Example sentences of "[be] given " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are given some financial support from the government but this doe snot cover all our costs and we therefore depend on gifts from trusts , companies and individuals . |
| 2 | A characteristic two pages of the text are given to Corot 's landscapes , five pictures being cited , though the reader is less fortunate than the lecture audience , as only two are illustrated . |
| 3 | In the last terms of the diploma course students often find tutorials , where they are given opportunity to talk about work in progress , enormously valuable . |
| 4 | Outside diners are given a choice of fish or meat main course when they book , and sit at smaller tables around the antique-filled dining room . |
| 5 | Wetland plants will be in their element , so long as they are given generous mulches to keep the moisture in . |
| 6 | Where space is at a premium , bulbs which are given a prominent position can be lifted while still in leaf , labelled and planted elsewhere in the garden . |
| 7 | Why this is so and hints on how to centre quickly are given in the newest edition of Gliding ( A & C Black ) . |
| 8 | Systems will simply not change as easily as Shapland and Hobbs seem to hope ; for police society is extremely conservative and masculine in outlook , and has long reflected the low esteem women are given in wider society , as I will describe in more detail in Chapter 4 . |
| 9 | Whether there is any social morality or justice in such a system is not a matter which the detectives are given to question ; nor do they spend much time in reflecting on why some dubious property acquisition is outside their terms of reference , or what the relationship is of such practices to the maintenance of position and power . |
| 10 | Face contact is limited to ‘ glove touch ’ only , though high kicks are given a little more leeway |
| 11 | They are given equipment and free visits by carefully selected coaches , who give a series of lessons in the school with the class teacher being gradually trained to take a more and more active part . |
| 12 | Figures are given for each local authority , showing numbers and proportions of residents aged under 65 , and 65+ , supported in each type of accommodation . |
| 13 | Useful definitions are given by the Oxford English Dictionary . |
| 14 | Tenants who refuse to accept leases are given notice to quit and find themselves on the streets after years of loyal service . |
| 15 | It is important that at least three coats are applied and that the top and bottom edges are given at least one coat to prevent moisture being absorbed . |
| 16 | Addresses are given below . |
| 17 | Users of telecottages are given the key and people can use them at any time , which means that women can come in during the evening , early in the morning or whatever . ’ |
| 18 | Caffeine enemas are given four hourly , as well as castor oil — orally or by enema — to aid detoxification . |
| 19 | And then , very much closer to the election and possibly even after the election really seeing what the possibilities are given the economic context of the time . ’ |
| 20 | Howard Davies , the commission 's controller , says that , as schools are given more financial and managerial independence over the next few years , authorities should monitor quality on behalf of ratepayers and parents , rather than pretending that all their schools are equally good . |
| 21 | There are strict time limits : generally , six years from when damage first occurred ; where the damage was initially ‘ latent ’ you are given longer — three years from when you could have discovered it , with a longstop of 15 years . |
| 22 | In Nick Darke 's Kissing the Pope , however , the Sandinistas are given unequivocal white-hat status : a visit to Nicaragua apparently convinced him and his director Roger Michell that that unhappy land was ‘ one of the world 's few areas of moral black and white ’ . |
| 23 | Macbeth , short and severely to the point , is not a play onto which you can get much spin , but what we are given here is a treatment devoid of ambiguity . |
| 24 | Many of his speeches are given in the quiet , confidential way he might explain his predicament in the pub . |
| 25 | Most of the refugees who arrived after Hungary opened its border with Austria on 11 September , and aboard the special trains last week , have been taken to reception camps where they are given West German citizenship papers and DM200 ( £66 ) . |
| 26 | The extra money earned from attending court on a day off can be attractive , but it is more often the case that reminders about the approaching end of the shift are given to those constables who suggest work which involves ‘ going over ’ . |
| 27 | Many Branches exceeded the national per capita average , and the top twelve are given below . |
| 28 | Both individually and collectively we are given many opportunities to achieve that part of the Association 's Dedication that announces ‘ We shall remember them . ’ |
| 29 | The figures on those commitments , which Keynes called ‘ extremely shocking ’ , are given in Table 3 . |
| 30 | When you are appointed a chairman of a nationalised industry , you are given clear objectives by your Secretary of State , and you have to see that your immediate colleagues and indeed the whole team are aware of , and are striving to achieve , these objectives . |