Example sentences of "[noun sg] [modal v] be give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Acyclovir may be given on a long term basis to people with HIV who have had an attack of shingles , or have frequent attacks of herpes simplex . |
| 2 | However , permission may be given by the publisher for the reproduction of part of a work or the whole of one from a collected edition , such as an anthology of carols . |
| 3 | A direction may be given by a justices ' clerk . |
| 4 | They may feel particularly threatened , especially if they think that their power and responsibility may be given to the specialists involved directly with the technology . |
| 5 | It is common ground between the parties , and , on the basis of earlier cases , rightly so , that the visitor to a university may be given an exclusive jurisdiction , e.g. , to decide disputes arising under the statutes of the university , as may visitors to such eleemosynary foundations as schools , colleges and dioceses . |
| 6 | Such a decision may be given on the plaintiff 's application on seven days ' notice to the Crown ( Ord 42 , r 5(1) , ( 2 ) ) . |
| 7 | If possible the new pasture should have a good nutritional value ; alternatively some supplementary feeding may be given . |
| 8 | In this sense a verdict may be given on its policies , but only in a very general way . |
| 9 | The re-building of the science base must be given a priority in the longer term planning of the University . |
| 10 | Having been taught that , at a time when priests were not disagreed with , it is small wonder that John Kennedy should have involved himself , and thousands after him , in an anti-Communist crusade in Vietnam ; that Joseph McCarthy should have conducted his anti-Communist witch-hunts ; or that Casey should have made the fight against Communism his life 's work , even asking that money should be given after his death not for flowers , but for the contras . |
| 11 | For example , in the 1985 Green Paper on the future of the universities ( altogether a somewhat hasty and ill-expressed document ) it was suggested that more money should be given to universities , and more places offered to students , for sciences than for the arts , and this policy is now being implemented , with considerable effect on the schools . |
| 12 | For the purpose of reporting assessment , we also believe that the profile components should have equal weighting at key stages 1 to 3 , but that in key stage 4 heavier weighting should be given to reading and writing — in the ratio of approximately 40:40:20 for Reading , Writing , Speaking and listening respectively ( see chapter 14 ) . |
| 13 | I do not think that British Rail should be given carte blanche to abolish rights of way on every railway track , but where train speeds and frequencies are as great as on the line to which I have referred , we must recognise that the combination of pedestrians and such high-speed trains is deadly . |
| 14 | British Rail should be given proper funding . |
| 15 | Even more to the point , a new opportunity should be given to over 10 million people who were covered only by state provision . |
| 16 | In addition we will have with us and I am sure that the opportunity should be given to him to share news on Zimbabwe and the drought situation . |
| 17 | We believe very strongly that planning permission should be given to permit construction to start , to bring benefits not only to the metropolis but to the north-east , the north-west and other parts of the country to which rail services will run from King 's Cross to other great cities in the United Kingdom . |
| 18 | It is an extremely good method of training but , to be effective , the praise or correction must be given immediately . |
| 19 | Growing environmental awareness is leading more people to conclude that in order to survive greater credence must be given to the concept of sustainability . |
| 20 | ( 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 . |
| 21 | He emphasised that the European Parliament should be given more teeth to ensure value for money and for scrutinising how the Commission spends taxpayers ' money . |
| 22 | Surely the European Parliament should be given powers to summon Commissioners and permanent secretaries of different countries to put those abuses to them . |
| 23 | The European Parliament should be given further additional powers : powers to initiate proposals for legislation , which would be considered by the Commission and the Council of Ministers ; powers of second reading on social and environmental decisions by the Council of Ministers . |
| 24 | Taking both these factors into account , I conclude that a prisoner serving a mandatory life sentence should be given the opportunity to make representations in writing to the Secretary of State about the length of his tariff period before it is set . |
| 25 | In the great majority of them , the point at issue ( whether a course should be given approval or whether approval was withheld ) invariably centred upon the balance it achieved between ‘ academic rigour ’ and ‘ professional ’ skills . |
| 26 | My treatment of intonation is based on the belief that foreign learners of English at advanced levels who may use this course should be given training to make them better able to recognise and copy English intonation ; the only really efficient way to learn to use the intonation of a language is the way a child acquires the intonation of its first language , and the training referred to above should help the adult learner of English to acquire English intonation in a similar ( though much slower ) way — through listening to and talking to English speakers . |
| 27 | Since the defence must be given a copy of the statement of a proposed witness who has not made a deposition , it must follow that , if a Crown witness 's evidence is intended to depart significantly from his deposition and to be based on his statement to the police , it is the duty of the Crown to give the defence a copy of that statement in advance of the hearing . |
| 28 | The direction must be given at the time of the refusal . |
| 29 | However , notice of this election must be given to the Inland Revenue not later than the time of the appeal made against the Schedule E assessment containing the disputed benefit figure . |
| 30 | Letters of nomination should include the name and address of the nominee , together with a brief statement proposing why the award should be given . |