Example sentences of "are [being] given [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Schools are being given the chance to run themselves , and hospitals are being given that chance . |
| 2 | It is reported that they are being given Namibian identity cards to enable them to vote for pro-South African parties in the elections . |
| 3 | Staff in local authority children 's homes are being given new powers to restrain young people in their care physically , and in some cases to lock them up overnight . |
| 4 | What is new is that lay people are being given ministerial training . |
| 5 | In fact the extant Acts of the Martyrs ( where based on contemporary records and not legends ) do not portray the martyrs as human heroes , but as very frail mortals who are being given supernatural strength . |
| 6 | It is easy but improper to assert , when no other convenient explanation presents itself , that the intentions of the testator are being given full rein . |