Example sentences of "[noun sg] [be] given to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Welfare , in the broader view of which this approach to child care might be deemed a part , is construed in individual terms : individuals are deemed responsible for their conduct , and little weight is given to structural , environmental and material determinants of behaviour . |
| 2 | ensure that further help is given to developing countries who will greatly benefit from new ‘ ozone friendly ’ technology |
| 3 | It is no good arguing that we should take in asylum seekers and that we should process their applications quickly if , in the interim , no financial assistance is given to local authorities for that purpose . |
| 4 | The success of population targeting depends on access to accurate up-to-date information , but in fact the increasing attention being given to sub-national , and particularly local , populations is running far ahead of the availability of data suitable for monitoring trends at these scales . |
| 5 | Attention is given to minor adjustments in the spending pattern or the justification of additional spending . |
| 6 | By contrast , little attention is given to lesser funded ‘ acute ’ programmes such as those for the mentally ill , drug addiction and the provision of overseas aid . |
| 7 | Nor do we yet know what the normal range of ratios is when morphine is given to naive subjects . |
| 8 | An inscribed silver salver was given to previous league secretary John Pritchard who retired after four seasons in the job . |
| 9 | When attention was given to individual children it became clear that a far more effective way of viewing the disabled was not in terms of handicap but in terms of personal need . |
| 10 | In so far as attention was given to foreign affairs , there was a powerful inclination to test out the potential of the United Nations . |
| 11 | It is a good example of a major service being given to local government so that local rather than national democracy can determine the details of its future and how it flies in the face of the criticisms of the party opposite , that we 're always taking important things away from local government . |
| 12 | New powers for speedy land assembly , for plan making and the control of development were given to local authorities , consummated subsequently in the Town and Country Planning Act . |
| 13 | For a start he could make sure that much more leeway is given to small businesses . |
| 14 | Particular emphasis is given to weak and strong forms , and word linking . |
| 15 | In this study , when only histamine was given to nude mice , increased vascular permeability mediated by intercation with histamine 1 receptor may have led to an enhancement of xenograft growth due to increased diffusion of nutrents etc , in addition to direct proliferative effects by a histamine 2 receptor . |
| 16 | In the county areas , however , responsibility for elementary education was given to non-county boroughs with a population exceeding 10,000 and urban districts with a population in excess of 20,000 . |
| 17 | A much larger proportion of resources was earmarked for social development , and less emphasis was given to encouraging manufacturing investment by means of fiscal incentives . |
| 18 | More money was available for State development projects and an emphasis was given to science-led growth . |
| 19 | Publicity was given to academic investigations whilst journals and organizations attempted to direct film-going by informing potential audiences as to which films they should attend and which ignore . |
| 20 | Thus , if on the one hand the ‘ civilizing ’ role of the Russians in Siberia should not be belittled , neither should too much credence be given to nationalistic claims put forward in Russian accounts of the subject , whether before or after the 1917 Revolution . |
| 21 | The Council has a policy now of bringing all its properties up to date , but priority because they 're , bringing the houses up to date will take some eight years , priority is given to elderly citizens and people with medical needs . |
| 22 | Thus priority is given to existing employees in the allocation of individuals to posts , and entry points to the system are at the lowest level of any particular hierarchy . |
| 23 | The Scottish Crofters ' Union , still smarting from the £2.25 cut in Hill Livestock Compensatory Allowance per ewe , has recommended that more priority be given to new or recent entrants to crofting when sheep and cattle quotas are allocated from the national reserve . |
| 24 | The flats were sold on 125-year leases and priority was given to first-time buyers . |
| 25 | Now more than ever , an increasingly mobile and multi-racial society demands that consideration be given to sociocultural factors in communicating . |
| 26 | The Director of Education suggested that as the teacher was due to retire soon , consideration be given to possible amalgamation of this school with that at Green Haven , about five miles away . |
| 27 | ( Consideration being given to possible use by Public Services for retail cash sales etc ) . |
| 28 | Fresh substance is given to old stereotypes . |
| 29 | Before that , however , consideration is given to other , relatively less important , programmes . |
| 30 | The other is that no consideration is given to conflicting interests and the possibility that different forms of work organisation may be preferred by one group in the enterprise rather than another . |