Example sentences of "a [noun sg] given [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The corporation may argue that a direction given to it by the National Rivers Authority to improve water is unreasonable . |
| 2 | He does not in practice refuse to entertain appeals solely because the decision of the local planning authority was based on a direction given by him . |
| 3 | The hearing will be adjourned pending the delivery of the High Court 's opinion , at which time it will be relisted and a decision given on the merits in the light of the High Court 's opinion on the law . |
| 4 | The impetus behind this increase was probably provided by a decision given by the United States Supreme Court in 1954 which declared forced segregation unconstitutional in all public educational institutions . |
| 5 | The Fenari clan seem 's not to have forgiven or forgotten this slight , for Molla Fenari 's sons later challenged a decision given by Molla Yegan as kadi of Bursa and caused him to be examined by a of the ulema . |
| 6 | He was living with his third wife , the ice goddess Veronica , in an LA mansion , surrounded by the gifts of a lifetime — a six-foot , hand-carved tiger given to him by Deng Xiaoping , a robe given to him by Elvis Presley . |
| 7 | She found it in Medau Rhythmic Movement when attending a course given by Molly Braithwaite at St. Andrews in Scotland , and decided at once to study at the Medau Schule in Coburg . |
| 8 | There is no known proof of true hereditary surnames in the period before the Conquest , and although a number of Domesday tenants of English origins have names additional to their first — such as Alnod of Kent , a byname given to a man with land in Oxfordshire — there is little or no evidence to show that these were other than personal to the individuals . |
| 9 | A very likely explanation is that it is a form of hyll = hill , found in the West Midlands and the south-west as the Middle English hull , and this in combination with the first syllable forms a byname given in the fourteenth century to a person who lived ‘ up the hill ’ . |
| 10 | A thank you letter received from St. Clare 's Hospice for a cheque given for two hundred and eighty pounds . |
| 11 | Police are appealing for help from anyone who witnessed the incident or who recognises the attacker from a description given by the victim . |
| 12 | In the present context of the nine archetypes , a description given in a Gnostic text is particularly interesting . |
| 13 | The new issue market is not a distinct and separate organization within the Stock Exchange , rather it is merely a tag given to the collection of processes by which companies acquire both a listing on the exchange and new equity capital . |
| 14 | We got a donation given to us . |
| 15 | CDs are literally a certificate given by a deposit-taking institution like a bank or building society to acknowledge the existence of a deposit made . |
| 16 | In a judgement given on 14th May 1992 , the House of Lords allowed Johnson Matthey 's appeal that the £50 million payment in 1984 to its former subsidiary , Johnson Matthey Bankers Limited , was a revenue payment and eligible for tax relief . |
| 17 | Although in the Iliad the word dikē denotes a judgement given by a judge or an assertion by a party to a dispute of his rights , in the Odyssey it signifies ‘ right ’ or ‘ custom ’ . |
| 18 | In the inner court McMoran 's Lodging , built in 1590 , was the scene of a banquet given to James VI and Queen Anne . |
| 19 | The Queen had said at a banquet given by Emperor Akihito that the atrocities had caused a " deep gulf " between the two countries ; Netherlands figures indicated that some 21,320 of the 138,500 internees had died during their internment . |
| 20 | Both words were used to push the Morrissey vision of men 's liberation ; not , as it may sound , a freedom given to the Penthouse reading hordes but a glimpse of Morrissey 's ideal world where gender barriers are entirely dispensed with . |
| 21 | At a briefing given on September 19 , Dr Michael Fopp , Director of the RAFM , announced that , starting on November 1 and taking until February 7 next year , Hendon will see the departure of five airframes and the arrival for display of six ‘ new ’ aircraft . |
| 22 | It may be no surprise to see a chapter given to ‘ academic freedom ’ , in looking at key concepts in higher education . |
| 23 | Distress is a remedy given by the common law , whereby a party in certain cases is entitled to enforce a right or obtain redress for a wrong in a summary manner , by seizing chattels and retaining them as a pledge until satisfaction is obtained . |
| 24 | The divergence of view between Sandys and the military establishment was illustrated by the Government 's over-reaction to a talk given to the Royal United Services Institute by General Sir John Cowley , the Controller of Munitions in the Ministry of Supply , in November 1959 . |
| 25 | The day would typically begin with a discussion on internal communications , followed by a talk given by someone in the diocese who is involved in the media . |
| 26 | But Mr Michael Fallon , the Conservative candidate for Darlington , showed no hesitation in lifting details from a talk given by Mr Norman Tebbit at Hummersknott School earlier in the week . |
| 27 | The institute also enjoyed a talk given by a member of the Durham Wildlife Trust . |
| 28 | There are five specific reasons for not calling a witness given in r25 — namely , that the witness is dead or beyond the seas or unfit by reason of bodily or mental condition to attend as a witness or that , despite the exercise of reasonable diligence , it has not been possible to identify or find him or that he can not reasonably be expected to have any recollection of matters relevant to the accuracy or otherwise of the statement . |
| 29 | At a command given by the sensei , every member of the class shows his respect to the instructor by bowing . |
| 30 | In the early numbers there are such diverse items as an account of a tea given for the Baptist children in Port Ellen and the news that Lord Rosebery had succeeded Mr Gladstone as Prime Minister . |