Example sentences of "was given [prep] [art] [noun pl] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( b ) Holding outsalaried partners In the United Bank of Kuwait case no particular consideration was given to the consequences of the undertaking having been given by a salaried partner . |
| 2 | Little thought was given to the conditions in which people who had no desire to leave the country of their birth had to live . |
| 3 | In the meantime consideration was given to the problems of control , particularly given the length of Italy 's seaboard . |
| 4 | In 1945 a general power to apportion damages was given to the courts by the Law Reform ( Contributory Negligence ) Act 1945 . |
| 5 | Tremendous publicity was given to the circumstances in which this movie had been made and to the way in which the director had shot some forty reels ; ‘ the eight-hour day for movie fans has not yet dawned ’ was the thankful comment of Robert Sherwood , but few critics doubted that the film conveyed much of the anger , ugliness , and brutality of the novel . |
| 6 | Similar , though slightly more muted , approval was given to the propositions on Christian education , discussed from 17 to 19 November , and on the latter date the Council turned its attention briefly to recommendations to simplify marriage legislation and end discrimination against non-Catholic partners in mixed marriages . |
| 7 | Final impetus was given to the talks by the presence of President Alfredo Cristiani in New York on Dec. 28-31 at the personal invitation of Pérez de Cuéllar , who gave assurances that the FMLN had given " confidential promises " regarding the peace process . |
| 8 | Although compensation was given to the deportees for possessions stolen from them during the journey , no compensation was offered to the schoolchildren who were forced by internment to leave school or job training to which , in most cases , they were unable to return . |
| 9 | The passenger whom I picked up informed me that , throughout the journey , no information regarding delays was given to the passengers on the train . |
| 10 | Labour 's weak bargaining position , combined with the speed with which new industrial centres such as the Donets basin of the Ukraine were developed and older cities such as St Petersburg expanded , ensured that little attention was given to the needs of the work-force . |
| 11 | In 1946 general effect was given to the recommendations of the Beveridge Report , Aneurin Bevan tamed the recalcitrant self-interest of the doctors , and the main outlines of the Welfare State were definitively drawn . |
| 12 | Amiss was as insulted as he was relieved at how little space was given in the newspapers to the injury sustained by J. Amiss , waiter : only two of the papers mentioned his name at all and one of them misspelt it . |
| 13 | These include allegations against various solicitors of negligence in connection with the execution by C.M.C. and the plaintiffs of a legal charge in favour of B.M.T. to secure a loan of £420,000 ; the giving of personal guarantees by the plaintiffs in respect of this indebtedness ; and subsequent proceedings brought by B.M.T. in which a possession order was made in respect of the bakery and a money judgment was given against the plaintiffs as guarantors for a sum of nearly £375,000 . |
| 14 | At various points in the early 1980s consideration was given by the Conservatives to the idea of introducing a ‘ voucher ’ system , designed to enable parents to exercise their choice by ‘ buying ’ a place at a particular school . |
| 15 | THIS BOOK WAS GIVEN By the Associates OF THE LATE REV . |
| 16 | Battle Abbey actively reclaimed the Pevensey Levels in Sussex , and on Romney Marsh a lead was given by the priors of Christ Church , Canterbury , and by the archbishops themselves . |
| 17 | When I met the mother she was extremely depressed verging on suicidal and was given by the workers at the clinic a new sari to try and cheer her up . |
| 18 | He said : ‘ No first aid was given by the police at the scene . |
| 19 | It was given by the children of the Sunday school during restoration work in 1908 . |