Example sentences of "[was/were] given [noun] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The Daily Telegraph , Observer and Economist , unsuccessful in groups bidding variously for the Yorkshire and Central Scotland franchises , were given holdings in LWT .
2 We were given evidence by Age Concern England .
3 We were given mugs of coffee and slices of black bun , a dark Christmas-time cake that had come from Scotland too .
4 W w why why was it that horses were were given pride of place over the cattle ?
5 There 's one final thing , and that is on page fifteen at the bottom , it 's a list of organisations which were given permits for St Michael the Northgate .
6 Victims of assault , wounding , robbery and sexual crimes were also given counselling but by far the greatest number of people ( 4,835 ) were given help after house burglaries .
7 Women were given rights to property , credit facilities and access to literacy programmes .
8 In one experiment birds were given choices between members of the opposite sex that were either familiar siblings , novel siblings , novel first-cousins , novel third-cousins , or novel unrelated individuals .
9 The Alans , who were given land around Valence in c. 440 , and in Gallia Ulterior two years later , were the second .
10 The cossacks were given allotments of land and farmed there as the wooden fortifications gradually rotted away .
11 Before the change , they were given photographs of republicans to take with them on patrols .
12 Under the terms of the Honiara accord the rebels were given immunity from prosecution , together with the promises that the government would remove its blockade and would not attempt to re-establish its troops upon the island by force .
13 None the less , given the pressures on the BEA at the time , it is perhaps understandable that in the early years speed ( which proved elusive ) and reliability ( which they achieved ) were given priority over efficiency and economy .
14 In March food supplies purchased by the Commissariat of War for the Red Army were given priority in evacuation at the Black Sea port of Novorossiisk over ARA famine stocks .
15 They were given briefings by North or sometimes by Abrams in the Old Executive Office Building , shown photographs of airports and harbours , and made privy to mysterious movements of Soviet aircraft and ships .
16 None of the 5HT antagonists or the 5HT 4 agonist , SC53116 , significantly altered ICJ transit when they were given ip during ia infusion of saline ( Table II ) .
17 All were given prednisolone before surgery .
18 All three were given prizes of £20 vouchers .
19 81 Hampdens , Whitleys and Wellingtons from 3 , 4 and 5 Groups were given targets in Berlin .
20 We were given subsidies on cattle and sheep as well .
21 The Britons were given mouth to mouth and heart massage but it was too late .
22 At last year 's Annual General Meeting ( ‘ AGM ’ ) , the directors were given authority under Section 80 of the Companies Act 1985 , until 15th July 1997 to allot shares up to a maximum of the authorised but unissued share capital of the company .
23 In addition , at last years AGM , the directors were given authority under Section 95 of the Companies Act 1985 , until the conclusion of the 1993 AGM , to allot equity securities for cash , other than to existing shareholders in proportion to their holdings , up to an aggregate nominal amount of £9,234,276 being equal to 5% of the then issued ordinary share capital .
24 It was believed that the treaty had been made simply for private gain , and this view was given substance by Isabella 's appropriation of much of the £20,000 payment from Bruce .
25 Deeside Training Enterprise was given £100,000 by Grampian Enterprise in 1991 to show ex-servicemen and women how best to sell their skills to civilian employers .
26 He was given £100,000 in damages , more than a testimonial at Elland Road would ever have reaped .
27 Each vidane was given forms in triplicate on which to record information about crimes .
28 Ealdred 's kinswoman could have been Abbess Aethelburh , daughter of a local lord , Aelfred , who was given Withington in Gloucestershire in the 770s ( CS 217 : S 1255 ) .
29 Kevin Wilson was given space by Clarke 's precise header to beat Strakosha with a low cross shot .
30 Between these two journeys , in 147–6 , he was given ships by Scipio to explore the coasts of Africa ( Plin .
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