Example sentences of "given [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Di was also given potted shrimps , packs of Fishermen 's Friend lozenges , and a stick of rock each for William and Harry . |
| 2 | Among the 439 patients who were given para-aortic irradiation , 6 developed secondary gastric carcinoma ( 2.4% 15-year cumulative incidence rate ) , by contrast with no gastric carcinomas in 453 patients not treated with such irradiation . |
| 3 | At one extreme , the editors could be given total licence to film anything they liked and to show the House in their own way ( as when covering a football match , or as in some American state legislatures where camera and microphone men are even allowed to wander around on the floor of the House ) . |
| 4 | In spite of this , we are left with perhaps one in five who appear to have made sensible revisions of their choice , given total cost of credit and/or APR information . |
| 5 | All establishments enjoy good access by road to the Theme Park so your coach journey from your hotel should not take more than one hour given normal traffic connections . |
| 6 | I imagine that , in the case that I cited , the offender was given the maximum sentence that could be conferred for causing death by reckless driving ; but , given normal remission and remission for good behaviour , there is every possibility that that young man will be freed after nine months in custody . |
| 7 | Given normal improvement , Dunlop 's attractive filly should again find herself figuring in the shape up . |
| 8 | Given normal improvement and less trouble in running this time Make A Note looks sure to go close . |
| 9 | Patients with diarrhoea were given oral rehydration therapy for 24 hours and then returned to their normal feeds . |
| 10 | All patients were advised to achieve a daily intake of at least 700 mg of calcium ; five patients were unable to take sufficient dairy products to sustain this and were given oral calcium supplements . |
| 11 | He contacted a doctor and was given oral penicillin . |
| 12 | Internationalism required that two thoroughly nationalistic and non-socialist movements be given complete support . |
| 13 | Eventually he told them he could not serve two masters and as he had , by then , proved himself to Tiller , he was given complete financial control . |
| 14 | ‘ Basically I 'm paid a salary and given complete control over training his horses . |
| 15 | It suggested that some polytechnics and colleges should be given complete autonomy by the Secretary of State to validate their own courses ; others should be allowed more limited autonomy , in specific areas ; while in yet others external validation should remain . |
| 16 | Many of our finest singers — such as Josephine Barstow and John Tomlinson — have given memorable ‘ star ’ performances for Opera North ; others , like Sally Burgess and Helen Field , have developed their repertoire here , in productions which , if lacking in the radical Central European flavour promoted by the Welsh National Opera , are rarely less than good-looking and intelligent . |
| 17 | News that the Islands ' social workers had been given professional stress therapy astounded the families and their support organisation . |
| 18 | for some who , given European experience , seemed to be the most prone to the appeal of fascism in the lower middle classes , it proved to have only marginal importance in the 1930s in Britain . |
| 19 | Despite having 20 minutes to compose himself after being given advance notification of the exit poll result , the tension showed clearly on the Kinnocks ' faces as they they struggled to swallow bitter disappointment . |
| 20 | However , if you are given advance warning , think about the stay and about the meals you will have to provide . |
| 21 | The First World War provided a similar test and again only the Labour and Unionist parties were able to meet it squarely , but the battles of 1912 and 1913 had given advance warning of what was to come . |
| 22 | By a notice of appeal dated 13 August 1991 the applicant appealed against that decision of the Divisional Court on the grounds , inter alia , that it had erred ( 1 ) in holding that there was no obligation on Lautro to give the applicant an opportunity to make representations prior to the issue of that notice ; ( 2 ) in asserting that there was a principle of law that a regulatory body should know with precision from whom they must invite representations ; ( 3 ) in perceiving any difficulty in identifying persons who should have been given advance notification , so as to be treated fairly , of any proposals by Lautro to issue a notice since such notification should at least be given to anyone who would be directly affected by such a notice and/or whose conduct was in issue ; ( 4 ) in regarding as apposite the remarks of Lord Diplock in Cheall v. Association of Professional Executive Clerical and Computer Staff [ 1983 ] 2 A.C. 180 , 190A since the non-application of the legal concept of natural justice to all persons effected by but not parties to a dispute was not and had never been in issue ; and ( 5 ) in failing to have regard to the absence of any rights of appeal according to the rules of Lautro in deciding whether the principle of natural justice applied . |
| 23 | It was agreed that he , RW , and CW should be given advance warning of the arrival of new research workers , in order to assess requirements for space , laboratory facilities , library and computing services . |
| 24 | In a classic experiment reported in 1964 , John Wing and his colleagues showed that long-stay schizophrenic patients given advance preparation for placements in an industrial rehabilitation unit were less likely to suffer a relapse than those who were unprepared . |
| 25 | He said that even though they had been given advance warning of Sam 's health problems during a scan three months before he was born , nothing prepared them for the shock . |
| 26 | By massing overwhelming artillery strength on a short front , and replacing prolonged duration of fire ( which had hitherto given ample warning of attack to the defenders ) by the number of guns employed , he hoped so to disrupt French trench lines that , when the bombardment ceased ; a relatively small German force could advance with little loss . |
| 27 | The object is to organize the internal structure of the company so that , whilst the directors as the managers of the company are given ample discretionary power to operate the company effectively , they are nevertheless obliged to exercise that power in the interests of the owners of the company . |
| 28 | We also like to cater for any specific menu request and , given ample notice , provide for special dietary requirements of individual visitors . |
| 29 | That congregations be given ample opportunity to sing in services , even where they have to be unaccompanied ( 528–529 , 540 ) . |
| 30 | However — bowing to public demand — we hope to host another dance in October/November so you 're being given ample warning . |