Example sentences of "[noun] were given the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Voluntary schools were given the choice of becoming ‘ aided ’ or ‘ controlled ’ schools and provision was made for a few ‘ special agreement ’ schools ( see Chapter 6 ) . |
| 2 | You do in fact remember as c Councillor has said , that when Labour took over and schools were given the chance to change their minds and withdraw at least to change y to change the decision and withdraw from immediate L M S , then half of the schools chose to delay it 's introduction . |
| 3 | Under the 1980 Social Security Act this system was maintained but local offices were given the discretion to pay in full the charges made by private and voluntary residential homes . |
| 4 | Since the last World War , soldiering , as a profession , had lost its romantic appeal , but in Vietnam the journalists were given the chance of acting out fantasies about themselves , war , love and death . |
| 5 | As journalists were given the first glimpse inside the mall on Wednesday , managers from developer Burton Property Trust geared up for a major marketing exercise . |
| 6 | Nevertheless , religious organizations were given the right to set up their own schools . |
| 7 | Having established which informants were the most experienced in the SF genre , all the informants were given the passage reproduced below . |
| 8 | They , therefore , introduced a third condition in which subjects were given the title of the passage after having read it . |
| 9 | As the main purchasing authority , DHAs were given the responsibility for ensuring that the health care needs of their resident population were met . |
| 10 | No one could be sure and the shapes were given the non-committal name of stromatolite , a word derived from Greek meaning no more than " stony carpet " . |
| 11 | When she set sail for her homeland in 1952 Eva and another Australian girl were given the job of looking after twelve children from the Fairbridge Society on the voyage . |
| 12 | Parents were given the option of having their male infants screened for Duchenne muscular dystrophy in addition to the routine tests for phenylketonuria and congenital hypothyroidism . |
| 13 | Visitors were given the opportunity to ‘ Try-a-Sport ’ which included activities such as canoeing , croquet , weights , aerobics and trampolining . |
| 14 | The more important members of the household were given the crisp , tasty top halves — earning themselves the name ‘ upper crust ’ . |
| 15 | Blacks were given the edge in only 7% of cases . |
| 16 | A hospital has began an inquiry into how the parents of a cot death baby who were encouraged to cuddle their dead child were given the wrong body to hold . |
| 17 | ‘ Railway enthusiasts were given the chance to take pictures of the loco during the weekend and that was very popular . ’ |
| 18 | With betting banned , the punters were given the chance of a flutter by purchasing a prize draw ticket for each race . |
| 19 | Magistrates and judges were given the power to release upon probation for good conduct first offenders who had committed an offence not punishable by more than three years imprisonment . |
| 20 | About one hundred years ago the EMMS directors were given the responsibility of running the Hawthornbrae Trust which currently exists to provide holiday grants to Edinburgh residents who are recovering from illness and who would not otherwise be able to afford even a short holiday break . |
| 21 | Directors were given the exclusive right to manage the day-to-day business of the company . |
| 22 | Workers were given the grim news by union officials at a mass meeting . |
| 23 | As part of the Pest Control High Flyers campaign , winners of quarter three 's incentive were given the chance to fly . |
| 24 | Solar Wings of Wiltshire were given the award for their plane the Quasar . |
| 25 | In this respect it seems unlikely that successive governments were given the opportunity to return to normalcy in the manner which they wished . |
| 26 | Participants were given the opportunity to challenge their positions in a first-ever forum with senior media managers . |
| 27 | The presentations of the results followed the same format as last year and journalists invited to Blackfriars were given the opportunity to sample some of the own brand products introduced into stores in 1992/93 . |
| 28 | The people who moved into the community were given the choice . |
| 29 | Individuals were given the opportunity to achieve much for themselves but too often they did it at the expense of others . |
| 30 | Sentences for assisting " separatist terrorists " were to be doubled , while local officials were given the right to ban strikes and shop-closing protests . |