Example sentences of "[noun pl] be give [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Facilities for pedestrians and those for cyclists are given their own chapters , and there is a chapter devoted to new residential development . |
| 2 | But if I 'm if kids are giving me work first thing in the morning and I 've got them in the afternoon they 're gon na expect it to be marked ! |
| 3 | But in rock these aspects are given their particular shape by , and centred on , a collectively understood manipulation of amplified sound . |
| 4 | It is a basic principle of interpretation that ordinary words are given their ordinary meaning . |
| 5 | The new pattern that will gradually take shape towards the end of this century is of a centrally determined national curriculum , individual schools being given their own budgets to spend as they think fit within the legally required curriculum framework . |
| 6 | He said the Iranians were giving their fellow Shias plenty of support , including weapons and transport . |
| 7 | At these concerts many of Bach 's symphonies , concertos , cantatas , chamber works , and keyboard sonatas were given their first performances . |
| 8 | Sea pens were given their names when people wrote with quills and very apt it must have seemed , for not only are they shaped like feathers but their skeleton is flexible and horny . |
| 9 | Until then , every studio had a cast list of thirty or forty top-billing actors and actresses and dozens of contracted young people who were provided with their acting lessons , their dance lessons , their speech lessons , and the young directors were given their directorial tests , and they all went into bat often . |
| 10 | The troops were given their briefing in the hall . |
| 11 | The crowd had almost disappeared , and the attendants were giving her ‘ looks ’ . |
| 12 | The International Organisation of Securities Commissions is to give its seal of approval to international standards on auditing ( ISAs ) at a conference to be hosted by the Securities and Investments Board in London later this month . |
| 13 | At the finishing cropper where carpets are given their final sheer to achieve a smooth and even surface , £25,000 is being invested on an automatic height adjuster . |
| 14 | If the movies were to give their stories a realistic social setting and especially a contemporary setting , and if they were to draw on what had always been some of the major preoccupations of popular fiction , then they would have to define their position carefully with regard to some of the major issues of the day . |
| 15 | Also , most appointees on public bodies are given their jobs for a set number of years , so it could be some while before changes filtered through . |
| 16 | The reason creditors agree to such arrangements is to give their debtor time to sell assets , usually his stock , without the pressure of a forced sale and so realise a maximum rather than a minimum amount for the benefit of all involved . |
| 17 | Under the fundholding arrangements , doctors are given their own budgets to spend . |
| 18 | Leaders are given their roles by their putative followers ; their ‘ authority ’ may technically be removed if their followers cease to acknowledge them . |
| 19 | The difference was that these professionals were giving their time for free . |
| 20 | This is implied in the following passage from his memoirs : ‘ We had n't given the Cubans anything more than the Americans were giving their allies in Italy and Turkey . |
| 21 | The greatest love a man can have for his friends is to give his life for them and you are my friends , if you do what I command . |
| 22 | ‘ No. 3 is the new paint shop , a magnificent department where all new vehicles are given their distinctive livery . |
| 23 | In 1979 , British voters were given their first opportunity to elect representatives . |
| 24 | NCT has been invited to join as an associate member and , our President , is our rep. on this advisory body to the government whose terms of references are ‘ to ensure by all possible means that the informed opinions of women are given their due weight in the deliberations of government . ’ |
| 25 | In the end , once again , women were servicing men , women were raising the consciousness of men , women were giving their energy to men . |
| 26 | The second challenge that management faces is giving its organization of specialists a common vision , a view of the whole . |