be given
Example Sentences
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"We may also take some key microbes of interest and see if they can be given preventively as a probiotic. There is lots of exciting future work to come."
From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026
But if the choice remains Southampton's, should Eckert really be given a reprieve?
From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026
LimmaTech’s staph vaccine, if successful in testing, could be given to patients before surgeries to ward off staph infections.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 26, 2026
And the VRA requires that racial minorities be given an equal opportunity to elect candidates of their choice.
From Slate • May 26, 2026
How could we have guessed as we sat there—two middle-aged spinsters and an old man— that in place of memories were about to be given adventures such as we had never dreamed of?
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
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