was Godolphin himself who supplied these items — most were simply terrestrial trivia , revered in the Dominions because of their place of origin — and given that he would not cease to do so as long as the fever of collection was upon him and he could exchange such items for artifacts from the Imajica , Peccable 's business would flourish . |
| 12 | Row 5 of our example spreadsheets shows that our professional spent from 14.56 until 15.12 on the first task listed and given that he charges for services by the hour what we require in column E , Duration , is a fraction of an hour . |
| 13 | For one moment , when the right hon. Gentleman first rose to speak , and given that he will not be standing at the next election , I thought that Daniel had come to judgment and that the right hon. Gentleman was going to show some concern for those who seek asylum in this country and who have fled from oppressive regimes that were supported by the Government of which he was happily a Cabinet member for so many years . |
| 14 | But given that they can have their position specified , and can interpret this position so as to form the pattern , then this provides a very powerful means of generating patterns . |
| 15 | She really has this er attitude which I can not understand because erm a a as I think it was Al Reeve said , you know , erm some people ca n't bear children , we ca n't , but we like them but if you have actually borne children , you are in other words a mother , you 've got ta have a attitude , not only to children in general but to your children in particular , which is very very difficult for er a male to understand and a non-father , it 's gon na be very very difficult cos I personally do n't have any children at all and therefore it is very very difficult for me to even comprehend but given that I can erm I can sympathize with something I do not comprehend it must be monumentally difficult for her |
| 16 | Sort of , how do you feel about du du du du du du du y'know sort of yes definitely to no not all or y'know kind of does n't bother me to very angry or something like that but given that you 've done it this way , I think it works reasonably well . |
| 17 | But given that you 're really in the market place situation , if you have goods which nobody wants to sell then eventually you 're going to have to grind to a halt . |
| 18 | But given that you 're using public money , ought you not to have a tighter control over this very aspect ? |
| 19 | It is not clear from the article to what extent it was Dutch society that he was basing his analysis on , but given that he appears to be making a general point about changes within Western Europe , it is important to point out that most of the literature on youth , adolescence and relations between the generations in Britain has tended to concentrate on , to use Elias ' term again , the changing balance of power between the generations within the working class . |