Example sentences of "[coord] [adj] [noun] give [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was enough window space or in-store display given to the product to support the advertisement ? |
| 2 | The criminal law defines only some types of violence as criminal assault ; it excludes verbal assaults that can , and sometimes do , break a person 's spirit ; it excludes forms of assault whose injuries become apparent years later , such as those resulting from working in a polluted factory environment where the health risk was known to the employer but concealed from the employee ( Swartz 1975 ) ; it excludes ‘ compulsory ’ drug-therapy or electric-shock treatment given to ‘ mentally disturbed ’ patients or prisoners who are denied the civilized rights to refuse such beneficial medical help ( Mitford 1977 ; Szasz 1970,1977a , 1977b ) ; it excludes chemotherapy prescribed to control ‘ naughty ’ schoolboys , but includes physically hitting teachers ( Box 1981b ; Schrag and Divoky 1981 ) . |
| 3 | Weaknesses relating to board control included : an over-dominant and over-ambitious chief executive or executive team ; inadequate or biased information given to the board , infrequent board meetings or inadequate recording of board decisions ; imbalanced boards in terms of skills ; strategies based on short-term share price rather than solidity of real earnings ; and inadequate systems of financial control . |
| 4 | She would instantly see that a plastic spoon proffered in open-hearted supplication and tender humility was more beautiful by far than any thorny rose or second-hand diamond given to her with a leer of anticipation . |
| 5 | Those that have caused concern include the balance of the distribution of the surplus between employer and members , unexplained anomalies in allocation between different member categories , lack of independent advice to trustees or consultation with members , inaccurate or misleading information given to members , and the apparent failure of trustees to consider all options available to use the surplus . |
| 6 | The Pre-Raphaelites and their circle depicted jewellery in their paintings and also designed or purchased pieces to give to their relatives and friends . |
| 7 | Financial or other support given to sufferers from addictive disease by well-meaning family or friends will therefore simply tend to enable more drug or alcohol consumption . |
| 8 | Accordingly , it would be good practice to ensure that the customer 's attention is drawn to the salient points of any agreement or written document given to him . |
| 9 | The work of Cabinet committees should not be disclosed , nor official advice given to ministers , nor material about inter-departmental exchanges of matters of policy , nor information about the level at which decisions were made . |
| 10 | It is well established that hypoxia occurs during endoscopic procedures and that oxygen given during upper gastrointestinal endoscopy and endoscopic retrograde cholangiopancreatography ( ERCP ) will significantly diminish the degree of oxygen desaturation . |
| 11 | THE Government yesterday took the unprecedented step of releasing more confidential correspondence between Lord Young and British Aerospace , revealing new details of secret tax breaks and private concessions given by ministers over the Rover deal . |
| 12 | Elizabeth is very grateful for the support and technical help given by Johnson Matthey and is sure the interest of pupils in chemistry will be stimulated . |
| 13 | That meaning , in our judgment , is not to be arrived at by reference to the more limited and technical interpretations given to these words in the context of the law of master and servant , as in Mersey Docks and Harbour Board v. Coggins & Griffith ( Liverpool ) Ltd. [ 1947 ] A.C. 1 , or in the context of pensions and National Insurance law , as in Ready Mixed Concrete ( South East ) Ltd. v. Minister of Pensions and National Insurance [ 1968 ] 2 Q.B . |
| 14 | There could have been greater consultation with both nursery nurse and life preparation students and due consideration given to the fact that completed craft projects are an important part of a nursery nurse 's final assessment . |
| 15 | The speed of the upswing was largely the result of the scale of monetary and fiscal stimulus given to the system as a whole . |
| 16 | As a primary intervention , I would aim to direct conversations so that preparation for these changes could be made and some consideration given to the future , whatever that would entail . |
| 17 | If we are to keep the whole pantomime , the grounds for the awarding of honours need re-examining , and some thought given to how to make the business more representative of a broader spectrum of achievement . |
| 18 | Firstly , the aid should be demonstrated for correct holding , the parts named and some instructions given on its care . |
| 19 | Once specified , these problem behaviours can be talked about to the child and clear guidelines given about what is expected and what is going to happen if the child continues to misbehave . |
| 20 | Another gift were the variorum set of classical authors in one hundred and forty volumes given to Scott by Archibald Constable . |
| 21 | The youngster , from Saltaire , West Yorks , was devastated when his toys and treasured mementoes given to him by Michael Jackson went up in flames . |
| 22 | Since nineteen seventy nine we have done much to extend and improve the tax incentives available in order to encourage individual and corporate donors to give to charity . |
| 23 | A document signed by the bank 's solicitors acknowledged receipt of the sum of £3,000 in full discharge of all claims by the bank against B in connection with the company and all guarantees given by him to the bank in connection with that company and in settlement of any outstanding questions as to the amount due to the bank . |
| 24 | ‘ The jurisdiction by this Act transferred to the High Court of Justice shall include ( subject to the exceptions hereinafter contained ) the jurisdiction which , at the commencement of this Act , was vested in , or capable of being exercised by , all or any one or more of the judges of the said courts , respectively , sitting in court or chambers , or elsewhere , when acting as judges or a judge , in pursuance of any statute , law , or custom , and all powers given to any such court , or to any such judges or judge , by any statute ; and also all ministerial powers , duties and authorities , incident to any and every part of the jurisdictions so transferred . |
| 25 | But it lacked the breath of life , which real and worldly characters give to musical drama . |
| 26 | They were feverishly engaged in anti-Francoist conspiring , partly because many monarchists were opposed to Franco 's gestures of support for Hitler and Mussolini , and partly because they resented the national and international prominence given to Serrano and the Falangists Serrano had chosen as his closest personal and professional associates . |
| 27 | Hayward was gregarious , a great attender of dinners and parties , but he could also be a caustic and gossipy creature given to telling salacious stories . |
| 28 | If there are four candidates in a constituency — Conservative , Labour , Liberal Democrat and Scottish Nationalist Party — and if thanks to the AV the Labour candidate is elected , first votes given to him will get 100% political representation in the constituency and first votes given to the other three candidates will get none at all : a strange sort of PARR , just like the sort our present system provides ! |
| 29 | This is not to deny the immense amount of valuable warm support and practical help given to old people by social work assistants . |
| 30 | Whilst most parents ' groups continued to focus on mutual support , these examples of service provision represent a considerable net addition to the facilities available in the County ; they also reflect the powerful moral and practical support given to the development of parents ' groups by the CMHTs . |