Example sentences of "[noun pl] given [prep] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Of those who had previously worked , the reasons given for their current unemployed state were as follows : short-term MSC contract , or redundancy , 36 per cent ; dismissal because of lateness , etc. , due to heroin use , 23 per cent ; imprisonment , 14 per cent ; collapse of business , 9 per cent ; pregnancy , 9 per cent ; boredom with job , 9 per cent .
2 My Lords , for the reasons given by my noble and learned friend , Lord Mustill , I would allow this appeal .
3 My Lords , for the reasons given by my noble and learned friend , Lord Mustill , I would allow this appeal .
4 My Lords , for the reasons given by my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , I would dismiss this appeal .
5 My Lords , for the reasons given by my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , I would dismiss this appeal .
6 I agree with it and , for the reasons given by my noble and learned friend , I , too , would allow the appeal .
7 My Lords , for the reasons given by my noble and learned friend , Lord Templeman , I , too , would allow the appeal and dismiss the plaintiffs ' action .
8 I agree with it and , for the reasons given by my noble and learned friend , I , too , would allow the appeal and restore the order of Mervyn Davies J.
9 My Lords , for the reasons given by my noble and learned friend , Lord Templeman , I agree that this appeal should be allowed , and I hope that some action might follow from the observations made by my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , with which I agree .
10 But , for all the reasons given by my noble and learned friend , Lord Browne-Wilkinson , with whose speech I entirely agree , I am not placed in that invidious situation .
11 Should not every household in the country know that the Labour party officially wants to deny the low paid the tax reductions given by our right hon. Friend the Chancellor yesterday ?
12 The hon. Gentleman knows that it would be more than my job was worth to attempt to go back on undertakings given by my right hon. and learned Friend .
13 I hope that Opposition Members will accept in good faith the undertakings given by my right hon. and learned Friend and myself and that they will accept that we seek to find the best possible way forward to meet the important points about victimisation .
14 Do not the figures given by my hon. Friend underline the point that many pensioners are well off — and we welcome that — and that that is a justification of the Government 's policy of targeting extra help on those who really need it ?
15 I readily acknowledge that I can not expect definitive statements from the Minister when the answers given by his ministerial colleagues , who have greater legal experience than the Minister and I possess , are , to say the least , somewhat circumspect .
16 Is he aware that is contrary to indications given by his civil servants , not only to the company but to the county council and to the Welsh Development Agency ?
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