Example sentences of "given [num ord] " in BNC.

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1 The other architects to be awarded prizes for Second Empire designs on the War Department list were Botrel d'Hazeville , whose grand scheme resembling the Louvre was given second place ; John Thomas Rochead , whose design united the two offices in an ornate single building with high-roofed corner pavilions , was awarded third place ; the brothers , Edward and William Habershon , whose scheme for one large building with prominent central and corner pavilions and mansard roofs , around a central quadrangle , was given one of the fifth equal places ; along with John Dwyer , whose treatment was very similar to Rochead 's , but less ornate .
2 So everyone is unhappy and , what is worse still , the children are being brought up to believe that the old should always be given second best and be prepared to shrink into the smallest ‘ shell ’ that is offered to them .
3 He spoke to a cook and used to be given second helpings .
4 He was given sixth .
5 There has been some increase in equity finance , by listed firms as well as new entrants , but it is restrained by a system giving pre-emptive rights to existing shareholders ( as in Britain , shareholders must be given first grabs at new issues ) , under ponderous rules that mean an issue takes three weeks .
6 In specifications , the top grid is given first .
7 Beforehand , however , consideration will be given first to the probation project and second to its evaluation .
8 Priority for all purchases is given first to local-authority and private tenants in the LDDC area and , second , to local-authority and private tenants in any part of the Dockland boroughs , their children and the children of tenants in the first category .
9 This direction should always be given first because other directions will be relatively fruitless without it .
10 Miss Gabriel , who had given First Aid instruction during the Great War , invited the crippled inmates out to tea ‘ in connection with the Guild of the Brave Poor Things ’ .
11 This led to a further study where rt-PA or placebo were given first either outside the hospital or in the accident and emergency department of the hospital .
12 Some examples of endonymous pairs are as follows ( the endonym is given first ) : animal : horse , horse : mare , horse : stable , hand : finger , hand : glove , foot : kick .
13 It was noticeable that there was a willingness on the part of quite a number of voters to express as many preferences as there were candidates and the comment was sometimes made that while it was not too difficult to decide which candidates should be given first and early preferences and which candidates should be given last and later preferences it was less easy to decide the order of preference in which the middle range of candidates should be placed .
14 In each case the file name is given first and is followed by the module name .
15 Will the Minister confirm that he has received the results of the review of the trunk road system in Scotland and that the bypass , once it has been approved , will be given first priority in this list of trunk roads ?
16 To endeavour to simplify this complexity , in each chapter from now onwards , a general description of the fundamentals and similarities of the style is given first and the contributions of each country are then dealt with individually .
17 The formulae to produce x , y plotting coordinates from latitude and longitude values for this projection are as follows ( definitions of r and clong are given first ) : with latitude and longitude again expressed in radian measure .
18 The name of the element closer to the bottom or to the left-hand side of the Periodic Table is usually given first .
19 Moreover , under 1020 the death of Archbishop Lyfing is given first , although it occurred on 12 June , after Cnut 's return to England and the Easter meeting at Cirencester .
20 Jonny was given first prize and a cheque for £750 for the novelty of his idea and professional presentation .
21 He managed to escape from the car and struggle to nearby houses where he was given first aid .
22 Given third world debt problems and so on , many corporates are stronger credits than many banks .
23 National Park Authorities should be given last resort compulsory purchase powers ( on a similar basis to Section 29 Orders ) to be used where voluntary agreements fail .
24 National Park Authorities should be given last resort compulsory purchase powers under new legislation on a similar basis to Section 29 ( of the Wildlife and Countryside Act , 1981 ) applying to NCC .
25 Chemistry from a shopping basket was the title of two schools ' lectures given last November by Dr John Nicholson of the Centre for Science Education , UEA , to packed audiences of 12–14 year old pupils from Norfolk and Suffolk schools .
26 RICE wines made from a recipe given last year were presented at an annual members ' judging evening of the Alresford and District Wine Circle at the John Pearson Hall last week .
27 Unlike most of Masur 's Leipzig recordings , this one was taken from a live concert , given last October in Avery Fisher Hall .
28 Take some pills that you were given last night .
29 It was noticeable that there was a willingness on the part of quite a number of voters to express as many preferences as there were candidates and the comment was sometimes made that while it was not too difficult to decide which candidates should be given first and early preferences and which candidates should be given last and later preferences it was less easy to decide the order of preference in which the middle range of candidates should be placed .
30 Which is what we were given last year .
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