Example sentences of "[was/were] often give " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heart failure is common in patients with high blood pressure , and so these patients were often given thiazides . |
| 2 | In Reims during the early sixteenth century , visiting heads of state were often given wines of various growths from the Montagne de Reims and the Vallée de la Marne to compare with wines from the king 's own vineyards at Aÿ . |
| 3 | These low potencies were often given over long periods , and frequently mixtures of different remedies were used . |
| 4 | By 1988 , people were often given only six hours ' notice — sometimes less — of the imminence of their removal to new homes and the destruction of their old ones . |
| 5 | Specialised assignments were often given to smaller firms offering particular expertise in that sector , with generally good results . |
| 6 | Girls were often far more scared of telling their fathers than their mothers , and mothers were often given this task . |
| 7 | Courses were necessary for mainstream teachers , including headteachers , to help them cater for the multilingual population of their schools , and Heads of Modern Languages , who were often given responsibilities for South Asian languages despite the current limitations of their professional competence to foreign European languages , were a prime target for reorientation courses . |
| 8 | She was modest and unconcerned that others were often given credit for ideas that she had originated . |
| 9 | The report also stated that in countries where there was an armed opposition government troops were often given extensive powers and not held accountable to civilian legal authorities for their actions . |
| 10 | These were both embassies with a large symbolic and ceremonial element : envoys of this kind were often given presents whose significance was also purely symbolic and which bore no relationship to the length of their stay or to the importance of the issues with which they were concerned . |
| 11 | Children were often given confusing information , not taken to the funeral and generally left with a poor understanding of the finality of the event . |
| 12 | The name was often given to women by eighteenth century writers , and may have lost its meaning . |
| 13 | To stop the foot of the column from slipping sideways , the stone base was often given a roughened top or a shallow mortise pit into which a tenon projecting from the foot of the column fitted . |
| 14 | Some relief was often given in kind , although as Eleanor Rathbone reported , most women resented the ignominy of ‘ fetching the parish ’ and the fatigue of a journey to claim the usually stale and monotonous food . |