Example sentences of "[be] a [noun] given " in BNC.
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| 1 | Clause 10.2 will not protect a landlord where there has been a warranty given , as in the amended 10.1 above , a misrepresentation made or where there has been a misdescription of the site . |
| 2 | As the Victoria County History puts it , somewhat laconically , ‘ The chief result appears to have been an order given to the overseers to relieve ten more able-bodied families . ’ |
| 3 | The resource might be a skill given freely for which the school might otherwise have to pay ( a father digging a pond , laying a path ; a mother erecting a simple weather station ) . |
| 4 | Critics have also pointed to the lack of transport links to the development , but Olympia&York denies that there will be a problem given the proposed extension of the Jubilee Line , increased capacity of the Light Docklands Railway , and the building of new roads . |
| 5 | Critics have also pointed to the lack of transport links to the development , but Olympia&York denies that there will be a problem given the proposed extension of the Jubilee Line , increased capacity of the Light Docklands Railway , and the building of new roads . |
| 6 | Jonadab was taken aback , not being a man given to overt affection . |
| 7 | Right so there 's a gas given off which is ? |
| 8 | No I do n't really think so , it 's a name given to a body , so semi public body appointed by , by government . |
| 9 | Its presentation is as far away from an analogue style as it is possible to get , which is a surprise given Linn Products ' roots . |
| 10 | This is a necessity given the ambiguous and errorful nature of speech . |
| 11 | ‘ There is a power given by the Act itself to the minister to modify another section of the Act so that when the minister does produce that modification … that regulation becomes in fact part of the Act . |
| 12 | His office is a Portakabin given by the Armenian Community Centre in London . |
| 13 | You will remember that this is a commendation given to a shop or dealer on behalf of a reader who has written to tell us of service above and beyond the call of duty . |
| 14 | The speaker is not critic ; zing ‘ people ’ for having these wants , nor is a justification given for them . |
| 15 | Distress is a remedy given by the common law , whereby a party in certain cases is entitled to enforce a right or obtain redress for a wrong in a summary manner , by seizing chattels and retaining them as a pledge until satisfaction is obtained . |
| 16 | In Spain , we took Hal Hambra from a loss to a profit and the award of the Albanta Prize by the Spanish government and this is an award given to the best new text book in , in the Spanish educational system each year . |
| 17 | It is an opportunity given to few to lead in the creation of a new Department of State , especially one which has so much to contribute to your own vision of improving the quality of life in this country . |
| 18 | An amusing parallel in the film business is an account given by the director Ken Russell of how he sold the idea of making a film about Tchaikowsky ; he described it to his potential backers as the story of a homosexual who fell in love with a nymphomaniac . |
| 19 | Over the telephone , Kingsley explained to Branson that bollocks was a nickname given to priests in the eighteenth century , because of the nonsense they spoke . |
| 20 | The magazine could not prove the truth of this statement , which it had sourced to an MI5 report , but it claimed to be able to justify the " sting " of the libel , namely that the plaintiff was a person given to extra-marital affairs , a number of which had been referred to in the article without attracting complaint . |
| 21 | The parable may refer to the fact that in Jesus ' time the Zealots ( this was a name given to nationalists ) were stirring up the peasants to revolt against such landlords . |
| 22 | ‘ Muhammad — may God bless him and grant him peace — who was , I do n't need to remind you , quite a guy — once said — and what he said was , on the whole earth , listening to — on several occasions — not that he was a man given to repeating himself — once , anyway , said — and he had a beautiful speaking voice … ’ etc. etc . |
| 23 | This was a tip given to him by an extremely well-known Test player . |
| 24 | Mother Francis felt an urge to take the child in her arms as she used to do when Eve was a baby given into their care by the accident of her birth . |
| 25 | First stop was a party given by Lord Wolfson , the businessman , at Claridges . |
| 26 | 7–4 There was a concert given by the members of the evening music class taught by Mr Armour of Ardbeg school ; Mr Bisset , assistant teacher at Port Ellen gave readings . |
| 27 | I 'm not asking you to do these now , but they 're useful for your erm , this was a handout given to people last year that I was got given . |
| 28 | Among the items stolen was a locket given to Andrea by her mother Margaret who died of cancer just a fortnight before the wedding . |