Example sentences of "be give " in BNC.

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1 But if we are to reduce the number of new infections and protect our young people , they must be given the facts about AIDS/HIV and given the opportunity to discuss the issues openly .
2 The highest praise can be given to works which match up and accord with these .
3 To the question , therefore , which ought to hold the first rank , Raphael or Michelangelo , it must be answered , that if it is to be given to him who possessed a greater combination of the higher qualities of the art than any other man , there is no doubt but Raphael is the first .
4 However , the limitation of the sound guide is equally evident : only a small number of works can be given such exceptional treatment .
5 In How Prints Look , first published in 1943 , he wrote ‘ an elementary introduction to the appearances ( the outward and visible signs ) of prints ’ , and cautioned that : ‘ Most of the time spent over it should be given to looking at its pictures . ’
6 I can not see the necessity of the shadow cast by a half-opened drawer in the kitchen table. , It is encouraging to find Fry underlining a point about critical writing — that with a description of a work of art it can be useful to be given an explicit account of how the critic responds .
7 The museum is also the place where the closest consideration can be given to the troublesome problems of fakes and other forms of inauthenticity .
8 Two honest critics can be given as exceptions , the first a Japanese who recorded a negative reaction to a picture which did not come up to his standards of meaningful symbolism .
9 Classes are led by experienced staff , usually by staff at the drama school where the course is held , and at the end of the five weeks groups will present mini-production projects to each other , on which they will be assessed , and they will usually be given a certificate for having attended the course .
10 There are those who think that all drama students who graduate from drama school should be given an Equity card when they receive their diploma ; to me , this is naive .
11 Twenty years ago it was expected that if you trained you would surely be accepted into the membership of your trade union and be given the chance to compete for the roles that were suitable .
12 Perhaps graduates of a number of drama schools might be given a provisional Equity card requiring a minimum number of engagements ( and/or weeks ) to be worked within the two or three years of it 's validity , if the holder is to be accepted into full membership .
13 Will it ever be given us to know ?
14 And he felt , obscurely , that the terrible accident needed to be given coherent thought .
15 An accompanying person can be given a complimentary ticket for the screenings .
16 For a few days they should be given a cool , shaded position ; after that as much light as possible .
17 Students should be given experience of steering the glider off to one side so that they learn how to use the controls independently instead of co-ordinating them .
18 The ‘ too fast ’ signal should not be given until the glider is well up into the climb and putting a load onto the cable .
19 Below 1,500 feet , the maps should be ignored and priority should be given to checking for suitable fields below while also searching for lift , re-checking on the local wind direction and moving towards a better area of fields if necessary .
20 Social Services Departments vary in the way they register childminders , but you will probably be visited in your home and be given some forms to complete .
21 Some family planning clinics will also arrange for you to be given a blood test .
22 If you are already pregnant you must not be given German Measles vaccine .
23 These grants however are discretionary — that means they do not have to be given so there will be variations from one district to another .
24 The fact that a sociologist was witnessing the interviews make it all the more certain they would be conducted with scrupulous care , but there was no way he would be given access to the extra-legal deals which may well have gone on outside the interview room or later during a prison visit for ‘ write-offs ’ .
25 I would enter a plea that I have often made that the street officer 's authority … and discretion should be given better recognition .
26 If you and the opponent land scoring techniques on each other at precisely the same time , then neither score will be given .
27 In such cases , the reverse punch may be given simply because the referee failed to recognise the snap punch .
28 Not all bouts conclude with a full three point score and when this happens the decision will be given to the contestant with the most points .
29 Where the points score is equal , a decision can still be given if the panel thinks that one contestant used better techniques , used a greater variety of effective techniques , or made more of the running .
30 Rodney was discussing with Veronica whether people should be given the choice of English or French mustard .
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