Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] be give [prep] " in BNC.

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1 In this discussion we shall have to make frequent use of the terms cost and expenses of production ; and some provisional account of them must be given before proceeding further .
2 A person whom there are grounds to suspect of an offence must be cautioned before any questions about it ( or further questions if it is his answers to previous questions that provide grounds for suspicion ) are put to him for the purpose of obtaining evidence which may be given to a court in a prosecution .
3 ‘ A person whom there are grounds to suspect of an offence must be cautioned before any questions about it ( or further questions if it is his answers to previous questions that provide grounds for suspicion ) are put to him for the purpose of obtaining evidence which may be given to a court in a prosecution .
4 Such a profit element may include not only a straightforward management fee but also a hidden profit , such as a discount , which may be given to the headtenant under a block policy of insurance .
5 It is for the court to decide the weight which should be given to statements which are not made on oath and can not be tested by cross-examination .
6 He said : the more unreasonable a clause is , the greater the notice which must be given of it .
7 If the application is not dismissed , the court must fix a hearing , at least seven days ' notice of which must be given to the debtor ( or his solicitor if the application was made by his solicitor ) and the creditor and the person named in the demand , if any , with whom communication regarding the demand can be made .
8 Held , dismissing the appeal , that the expression ‘ is suffering … significant harm ’ in section 31(2) ( a ) of the Children Act 1989 referred to the point in time immediately before the process of protecting the child began , so that , in determining whether the first threshold condition of section 31(2) was satisfied , the court had to consider the position before the commencement of the voluntary care when the children were with the mother ; that the condition in section 31(2) ( b ) related to care by the parent or carer whose lack of care had caused the significant harm to the child and not to the care which might be given by other carers if no care order were to be made , which only became relevant once the threshold conditions under section 31(2) had been satisfied in deciding whether or not a care order should be made ; and that it could not be said that the family proceedings court had been wrong in concluding , first , that the threshold conditions were satisfied and , secondly , on the evidence , that a care order to the local authority was the appropriate order ( post , pp. 1013H — 1014A , E–F , H — 1015B ) .
9 Would the amount which would be given to ailing industries be more than taken away from healthy ones ?
10 Other organisations , including the Woodcraft Folk , religious youth groups and the youth group attached to the Red Cross , would have to apply for funding which would be given at the council 's discretion .
11 Sir Robin has prepared several drafts of the Queen 's Speech , which will be given to ministers once a Government is formed .
12 Each week , the operator will use this diary to produce a report of system down times , by day of the week , on a pre-printed form , which will be given to the New OED Computer Group Manager .
13 So , for example , the practitioner has no guidance on the weight which will be given to an admissible ministerial statement that a situation is not covered by one clause but is covered by another that is in conflict with a construction based on textual examination of the legislation as a whole .
14 The story of the RC — which will be given in more detail in another chapter — has still not been fully told , mainly because the documentation on it has been treated like the Crown Jewels .
15 Particularly valuable examples of the amount of information which can be given about a character in brief solos are those for most of the characters in A Month in the Country and , dramatically , for those in Mayerling .
16 One reason which can be given for this is the claim that a head is simply a functionary and that his or her views and judgements have to be variable for the sake of other people .
17 In a review of two books on the 1914–18 war , written many years ago , the historian and critic A. J. P. Taylor said , ‘ There is one piece of advice which can be given to all generals , successful and otherwise : ‘ Do not keep a diary ’ …
18 A more complex but useful measure can be obtained by using the Lindstedt BUST playing cards which depict two-dimensional forms in specific sizes on cards which can be given to pupils to discriminate in the form of a game .
19 There is , however , another meaning which can be given to the term : the model as an ideal , an exemplary type or paradigm , as in model pupil , worker or wife .
20 The best indication which can be given to pupils , parents or others concerned would be the level or levels at which the pupils are working .
21 There may still be some possibilities , however , perhaps by filling as much of the waking day as possible with exhausting and demanding activity to reduce the time which can be given to introspection .
22 Obviously the leaders of major organisations can not spend much of their time in schools , but their occasional visits would complement the very valuable support which can be given on a regular and consistent basis by businesses and people who work within them .
23 Investigation is an area where it can often be difficult for the tutor to gauge the level of assistance which can be given without denying the student the opportunity to satisfy all the performance criteria .
24 The tradition says she must be given in marriage as soon as possible .
25 To take a quick look now at the current conditions and in fact you 'll see the extension of gas prices , rig counts etcetera into this year on the charts that you 'll be given with a pack after this meeting .
26 Then she will be given to the Natural History Museum .
27 Alternatively , they may be given as a mark of generosity so as to increase the cohesive forces in society , known as levelling mechanisms .
28 You do not have to be getting income support to apply and in exceptional circumstances they may be given for fuel costs .
29 The effect of what is now sections 128 of the Act is that if particulars of such rights are not set out either in the memorandum or articles , or in a resolution or agreement ( a copy of which has to be sent to the Registrar under section 380 ) they must be given in a statement , in the prescribed form , sent to the Registrar within a month of allotment of the shares .
30 Ideas and opinions about women 's issues and the degree of priority they should be given at this stage vary considerably , but it is more than apparent that there are many who now believe that a new society would be incomplete without changes in women 's position .
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