"given their appetite" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when you want to indicate that something has happened or is the case because of something else that has been stated before. For example, "Given their appetite for adventure and exploration, the family decided to take a road trip across the country".
Given their appetite for atomic secrets, it is unlikely that the Soviets overlooked Pontecorvo, writes Mr Close and just as unlikely that Pontecorvo would have spurned them.But his alleged deceit is only half of the story.
That's probably wise given their appetite for just about everything: mammals, fowl, fish and the occasional foot.
25 With particular reference to elderly and given that their appetite may be unstable, it may be preferable to treat them with a fast-acting insulin eg, insulin aspart, the dose of which is dependable on the actual amount of food consumed.
On the one hand they are given drugs increasing their appetite.
But researchers studying CNTF found an unexpected side effect: Mice and people given the compound lost their appetite and shed dramatic amounts of weight.
Given the appetite for outrage, shaming someone for their homophobia can be a traffic coup, made traffic bonanza by the follow-up stories about how an industry or community rallied around the cause.
Given an appetite for grisly crime flicks, they make for a delectably nasty epic.
Given cannabis' appetite for energy – coupled with Colorado's mostly coal-fired power plants – Boulder County has required commercial cannabis growers to either offset their electricity use with renewable energy, or pay a 2c charge per kWh.
Reports From the World of Books Given my appetite for the gargantuan read, David Foster Wallace's "Infinite Jest" often seemed to be a good candidate.
One study found that after Britain required the naming of auditors in 2009, the share of public companies reporting a trifling profit an outcome often linked to earnings manipulation, given investors' appetite for steady profit growth fell from 19% to 9%.
Bank of America/Merrill Lynch said: We believe a bid from a consortium seems more feasible than a bid from a single fund due to United Utilities' large size, and the names mentioned look plausible to us given infrastructure appetite.
