Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] granted the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Steers was granted the freedom of the borough of Liverpool in 1713 and established a flourishing anchor smithy near the dock . |
| 2 | In an agreement signed with Amazonian gold prospectors on Jan. 9 , 1990 , under the auspices of the National Security Council , miners were granted the right to continue prospecting in three areas totalling about 686 sq km , and at the same time the reduction of the size of the Yanomami Indian reservation to 19 separate " islands " of forest was confirmed . |
| 3 | We completed the film during the early summer of 1979 and in August Mountbatten was granted the quick but not peaceful death he had asked for when his boat was blown up by an IRA bomb off the west coast of Ireland . |
| 4 | IBM was granted the right to manufacture in Japan in 1960 in return for licensing basic patents to Japanese manufacturers , and most major Japanese companies entered technical assistance agreements with big American manufacturers . |
| 5 | None of the defendants was granted the right of appeal . |
| 6 | Harvard dealers were granted the same perk and for that reason kept it concealed from clients , even if it would swing the sale . |
| 7 | In June the duke and the heirs of his body were granted the Clifford barony in the West Riding , consisting of Skipton and Marton in Craven and associated land . |
| 8 | In June the duke and the heirs of his body were granted the Clifford barony in the West Riding , consisting of Skipton and Marton in Craven and associated land . |
| 9 | THE Vendor was granted the fee simple of the property hereinafter described by a Conveyance dated the 9th day of July One thousand nine hundred and fifty-one made between Lloyds Bank Limited of 71 Lombard Street in the City of London and the Vendor the legal estate to the said property having vested in the said Vendor by such grant . |
| 10 | In 1921 the Young Ladies ' Sewing Group was granted the use of the schoolroom for one night a week . |
| 11 | Finally , on 26 May , the duke was granted the rule of the Gower lands , the Mowbray estates in Wales , previously controlled by Thomas Vaughan and Richard Haute junior . |
| 12 | Finally , on 26 May , the duke was granted the rule of the Gower lands , the Mowbray estates in Wales , previously controlled by Thomas Vaughan and Richard Haute junior . |
| 13 | In return the king was granted the tax he sought , a ninth , which was to be used exclusively for the war . |
| 14 | On 27 November , just before their departure , Mozart was granted the title of Concert Master — an honorary appointment which was to become a paid post on his return from Italy : now he had not only a title , but also a position , in Salzburg . |
| 15 | Mr. McIver was granted the use of the magic lantern for the exhibition of slides at their Sabbath School Soiree in Bowmore , provided Messrs. Christie and Macfadyen could attend to work it . |
| 16 | The peasants were authorized to parcel out the private estates while legal ownership of all land was vested in the State ; factory committees were given broad powers to vet the actions of management ; the minorities were granted the right of self-determination ; each regiment was authorized to negotiate armistice terms . |
| 17 | If a licence was granted the Council would have to consider issuing an enforcement notice requiring Rees Haulage to stop operations as an infringement of planning law . |
| 18 | Three stone lighter and a virtual insomniac , she has campaigned tirelessly for their release and her efforts were rewarded last week when Michelle and Lisa were granted the right to appeal against their conviction for the murder of Alison O'Shaughnessy . |
| 19 | Detectives were granted the extension to the time allowed to question her German-born husband . |
| 20 | Women were granted the vote and given equal citizenship for the first time in the 1950 Constitution . |
| 21 | At some stage during his early career he and his mother Joan were granted the manor of Eastington on the Isle of Purbeck , Dorset , by the priory of Christ Church Twynham , to be held for their lifetimes . |
| 22 | On 28 July 1510 Vertue was granted the office of king 's master mason at the Tower of London and elsewhere . |
| 23 | In 1973 the Soviet company Elektromashexport was granted the contract for fourteen turbines and generators for the Salto Grande project ( sponsored jointly by Argentina and Uruguay ) , which went into operation in 1981 . |
| 24 | Isotron of Swindon was granted the first irradiation licence to preserve food . |
| 25 | On 1 September 1613 Elsynge was granted the reversion of the office of clerk of the parliaments , to which he succeeded on Bowyer 's death on 15 March 1621 . |
| 26 | Within the ranks of the nobility , the king 's youngest sons in particular benefited from the fall of the courtiers : Edmund Langley was appointed Constable of Dover Castle , an office previously held by Latimer , while Woodstock was granted the office of Constable of England , which was hereditary in the Bohun family but had been delegated when necessary to other lords after the death of the last Earl of Hereford , Woodstock 's father-in-law . |
| 27 | These councils were granted the same economic development powers as the ‘ other districts ’ , but they were additionally invited to submit an annual programme that would normally lead to greater Urban Programme funding than would be made available to the lowest tier of authorities . |
| 28 | The earliest record of iron extraction is found in a charter of AD 689 in which the monks of Canterbury were granted the right to mine ore at Lympne ( O'Niell 1967 , p. 189 ) . |