Example sentences of "[noun pl] [was/were] given to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Rumoured to have been locked in the safe at KISS FM when a couple of acetates were given to the station in advance of release , this is an ultra-obvious semi-Italio belter which should keep floors jumping . |
| 2 | Cabinet posts were given to the centre-right Haitian Christian Democratic Party ( PDCH ) and the right-wing Mobilization for National Development ( MDN ) party , as well as to Panpra , to strengthen Bazin 's claim that he headed a genuine coalition government . |
| 3 | The proceeds were given to the Croydon branch of the Infantile Paralysis Fellowship , the fare being 5 shillings . |
| 4 | The elections were conducted under a new electoral law passed by the NUP-controlled Assembly in October 1989 , under which additional seats were given to the larger parties , thus allowing them to gain the maximum number of seats with the minimum of votes . |
| 5 | Earlier in the year the awards were given to the winners of the Swan Stabilo/Arguati Disappearing Britain competition . |
| 6 | ‘ They do say , ’ said Cathbad , ‘ that if you ever found your way to the Prison of Hostages , you would find all the children whose hearts were given to the Conablaiche during that time , and whose souls were taken by the Lad . |
| 7 | Powers were given to the directors to borrow money on the security of the rates levied on the five parishes and on the property itself . |
| 8 | Unless full powers were given to the pope 's ambassadors their success was likely to be qualified — without telephones , " hotlines " , faxes , they could not speedily refer to the centre . |
| 9 | TIPS on how to get the best all year round use from small greenhouses were given to the large audience attending a Bramshott , Liphook and District Horticultural Society evening . |
| 10 | Over all the years , including these nineteen , some bonds were given to the club but the majority were bequeathed to individuals , either to be kept as an investment out of family sentiment , or possibly sold quietly to Club members , selected as previously described . |
| 11 | In 1945 a general power to apportion damages was given to the courts by the Law Reform ( Contributory Negligence ) Act 1945 . |
| 12 | Mr Ozberk had already been taken , handcuffed and escorted by police , to the police station at Heathrow airport from the Haslar detention centre , near Gosport , Hampshire , when Mr Renton 's new orders were given to the Immigration Service . |
| 13 | During the early part of that day , orders were given to the army to arrest strike organisers over much of Ulster . |
| 14 | No details were given to the National Union or to the constituencies involved , so much hard work had to be done and much recrimination endured before the party could settle down to the campaign . |
| 15 | Such a practice was frowned on by the church , and instructions were given to the warden of the building that if any young woman allowed a man to stay overnight then she was to be reported to the Mother Superior . |
| 16 | ‘ And the girls were given to the priests by their families when they were ten or eleven years old . ’ |
| 17 | The earliest mention of the church is in 1115 when the church and titles were given to the Abbey of St Martin in York . |
| 18 | Neurological and behavioural tests were given to the children soon after the birth , and at regular intervals after that . |
| 19 | During both days , tokens were buried and prizes were given to the finders . |
| 20 | The passenger whom I picked up informed me that , throughout the journey , no information regarding delays was given to the passengers on the train . |
| 21 | Though pineapples from Barbados were first brought to England in 1657 and more West Indian ones were given to the king in 1661 and 1668 , it is unlikely that the fruit was grown successfully in England until about 1690 at Hampton Court , then in the charge of George London [ q.v . ] , |
| 22 | ( Other similar tasks were given to the children and these are described in Morag Donaldson , 1986 . ) |
| 23 | The first of the major considerations by the Council Fathers was given to the Liturgy and its music , as well as sacred art . |
| 24 | Strange twists were given to the normal body of human nature , revealing that such freak developments are potentially in all of us all the time . |
| 25 | The CIS was formally established at a meeting in Alma Ata , when assurances were given to the world community that single control would be maintained over the nuclear weapons on former Soviet territory , and that the treaty obligations of the Soviet Union would be respected by the newly independent states . |