Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] [vb mod] [be] give " in BNC.

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1 So they have to find their way into the international financial system , where they can be given a veneer of legality .
2 ‘ The management executive is saying that some of that money can be spent on supplying condoms to GPs so they can be given to patients . ’
3 Claims that the English tests had not been properly prepared were dismissed as being ‘ without any validity at all , ’ and he stressed the importance of the tests in identifying pupils with reading difficulties at an early age so they could be given extra help .
4 Stroud and Evans are waiting to hear if they 'll be given leave to appeal .
5 And if they could be given a a better appearance , then the the people who see them , the people who drive through on th main road , such as Road and Boulevard , they could see that the area is n't as run down as often the medium makes it out to be .
6 The mass popularity of the movies did not come about because showmen gave no thought to individuating their audiences but rather resulted from an appreciation that the most important thing about the public as a whole was that every section and every group would respond to the appeal of the movies if it could be given access to the right kind of cinema .
7 Such a proposal might well be interpreted by some critics of the CNAA as smacking of ‘ empire-building ’ and it remains to be seen if it will be given serious consideration .
8 Ellwood crouched down alongside the priest and looked this way and that , as if he might be given some notion of what to do next .
9 But it does not seem sensible to accept them unless they can be given rational sanction .
10 It was now clear that this was because an atom in its ground state has nowhere else to go , unless it can be given the rather large amount of energy necessary to lift it to an excited state with n greater than I.
11 Come on you Reds and do the business for the supporters because they will be giving it everything for you !
12 British Coal said : ‘ While we will be giving detailed consideration to the report , it is apparent the independent assessment conducted by Boyd substantially supports our view that these mines are not viable in a market which is being squeezed both on volume and price . ’
13 British Coal said : ‘ While we will be giving detailed consideration to the report , it is apparent the independent assessment conducted by Boyd substantially supports our view that these mines are not viable in a market which is being squeezed both on volume and price . ’
14 Since they will be given preferential treatment this time around , it 's likely many of them will want to put more into it .
15 Since they will be given preferential treatment this time around it is likely many of them will want to put more money into it . ’
16 Ironically , however , the mobility of the evidence may increase the chances of discovery since it will be given greater exposure .
17 The adaptability of African farmers was not in doubt , but whether they would be given the means to expand production to meet growing urban and international markets was an open question .
18 I doubt very much whether they 'll be given any opportunity to voice what happens to them when they 're transferred or what happens to the fund .
19 They are often written as well to support private ventures by British firms , which are showing promise , but need a Staff Target or Operational Requirement before they can be given official consideration .
20 I also asked whether he would be giving his information to the police so that they could catch the criminals .
21 Obviously , the regiment must include a standard bearer before it can be given a magic standard .
22 Assuming that you have retrieved your ferrets , reluctant though you may be to give up there is wisdom in recognising that you have reached the stage where the expenditure of more time and effort can not be justified .
23 Here is another equation , We wish to find what number I stands for , unc We have now " solved the equation " for You may well be thinking that all this working out is not needed since you can work out the answer in your head Very soon though you will be given problems too difficult to work out in your head , At that time you will have to use the method you re practising now ,
24 I have friends who are magistrates and I know they feel tempted to give a fine or bail , when they should be giving a prison sentence .
25 As the right hon. Member for Islwyn ( Mr. Kinnock ) and his Front-Bench team are so singularly ill-informed , why does not my right hon. Friend invite them to the Department for a teach-in , when they could be given the true facts and figures ?
26 The Commission felt that , to save time and expense , authorities able to execute requests should include not only courts , but commissioners , notaries public , lawyers and others , insofar as they could be given ‘ certain attributes of a judicial authority ’ .
27 Were it so again , that some little profit might be reaped … out of some of our playbooks , the benefit thereof will nothing near countervail the harm that the scandal will bring unto the library , when it shall be given out , that we stuff it full of baggage books .
28 Her father 's loving- ( or lying- ) competition , designed though it may be to give her the best part of England ( which he is also giving himself , of course , since he intends to live in retirement with her ) , and revealing , in a way , his love for her , is nevertheless so constructed that she would have to compete with hypocrisy in order to win .
29 Human behaviour enters social reality in so far as it can be given a meaning .
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