Example sentences of "[was/were] [adv] give the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ We were literally giving the stuff away just to get people to use it , ’ said Mr Anderson . |
| 2 | For example , until a few generations ago , children were not given the freedom to express themselves and their individuality . |
| 3 | However , they were not given the title of ‘ king ’ like their father . |
| 4 | The report alleged that many scientists , engineers and other specialists were not given the opportunities they should have and too few civil servants were skilled in the techniques of modern management . |
| 5 | The Married Women 's Property Acts of the 1870s and 1880s permitted women to control their own property , although married women were not given the same capacity as single women to acquire , hold and dispose of property until 1935 . |
| 6 | But some of them were angry when they were not given the wheat . |
| 7 | If it were not given the Vendor would be liable for any breaches of warranty . |
| 8 | Rosemary Sandford of Darlington Association on Disability , said they were saddened and disappointed they were not given the opportunity to express their views at the meeting . |
| 9 | At home we were soon given the answer to a question which had been puzzling us : Who had saved us ? |
| 10 | Boys in those days they were always given the best education . |
| 11 | SOUTH Africa were yesterday given the all clear to enter the 1994 World Cup . |
| 12 | To the Great House accordingly they went , to sit the full half hour in the oldfashioned square parlour , with a small carpet and a shining floor , to which the present daughters of the house were gradually giving the proper air of confusion by a grand piano forte and a harp , flower-stands and little tables placed in every direction . |
| 13 | As an interesting footnote to the story , after their part in the operation , the two gallant ferries were both given the prefix ‘ Royal ’ by King George V. In 1933 , New Medway Steam Packet Co bought Royal Daffodil and three years later , General Steam bought out NMSP Co , thus bringing the heroic vessel into the P&O fleet . |
| 14 | Since the stonemasons were usually allowed to create their own designs , they were also given the freedom to crack good jokes . |
| 15 | It was held at Lyons in June and July 1245 , and ended with a sentence of deposition being passed against Frederick II , though a number of other canons concerned chiefly with structural matters within the Church were also given the force of law . |
| 16 | A further important point is that on two scores — the overall symptom score and the resistance score — there was a difference between the normal women and a group of normal men who were also given the inventory . |
| 17 | They were also given the job of erecting direction signs to the nearest lavatory in corridors and at the exits to lecture rooms . |
| 18 | Prisoners were also given the right to request a review of their trial and sentence , by an independent committee . |
| 19 | Under the terms of the Compromise , Member States were supposedly given the right to veto decisions affecting their vital national interests ; under the terms of this Maastricht Declaration they effectively renounce that right , thus giving to foreign policy at the outset the same status as that acquired by other areas of policy where the Compromise has gradually been eroded over many years . |
| 20 | Fishing crews were now given the alternative option of remaining in port for a total of 135 days during the same period . |
| 21 | More and more they were now given the title of " extraordinary " , even when they remained for long periods at the courts to which they were sent : increasingly the term , applied to either an ambassador or an envoy , became a mere title of honour . |
| 22 | Older members claim they were n't given the opportunity to buy . |
| 23 | Police were even given the registration number . |
| 24 | The pupils were then given the opportunity to create and experiment with her voice synthesiser as they performed some group poems of their own . |
| 25 | The banks were then given the choice of exchanging medium-term debt either for ( i ) 30-year bonds with the same face value as the debt , with interest rates rising in stages from 4 per cent in the first year to 6 per cent in years seven to 30 , and with a 12-month interest guarantee ; or for ( ii ) 30-year bonds with a discounted face value of 35 per cent carrying interest at 13/16 of a percentage point above the London inter-bank offered rate ( Libor ) and carrying collateral to guarantee 12 months of interest . |
| 26 | Having answered this part of the questionnaire , the informants were then given the next paragraph of the story : The informants were then asked whether this explained the mismatch of the previous paragraph . |
| 27 | If the Minister admits that monumental errors were made that allowed those profits to accrue to companies that were almost given the assets of the National Bus Company , he must tell us what will be inserted in the legislation to prevent those errors from being made again . |
| 28 | WHEN THE London Sydney classic car rally began at Chelsea Harbour , London , two lucky P&O Containers Australia staff were there to give the drivers a rousing send off . |
| 29 | ‘ The patients were never given the opportunity of the unit 's expertise and facilities . ’ |
| 30 | Whelan is an extremely good player , but him and deane , whilst individually playing well enough , were nt given the variety of balls that wallace would have demanded from midfield ( ie balls on the ground occasionally ) . |