Example sentences of "[was/were] now give " in BNC.
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| 1 | At first this was hard to prove , since local authorities were now given many new relief duties : at the same time a number of extensive taxation rights were transferred away from them to the Centre . |
| 2 | At its most blatant , posts which had once been the preserve of dons from Oxford or Cambridge were now given to businessmen . |
| 3 | The Frome Turnpike Trustees have returned to the scene ; the powers vested in them by previous legislation having been insufficient to meet their needs , they were now given a helping hand on 19 June 1797 , with : |
| 4 | He also remembered with a sense of humiliation and disgust that the pages of the Informer were now given over to articles on gay rights , the ‘ politics of feminism ’ and peer pressure towards glue-sniffing in the inner cities . |
| 5 | Fishing crews were now given the alternative option of remaining in port for a total of 135 days during the same period . |
| 6 | More and more they were now given the title of " extraordinary " , even when they remained for long periods at the courts to which they were sent : increasingly the term , applied to either an ambassador or an envoy , became a mere title of honour . |
| 7 | Clearly the movies now felt that they could look the reformers of the early twentieth century firmly in the eye and the film-industry boosters were now giving back as good as they were given . |
| 8 | In the stations themselves greater attention was now given to the problems of circulation , the control , movement , and organization of great numbers of people . |
| 9 | The traditional God slot early on Sunday evening was now given over entirely to sing-songs , and the late-night documentary series concentrated on moral issues . |
| 10 | What remained of the gardens was now given over to the university 's botany department , and so the building had been able to retain much of its outward character . |
| 11 | However , the importance of such womanly qualities as nurturance and domesticity to society as a whole was now given full recognition , and Geddes and Thompson wrote fulsomely of the possibilities of civic or social motherhood , lauding woman ‘ as eupsychic inspirer and eugenic mother , as instructive synthesist , as educationalist , as orderly home planner and citizen , and by her guidance of consumption , directing industry and skill , ennobling utility into art ’ . |
| 12 | I bet you thought she was beautiful , ’ He was now giving his whole attention to Charles , who said , ‘ If you say so , Henry , then it must be right . |
| 13 | The unequal tug of war continued , and something kept the man from actually striking Sally-Anne , although he rained blows on the woman , who was now giving vent to a low , keening moan . |
| 14 | She turned to the stranger who had just finished talking to a mechanic who was now giving her car the once-over . |