Example sentences of "[noun] were give " in BNC.
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| 1 | The muffled words were given a seductive rhythm by the drumming of the rain . |
| 2 | Guidelines were given as to the type of person suitable for interview and the names provided were a representative sample . |
| 3 | ( At their first overhaul , this batch were given full internal bulkheads and an extra seat was squeezed in on the top deck . ) |
| 4 | Two members of the French side were given their marching orders and have since received substantial suspensions . |
| 5 | Casualties on the allied side were given as 343 troops killed , including 266 US forces , of whom 145 had been killed in action and 121 had died in accidents . |
| 6 | Although the sterling crisis which followed the budget of 11 November 1964 alerted more ministers to the economic realities , Labour 's tiny majority and the need to go to the country again as soon as possible meant that all too often electoral considerations were given priority ( as they had been by the Tories earlier in 1964 ) over economic policy . |
| 7 | One 200-strong theatre audience who found themselves trapped in the chaos on Tuesday were given an impromptu hour-long concert by Tom Jones . |
| 8 | The effects of this delegation were to give confidence to the Polytechnic 's internal processes of review and validation and to create a body of case law about their achievement in time for the revalidation of the Course in 1984–85 . |
| 9 | Pupils in state schools were given permission to wear the jilbab headscarves that are the badge of good Muslim women . |
| 10 | The schools were given six weeks in which to draw up a register of parents , but decisions had first to be made about what constituted a parent . |
| 11 | In education , schools were given a similar opportunity to opt out of local government control . |
| 12 | Voluntary schools were given the choice of becoming ‘ aided ’ or ‘ controlled ’ schools and provision was made for a few ‘ special agreement ’ schools ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 13 | You do in fact remember as c Councillor has said , that when Labour took over and schools were given the chance to change their minds and withdraw at least to change y to change the decision and withdraw from immediate L M S , then half of the schools chose to delay it 's introduction . |
| 14 | Schools were given pin numbers so that results could be phoned through to Newsround Results Hotline . |
| 15 | States used them to discover whether schools were giving value for money . |
| 16 | Years later , on my last visit to that pioneering control-room , I could still see the marks on the wall where our preliminary broadcast signals were given . |
| 17 | Contradictory signals were given by the military in the aftermath of the demonstrations . |
| 18 | Then some lads from the Cameron Highlanders were given permission to bury him . |
| 19 | When the final text of the poem was published after its author 's death , readers were given a revised version . |
| 20 | FLOOD-hit caravan parks on the North Wales coast were given a £175,000 fillip last night . |
| 21 | On 26 December , 114 Lower Church Street and adjoining properties which had been leased to W. A. Reeves , the furnisher , since the offices were given up by the South Metropolitan Company , were sold to him . |
| 22 | Under the 1980 Social Security Act this system was maintained but local offices were given the discretion to pay in full the charges made by private and voluntary residential homes . |
| 23 | To this a variety of solutions were given at different times . |
| 24 | Each session was devoted to a relevant theme and the clients were given handouts summarising the main points . |
| 25 | Since the last World War , soldiering , as a profession , had lost its romantic appeal , but in Vietnam the journalists were given the chance of acting out fantasies about themselves , war , love and death . |
| 26 | As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise . |
| 27 | Maidenhead were given an award for providing a constant stream of contacts which are very well qualified . |
| 28 | The day when the search guards were given orders to act roughly , and the little R.A.S.C. captain who came running out of the block with his mouth still bleeding from a blow with a rifle butt . |
| 29 | In the original method the total units were given numbers from 1 upwards and the sample taken by means of tables of random numbers which could be bought . |
| 30 | Through this facility , since ‘ base ’ might suggest the steady jobs associated with most camps behind a front line , men of 19 units were given some training in Independent Company 's skills . |