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Have given for vs Have been given for

Both phrases are correct, but they are used in different contexts. 'Have given for' is used when talking about actively providing something for a specific purpose, while 'have been given for' is used when referring to something that has been provided for a particular reason or cause.

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Have given for

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to actively providing something for a specific purpose.

This phrase is used when talking about giving or providing something for a particular reason or purpose.

Examples:

I have given for charity.
She has given for a good cause.
They have given for the renovation project.
He has given for the scholarship fund.
We have given for disaster relief.

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But what I would have given for a chance to mold a little life.
My face will be a reminder of what I have given for the fatherland.
Do you also agree with me that the figure of EUR 200 million that you have given for annual expenditure refers not to the extra costs, but to the total costs of running this House?
All I might have given for love's sake.
It is perfectly clear that the undertakings we have given - for example those given to the states of the Western Balkans at Thessaloniki - have to be acted upon.
The Belgian authorities have given authorisation for the Charleroi stadium to be used.
Hitherto, not all Member States have given permission for such activity.
I would have given anything for three minutes to say goodbye.
So many thanks, Mr Vice-President of the Commission, for the information you have given and for your response to Parliament's proposals.
Our neighbours east, west, north and south have given plentifully for our cause.
In the Official Journal references have been given for the decisions for 2000, 2001 and 2002 granting Cohesion Fund assistance to Spain.
Many reasons have been given for this.
Indicative numbers have been given for the targeted staff counts in the course of that reduction.
It is also approximately half of the positions that have been given for enlargement during previous years.
We have discussed them on two occasions in the Council of Ministers of the Interior and instructions have been given for more thorough border checks.
Maybe you should have given up politics for real.
You'd have given your birthright for a second plate of lentils.
I would never have given my permission for that.
Yuki would have given her life for me and all I did was...
You have given a justification for this.

Alternatives:

have donated for
have contributed for
have provided for
have allocated for
have set aside for

Have been given for

This phrase is correct and commonly used when referring to something that has been provided for a particular reason or cause.

This phrase is used when talking about something that has been given or provided for a specific purpose or cause.

Examples:

The funds have been given for research purposes.
The award has been given for outstanding achievement.
The grant has been given for community development.
The donation has been given for disaster relief efforts.
The scholarship has been given for academic excellence.

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In the Official Journal references have been given for the decisions for 2000, 2001 and 2002 granting Cohesion Fund assistance to Spain.
Many reasons have been given for this.
It is also approximately half of the positions that have been given for enlargement during previous years.
We have discussed them on two occasions in the Council of Ministers of the Interior and instructions have been given for more thorough border checks.
The same reasons have been given for the arrests of dissidents, and censorship of the internet.
Various explanations have been given for this in the have said EUR 4 billion, others have said EUR 2 billion, and so on.
To make those operators hand back the allowances that they may have been given for the old installation and to treat them as 'new entrants' for the new installation would not be appropriate.
In view of the fact that the city of Viterbo is excluded from the zones admissible for financial support by the structural funds, no financial support could have been given for the project mentioned by the Honourable Member.
Indicative numbers have been given for the targeted staff counts in the course of that reduction.
We have been given, for example, documents from the year before.
In France, fishermen and fish farmers have been given quotas for shooting cormorants.
You have been given these skills for a reason.
Those products have been reviewed and have been given revised dates for their next mandatory review.
And if these powers have been given to me for a reason, then... maybe it's not to kill everyone.
Nor should we forget the guarantees that have been given that subsidies for farms will be levelled out for all EU members by 2013.
Experts have been given further cause for concern by a recent study entitled 'The impact of plastic and plastic bags on the marine environment'.
Even though some of the Balkan countries have been given candidate status for EU membership, the situation of women is becoming increasingly worrisome and hardly improving.
Too many journalists have paid with their lives or have been given stiff prison sentences for having done their job, which is to inform people.
In addition, we have been given animals to use for our daily nutritional needs.
Contrary to what some people are claiming, the fact is that the Turks have been given a date for final negotiations and in effect for accession in about 2007.

Alternatives:

have been allocated for
have been designated for
have been earmarked for
have been set aside for
have been reserved for

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