Example sentences of "be give [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Old Testament quotations are given as what God said , even though God was not the speaker in the Old Testament context . |
| 2 | Anyway who has followed the actions of the opposition in Bremen or Hamburg in recent years can hardly avoid the conclusion that the Christian Democrats ( the opposition ) are not interested in gaining power ( since lucrative public positions are given to them anyway ) … |
| 3 | Directors are treated as being in a position analogous to that of trustees , so powers conferred upon them are given to them in a fiduciary capacity . |
| 4 | The polyptych of St-Germain records one group of 14 women ( ancillae ) who " if supplies of material are given to them , make shirts " . |
| 5 | The phenomena it explains are given to us in experience ; they are not produced by us , their causes are not directly knowable , and we can only hypothesize , in the terms of our theoretical framework , about what they are . |
| 6 | Sometimes the most immense-changes are given to us in a short story of only a few pages : Chekhov 's ‘ Let Me Sleep ’ sees an exhausted , brutalised servant-girl murder a baby in six pages ; Katherine Mansfield 's ‘ Revelations ’ sees a woman who longs for freedom and independence rush for security to an unloved but ardent suitor — because everything feels strange at her hairdresser 's , where she learns that a tragedy has occurred — in seven pages . |
| 7 | If these are given to us as actual temptations , there is no less of temptation in the resounding sentence that is the last but one of the portrait . |
| 8 | As long as a strong argument or sound reasons are given for your opinions they will stand on their own . |
| 9 | It may be added that where facts are given from which the negligence or unreasonableness ( or absence of it ) may be inferred , you should argue from these facts in much the same way as if you were addressing a jury . |
| 10 | Some suggestions for reading are given in their sections by particular departments . |
| 11 | This can not be asserted as a metaphysical proposition ; as something , that is , which is true of the world of existents irrespective of the manner in which existents are given in our experience . |
| 12 | Full details of some of these are given in our London feature inside , but others include Ernst & Young ( two staff restaurants in the city and five satellite locations , plus function catering ) ; London Docklands Development Corporation ( a top quality restaurant for up to 300 ) ; and the Penguin Group ( staff restaurant for 100 ) . |
| 13 | Details are given in your eurocheque book . |
| 14 | Drawings of it are given in his Codex Atlanticus of about 1495 , but Leonardo can no longer be regarded as its inventor . |
| 15 | The distinctiveness of Formalist theory can , to a large extent , be appreciated by seeing what.place these three factors are given in it . |
| 16 | Intervals of proper time between events with coordinate separation ( c dt , dx , dy , dz ) are given by which is the metric equation for this space–time ( Minkowski space ) . |
| 17 | Other examples of unlawful objects are given by their Lordships in the Crofter case . |
| 18 | All jigs , tools , dies , patterns , moulds and gauges manufactured or supplied by you for us in connection with this order shall become our property and shall be retained by you until disposal instructions are given by us to you which instructions shall be complied with forthwith . |
| 19 | If you believe , as I do , that miracles sometimes take place between the brain and the writing hand , that we do not always know what we want to write until we have written it , then you will be gratified when the unconscious makes one of its surprise and glorious forays onto the page and not seek to suppress what has been given without your asking . |
| 20 | Finally , Ebussu'ud Efendi also stipulated the number of students to whom each entitled office-holder in the learned profession might grant and though the numbers which he fixed are not reported , figures have been given above which comprise a partial list for the of 959 and 963 , while Ata'i gives another partial list for the of 973 , in which the kazaskers were each permitted to invest ten students as " the kadis of the three cities ' i.e. those of Istanbul , Edirne and Bursa ) five each , and " the other kadis of the throne " a term of uncertain application , but almost certainly comprising at least the other kadis mentioned in the decree of 963 ) three each : the figures for the kazaskers at least , and probably the others as well , applied down to Ata'i 's own day . |
| 21 | Technology suppliers to the British hotel and restaurant industry say that their products are often under-exploited , because too little thought has been given to what the systems are supposed to achieve and too low a priority is given to staff training . |
| 22 | The planning system invites intelligent use and foresight : it is surprising how many cases have got to within three or four weeks of a public inquiry with no serious thought having been given to what evidence should be presented in favour of the proposals . |
| 23 | The only thing I 'd say , I , I would have expected perhaps I missed out on , on yesterday 's course , but I would perhaps have expected more emphasis to have been given to something that you mentioned , right at the end , was ‘ Find out how long the interview 's going to be ’ . |
| 24 | It has not often been given to me as a poet , it is perhaps not often given to human beings , to find such ready sympathy , such wit and judgment together . |
| 25 | Well , they were expensive if you had to buy them but they had been given to me , along with a pair of golf shoes , by the Italian company which supplied Jack . |
| 26 | That is not the advice that has been given to me . |
| 27 | Well I gave him all the information that had been given to me and we discussed between us various options that were open to us . |
| 28 | ‘ Peter keeps uttering things over the years saying copyright has been given to him , that there was a letter , a document , but they 've never been produced . ’ |
| 29 | The board was supposed to have been given to him by his uncle , an Hawaiian prince . |
| 30 | He claimed he had not signed the document properly because , it having been given to him by a ‘ gentleman ’ , he was too nervous to do so . |