Example sentences of "and [was/were] given " in BNC.
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| 1 | Both Willibrord , English apostle to the Frisians , and Wynfrith , were consecrated bishop by the pope in Rome and were given the names of Roman martyrs whose feasts fell around the time of their consecration : Willibrord Clement and Wynfrith Boniface . |
| 2 | The replies to this question were interesting and were given with no prompting . |
| 3 | The key to this was that they all began life with a strong philosophical commitment to development and were given some of the new , additional staff needed in order to give life to this philosophy . |
| 4 | After filling the containers they queued up and were given two large plain loaves . |
| 5 | After about two hours flying over the sea , they swung in over the coast and were given a welcoming burst of anti-aircraft fire . |
| 6 | Eight patients were studied in detail and were given supervised exercise therapy . |
| 7 | Incidentally , the cattle of Landes used to be treated with great care as draught oxen ( they were never overworked and were given special headgear to ward off flies ) but were also used in amateur ‘ bull races ’ in which bad-tempered oxen and cows were teased into charging at people . |
| 8 | A more revolutionary proposal of his was that England players should train together regularly , an idea derived from his visit to Holland , where the national players came together for coaching once a week , and were given lectures and ‘ homework ’ exercises . |
| 9 | Next they had to face the assembled school and were given three cheers . |
| 10 | The Mites did a great deal of touring and were given outdoor clothing , often a hooded cloak , socks and shoes , even a suitcase each . |
| 11 | Benefit of the Doubt must be given that all employed by the Grand Canyon were brain damaged at birth and were given their bureaucratic procedure in India . |
| 12 | Five of those released on Christmas Eve 1772 had been gaoled for each owing 12s 8d , and were given half a crown ( 2s 6d ) on discharge . |
| 13 | Bede tells the story that , so backward were the heathen South Saxons that although a maritime race , they did not know how to fish and were given to mass suicides from convenient cliffs when the corn harvest failed after a terrible drought . |
| 14 | Campbell pointed out that London policemen worked only eight hours each day and were given one day off each week . |
| 15 | QPR hardly made a chance and were given an even bigger mauling by boss Gerry Francis afterwards , who fumed : ‘ This is the first time we have conceded four since we were last here 15 months ago . |
| 16 | Swindon swept forward after the break and were given a 50th-minute penalty when Martin Ling was brought down in the area . |
| 17 | His parents then called from the USA and were given the false impression that British Consul staff were co-ordinating the search , when they actually had no regular contact with the Spanish authorities involved . |
| 18 | Editors of those newspapers which supported the objectives of the NCB and the Government were generally favoured by Ministers and were given regular briefings . |
| 19 | They were well looked after and were given plenty of beer , cigarettes and extras at Christmas time . |
| 20 | Neville and his co-defendants James Anderson and Felix Dennis , were found guilty in 1971 of publishing an obscene article , namely OZ 28 , otherwise known as Schoolkids ' OZ , and were given prison sentences ranging from nine to fifteen months . |
| 21 | These were designated as metropolitan areas and were given a two-tier structure of metropolitan counties and districts . |
| 22 | Although the electorate needed , and were given , a clear signal that Labour had changed , the policy review is , more importantly , the most comprehensive piece of sustained policy development ever carried out by an opposition party . |
| 23 | Could I just remind members of the board of the next two meetings which are at the bottom of the er a a agenda and were given to you previously of course . |
| 24 | The rejoinder by the defendant to this pleading alleged that the notes were given by Samuel Revill and himself as sureties and were given for the securing of part of the father 's debt and for no other consideration or purpose . |
| 25 | They joined the German retreat in early 1943 , and were given a place of settlement in the Novogrodek area of Belorussia . |
| 26 | In Australia a group of academics acted as consultants to the federal Department of Health , Housing , and Community Services and were given the freedom to consult and encourage participation by as wide a range of people as possible . |
| 27 | The private ones , being exclusive , aroused bad feelings , but to the public ones people came from miles around and were given things to eat : distant relations , old friends , old acquaintances , old enemies , but no outsiders , no aliens . |
| 28 | In 1987 there were 236,000 enquiries in England and Wales from people claiming to be homeless ; 62,000 were found not to be homeless within the definition used in the legislation and 57,000 were found not to be in priority need and were given advice and assistance only . |
| 29 | This did not endear him to his colleagues : ‘ At that time , women were automatically shaved , given enemas , had their membranes ruptured and were given foetal monitoring . |
| 30 | Arias became more important , more numerous , and were given more often to important personages ; conversely , recitative became more perfunctory , the secco element more pronounced . |