Example sentences of "have [been] given [art] " in BNC.

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1 In a further nod of respect to the great helmsman , his portrait on the Forbidden City has been given a new look .
2 Jeremy Batty , an 18-year-old off-spinner , has been given a two-year contract by Yorkshire after his first-class debut in the last game of the season against Lancashire at Scarborough when he had match figures of 8 for 193 .
3 The new latrine now situated in a quiet corner of the orchard has been given a permanent status ; a shithouse clerk has been appointed .
4 My tiny kitchen has been given a rustic look by hanging up a hop bine from a farm , and a string of onions ( 99p ) adds the finishing touch .
5 Liverpool 's call for a British Cup has been given a frosty reception by the Scottish League president , Jack Steedman .
6 Ironically , at the eleventh hour the plight of the belugas has been given a boost by the success of whale-watching cruises in the St Lawrence .
7 THE Irish golfer , Eamonn Darcy ( above ) , has been given a delicate commission — to design two new golf courses on the site of the Battle of the Boyne .
8 A CLEAN sweep at the Treasury , where Norman Lamont has been given a whole new team of ministers .
9 Borg has been given a wild card for this week 's Nice Open and next week 's Monte Carlo Open .
10 Capita Group , the management services company best known for collecting poll tax and operating TV licence detector vans but which makes most of its money operating computers for local authorities , has been given a new lease of life by John Major 's re-election .
11 This is rather a subjective approach , and has sometimes led to the situation where the same eruption has been given a different label by different observers .
12 The emotive subject of rapes has been given a great deal of publicity , and every case of an alleged rape of a Serbian woman by an Albanian is used as a pretext for fierce agitation among the Serbian population .
13 Before investigating a complaint , the commissioner must be satisfied that the complaint has been brought to the notice of the authority , and that the authority has been given a reasonable opportunity to investigate and reply to it .
14 From this viewpoint , football violence has been given a new meaning since the early 1960s .
15 The land speculators and property developers moved in , and the parish has been given a priority status within the County Structure Plan .
16 The standard glow switch , as it is known , has been given a paradoxical new life by the recent arrival of energy-saving lamps .
17 The Foreign Office has been given a seat at the Natural Environment Research Council , which funds the BAS .
18 CYCLOSPORIN-A , a drug that can prevent the body rejecting bone-marrow transplants , has been given a licence for general use in Britain .
19 But the tawdry image of urban renewal has been given a facelift and can now return , again with all the metaphoric power of seasonal fecundity .
20 In the best Lowden tradition the entire guitar has been given a matt ‘ wire-wool ’ type finish and again , like all Lowdens , it has a very hefty-looking top — almost twice as thick as those of some other makers .
21 The aircraft 's interior has been given a ‘ wide inside ’ look with increased cabin width and wider aisles , while onboard systems enhancements include IBM 's PS/2 computer system as a cabin work station , providing in-flight database access via satellite link .
22 The Olympic marathon course has been given a thorough testing by 7000 runners taking part in the 14th Barcelona Marathon in March .
23 The Auditing Practices Board 's discussion paper on the future direction of auditing ( see p 88 ) has been given a warm welcome by most of the profession , and the debate which it hoped to stimulate is already underway .
24 The Silkience Hair Range , well known for its self-adjusting formula , has been given a completely new look .
25 Now he has been given a new show by Granada TV .
26 WITH all the talk of recession was n't it great to read that at least one important institution has been given a reprieve .
27 Taylor pointed out one of the things about great players who are given freedom is that they work very hard , and Gascoigne is prepared to do that , even in the knowledge that he has been given a special licence .
28 It has been given a signed framed photograph of Gary Lineker and a football signed by all the Tottenham Hotspur players .
29 They are travelling to play Oulton in a friendly this Saturday to get acclimatised and each player has been given a personal training programme to get ready for three games in three days .
30 CLOSURE-threatened London Zoo has been given a last-minute reprieve because so many people want to visit it .
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