Example sentences of "[noun pl] they have [been] give " in BNC.
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| 1 | We have organised for every eventuality and the players feel comfortable with the roles they have been given . ’ |
| 2 | The Poles found that they could not impose any kind of law and order until they knew the exact borders they had been given , and as each day passed they became more and more desperate for a final decision . |
| 3 | The secret is how to listen to this inner voice without which the Holy Ones would not have been able to pass on the messages they had been given . |
| 4 | Many Christians see , in this parable , the command to use the talents and abilities they have been given in the service of God and all people . |
| 5 | We are still attempting to persuade people that the figures they have been given or have invented are wrong and if we operate on the real figures there is no reason for mass closures of elderly persons homes and we are still attempting to make the refurbishment programme work as best we can to achieve the most we can in the shortest period and for the least money . |
| 6 | When the future Cardinal Richelieu entered government service for the first time in 1616 he found available so little essential documentation on foreign policy that he had to ask French representatives abroad to send him copies of the instructions they had been given : without this he could not know even what the policies of his immediate predecessor had been . |
| 7 | ‘ As rural communities have become increasingly marginal to national economies they have been given less political priority … |
| 8 | We all know that the task we 've set the officers is to manage within the budgets they 've been given , and to have no cuts in services , and no compulsory redundancies , and thi this is their challenge and this is what they seem to be achieving , and I think we should applaud them for that . |
| 9 | In one of the major cup competitions they have been given home advantage against first division Coventry . |
| 10 | These people also had physical symptoms caused by the side-effects of the drugs they had been given to control their depression and hallucinations . |
| 11 | What kind of people d' you think I the first year psychology students they 've been given some sexual orientation ? |