Example sentences of "[was/were] given [art] [det] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But when the young folk of the dale were given a few hours off we certainly made the most of it . |
| 2 | L Detachment was thus judged ready for operations , and to wind down were given a few days ' leave to be spent in Cairo . |
| 3 | Mice receiving lower mediastinal irradiation ( L ) were given the same dose of radiation to the same sized but adjacent field ( T5-T10 ) . |
| 4 | They should have been , as they were given the same rations as a British farm labourer . |
| 5 | We shall see that in the nineteenth century this limited and special capacity was extended with some modifications to all married women ( see pp. 50–4 ) ; but that in 1935 it was swept away , and married women were given the same capacity to own property and make contracts as a man . |
| 6 | It is time MPs were given the same protection so they can vote without fear of reprisals . |
| 7 | Is n't it time that members standing for C E C elections were given the same equality with Regional Secretaries , who as we all know , all year round , in all regions , when a leaflet or a booklet goes out to members , in most of them there is a photograph of the Regional Secretary . |
| 8 | This preparatory work was practically complete at the outbreak of war and authority was given a few days before for completion . |
| 9 | Later , along with two other historians who had , like me , secured entry to Oxford or Cambridge , I was given a few science tutorials in my last term at school . |
| 10 | Endill was given the same suitcase his father and grandfather had taken with them to school . |
| 11 | I in the past th Granville mentioned these letters that used to work their way down from on high which might have just been a , a bit of a twinkle in somebody 's eye with no money at all to spend on physical work but even so it was given the same status within the R C E's organization of five or ten years ago a a as an investment item was , it was almost authorized . |