Example sentences of "given [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The other was the offspring of doting , bourgeois parents , who should have given off the opposite kind of vibrations . |
| 2 | 63. — ( 1 ) : In every factory in which , in connection with any process carried on , there is given off any dust or fume or other impurity of such a character and to such extent as to be likely to be injurious or offensive to the persons employed , or any substantial quantity of dust of any kind , all practicable measures shall be taken to protect the persons employed against inhalation of the dust or fume or other impurity and to prevent its accumulation in any workroom , and in particular , where the nature of the process makes it practicable , exhaust appliances shall be provided and maintained , as near as possible to the point of origin of the dust or fume or other impurity , so as to prevent its entering the air of any workroom . ’ |
| 3 | The place has given off a bad odour for years and I have always avoided it like the plague . |
| 4 | From these pits such an appalling stench was given off that scarcely anyone dared even to walk beside the churchyards . ’ |
| 5 | Right so there 's a gas given off which is ? |
| 6 | Of test questions Er yeah , these are these are tricky , where they give you something like They give you a melting point and a boiling point whether it conducts electricity and a gas is given off which turns limewater milky . |
| 7 | A full point score is given for a powerful , skilful technique that lands with control on a scoring area of the opponent 's head or body . |
| 8 | A full point score is given for a powerful , skilful and controlled technique to the opponent 's scoring areas |
| 9 | It is important to check whether the dead person left any instructions with the Will about the funeral , or wished the body to be given for medical research ( see Section 7 ) , or organs to be donated for transplantation ( see Section 8 ) . |
| 10 | Chosen Heritage Ltd. has a scheme whereby a firm instruction can be given for a guaranteed price funeral which can be paid for at today 's prices . |
| 11 | Figures are given for each local authority , showing numbers and proportions of residents aged under 65 , and 65+ , supported in each type of accommodation . |
| 12 | Since then , however , a whole range of staff from administrative and clerical , to senior managers , anciliaries and technicians have won pay rises above , and sometimes well above , the 5 per cent the NHS was given for inflation . |
| 13 | The reason given for the ban was that Professor Saburo Ienaga , a noted historian , had refused to strike out a reference in his book to bacteriological and other experiments carried out on Chinese prisoners of war by the now-defunct Imperial Army . |
| 14 | HEALTH AUTHORITIES will be expected to adhere to the ‘ firm ’ budgets they are to be given for patients ' drugs , Kenneth Clarke , Secretary of State for Health , said yesterday . |
| 15 | A few are ‘ trying out ’ policing by joining the reserves first , although the common view amongst the reserve police is that it is harder for them to transfer to the regulars than it is for someone without experience to sign up straight away because of the greater number of reasons the police authorities are thereby given for turning them down . |
| 16 | The official reason given for the committee 's demise was that it had indulged in counterrevolution and illicit dealings with foreign powers . |
| 17 | After two months , a settlement of 17 per cent was agreed , but the green light had been given for others to follow on . |
| 18 | What I would have given for a sesame bap . |
| 19 | Even so , the advice is similar in principle to that given for a westward flight . |
| 20 | The advice is the same as that given for westward flights — though , of course , whether people living in the new time zone are awake or sleeping will differ . |
| 21 | Physical and social activities , meals , and drinks All the advice given for westward flights applies equally after flights to the east . |
| 22 | The main reason given for restricting investment in new technology was cost . |
| 23 | £1 million given for tropical conservation work for Worldwide Fund for Nature , and another £100 million pledged for tropical forests . |
| 24 | The young people who come into care are drawn almost exclusively from the ranks of the poor and disadvantaged and though many reasons are given for the move , frequently it is the inability of the family to cope with illness , bereavement , divorce or remarriage . |
| 25 | Mr Tebbit , the ex-party chairman and MP for Chingford , asked Mr Hurd ‘ whether the pledge that we have given for the last four general elections , that there would be no further large-scale immigration , still stands or not ? ’ |
| 26 | Cover of around £1,000 is normally given for loss , damage or theft of belongings , with a limit of £150 — £250 for any one item and £200-£300 for lost money . |
| 27 | The agreements on EFR had been signed in early 1989 and in October of the same year outline permission was given for the building of a £300 million ‘ demonstration ’ reprocessing plant at Dounreay to recycle EFR 's spent plutonium fuel . |
| 28 | It was the belief of many of its members that if explanations and theories were to be given for the facts collected in their natural histories , they were to be given in mechanical terms , specifically in terms of the corpuscular theory . |
| 29 | Thus when the dried food is gone , a favourite delicacy is given for a job well done . |
| 30 | What they definitely do indicate are the extremes of weight problems ; where your weight falls higher than the amount given under the large-frame weight for your height , or lower than that given for the small-frame weight for your height , then you have problems . |